[olug] Myth compatible TV Tuner card that works with COX TV

[Benjamin Watson]

+1 for Hauppage.  I purchased 2 PVR-500 Dual Tuners on Ebay for about
$70 each and they've worked fine with all releases of Mythbuntu I've
run the past few years.  As previously mentioned, they only pick up
COX channels 2-72.  You'd probably have to get yourself a cheap IR
blaster to control your set-top-box and record the output from there
to get additional channels.

Ben

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> For what it's worth, do NOT buy the "KWorld ATSC TV Stick UB435-Q USB 2.0
> Interface" that NewEgg and others are selling now.
>
> I bought one on Oct-11 after doing a lot of research and confirmed that it
> was working under Linux.  A couple days later, I started reading reports
> that they weren't working.  Turns out the manufacturer kept the exact same
> naming information, but the little sticker says "V2.0" on the new,
> non-compatible versions.
>
> And from talking with the driver writer, the changes are substantial enough
> that he won't be working on it any time soon. :-(
>
> I have one that I'll loan to someone if they want to take a hack at working
> on the driver...
>
> For what it's worth, it works just fine under my Windows 7 64bit test
> system, so it is functioning hardware.
>
> Dan
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 09:49, Lane Roberts <roberts.lane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Kevin's got you covered -- This is exactly the setup I've been using for
>> the
>> last year or so. Pretty much all of the hauppauge cards have excellent
>> built
>> in support. I actually just got rid of Cox, so I've got a PVR-150
>> collecting
>> dust if you're interested.
>>
>> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_pvr150.html
>>
>> Lane
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:46 AM, Kevin D. Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass at yahoo.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > --- On Thu, 11/4/10, Paul H. Lewis <phldml3 at cox.net> wrote:
>> > > I'm looking to build a MythTV Box,
>> > > since my TIVO died.  But before I go
>> > > buying parts willy-nilly, I need to know if there is a TV
>> > > Tuner card
>> > > that I can connect directly to the cable and not use the
>> > > Standard Def
>> >
>> > Most any that are supported by the IVTV or bt8x8 driver will work.  Check
>> > the docs for these drivers.
>> >
>> > > Receiver.  I'm assuming that they are pushing a
>> > > digital signal, is that
>> > > the reason for the set top box?
>> >
>> > If you need to record channels above 72 or so, then yes you will need to
>> > use the box.  Channels 2-72 are analogue and work fine with analogue
>> tuner
>> > cards.
>> >
>> > > so that's the reasons for the questions.  If I have to
>> > > connect with the
>> > > box, then that means I can only get one channel at a time?
>> >
>> > Yes, if you need to use the box to record your show, say something on
>> > History International (Chan. 204), then you must use the STB and that is
>> the
>> > only thing above channel 72 that you can watch, unless you get a second
>> STB
>> > or a CableCard if your TV is so equiped.
>> >
>> > BTW, I have a Hauppauge 350 I'm not using, if you are interested.
>>  Hardware
>> > compression of SDTV signal to an MPEG2-PS file playable by MPlayer and
>> > others.  Also has the TV-OUT so you can make any TV your monitor. :-)
>> >
>> > http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_pvr350.html
>> >
>> > Amazon lists one used for $64.xx, I'll sell mine for bargain basement
>> > $60.00, with box, manuals remote and anything else I can find that is
>> > supposed to be in the box.  Latest kernels have the necessary drivers
>> built
>> > in.
>> >
>> >
>> > Kevin D. Snodgrass
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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