Hi, >> > I'm interested in a TV tuner card that I can connect to my roof >> > antenna with a RG6 coax, and wondered if anyone had any >> suggestions? >> > I've used the Happauge cards in the past, but that was quite some >> time >> > ago. I've found the linuxtv.org page, and although they have a list >> of >> > available TV tuners, they don't really give any impression on which >> > have the best features, etc. >> > >> > I'd probably also like to set up MythTV at some point. >> > >> > Anyone have any suggestions? >> >> There's plenty of history in the list archives as this is a pretty >> frequent question. >> >> I'm really happy with my HDHomerun 3. I'm not sure if you're familiar >> with them, but they are a stand alone tuner that basically puts the >> MPEG2 stream from ATSC (Over the air) or unencrypted cable (QAM) on >> your network. It's nice because you don't have to worry about kernel >> drivers and it also means you don't have to run your coax cable to >> your computer in a combined frontend/backend MythTV setup. My HDHR is >> in the closet with the rest of the networking equipment and my MythTV >> FE/BE is in the entertainment center. > > I can second the recommendation of the HDHomerun (mine is a 2, so no > cable). I can also offer a set of Perl scripts to manage scraping of > shows from zap2it and programming of the recording. Guys, thanks for the suggestions. Looks like a great product. I only have an ATSC broadcast, so have to consider whether I'd really benefit from one of the models with features similar to a cable box. Thanks again, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
