Talk:Hauppauge PVR-500

I have the Samsung tuners, and I was interested in this statement: "Ivtv developers have noted that the Samsung tuners used in later PVR 500s are rather sensitive and will show a grainy picture if supplied with too high a signal level. In this case you must reduce signal strength by either inserting a 'pad' (a resistor) between the PVR and the cable, or if your house has a cable amplifier, by reducing the gain on the amplifier." Can anyone who has tried this give more specific information? How many ohms/watts should the resistor be?

OEL

Can somebody confirm the pvr-500 going EOL and if so, does anybody have a good alternative (dual analog tuner, HW MPEG2 enc)?