[u-u] What's a good digital capture card?

[Doug Lee]

On Tue, 17 May 2016, Andrew Cagney wrote:

>> It's an Ubuntu MythTV machine, not a Rogers, and I want to use it for O-T-A
>> digital because Blodgers has stopped providing unencrypted analog.
>>
>> Any suggestions about a good digital card?
>
> HD HomeRun.
>
> Yes, technically, it isn't a "digital card"; otoh, if you're looking
> at Doug Lee's e-mail with dread, then you'll likely see that as a
> distinct advantage :-)

Maybe I should offer an executive summary. All of my PCI cards work 
perfectly in digital mode using MythTV.

  Signal sensitivity varies.
  Air2pc best
  ATI HDTV Wonder very good
  Hauppauge HVR-1600 poor but prefectly fine on stronger signals.

  I forgot to mention the HVR-1600 has a built in Mpeg2 encoder in 
case anyone still wants analogue with very low CPU usage.

> The only disadvantages I found weren't exactly technical: it was
> always on (used ~2w), took up an ethernet port and power point, and,
> critically, the cables made an already messy video cupboard worse.

I don't have one but have read reports online that it is not very 
sensitive for weak signals. Your thoughts on this Andrew?
If this is false, I might want one myself someday :-)

I THINK I read this from "Commander Tom" a technically literate radio geek 
who chases after DX (distant) signals on the "digital home" website. I 
couldn't find the post quickly but the site has a whole thread on 
the HD HomeRun. The whole site is very Toronto/Buffalo centric. 
Lots of other OTA threads.
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/81-over-air-ota-digital-television/191274-hdhomerun-ota-discussion.html
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/81-over-air-ota-digital-television/

While on the topic, another one with a map and list of available 
stations in southern Ontario.
http://www.remotecentral.com/hdtv/
and a forum
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-sat/list.cgi

>
> (I say "weren't" as my mhthbox died earlier this year - I switched it
> off and its disk never came back - and I've yet to resurrect a
> replacement)
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