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

[Doug Lee]

Regarding my previous post which I can't reply to since it hasn't appeared 
on the list yet, the very next post had a much more favourable opinion of 
the HD HomeRun4

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/2381873-post149.html
JayG7800, I find your summary interesting. From my tests comparing my 
HDHR4 and HVR-950Q, I found them to perform similarly on weak signals. I 
am using a pre-amp, so those results to not include the NF of the internal 
amp (which is poor in the HVR-950Q).

FYI, there is a Linux driver for the HVR-950Q. I was having issues with 
older versions of the driver, but I gather they have been fixed.



On Thu, 19 May 2016, Doug Lee wrote:

> 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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