[mythtv-users] HDHomerun vs FusionHDTV5

[Bobby Schwartz]

> Bobby Schwartz wrote: 
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Bobby Schwartz <rschwartz at lastar.com> wrote:
> Anyone had experience or ever owned both tuners?  I have the FusionHDTV5
> (Gold PCI retail version) right now.  My Panasonic plasma will pull in
> all the big networks OTA at 70-90% signal.  If I disconnect the antenna
> from the plasma and connect to the Fusion (same wire, same plug, no
> splitters, no trickery) it only yields 30-40% signal (unwatchable) in
> Myth.
>
> Is the signal actually unwatchable?  For me (DVB-T instead of ATSC)  the signal strength NUMBERS on > cards in linux is always low, and sometimes a bit random, even when I get perfect picture.
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> Yes.  It ranges from no picture at all to barely watchable.  Sometimes Myth throws an error about "Should've had a lock by now" and sometimes the frontend just locks up.
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> I have a Fusion HDTV Lite card, an HDHomeRun and a Hauppauge HD-PVR in my setup.  The Fusion card > pulls in the signals just as well as the HDHomeRun, so I don't know if you've got a defect or what.  I > did lower the threshold for digital signals in MythTV to 40% and everything still comes in crystal clear.  I live in a hilly area about 35 miles away from the antenna sources and am using a Winegard SS > with amplifier, then multiple splitters to deliver signal all over my house.
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> Scott Milliken

I had forgotten about that setting!  I will tinker and see if I can breathe some life back into the Fusion card.