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US QAM tuners that work

 
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US QAM tuners that work
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#21
2008-11-28, 04:08 PM
Any reports on how well the HD PVR works w/ comcast or fios? I was looking at getting one when I migrate up from the 150
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2008-11-28, 05:11 PM
SLR_65 Wrote:I'm thinking an HD Homerun may be the move and considering there's two tuners in it it's not really a bad price. I don't think I've seen a bad review on one of those yet.


Steve
Newegg today has a Black Friday sale on the HDHomerun for $129.99 with free shipping. I'm going for it.
http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Nov...za@cox.net


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2008-11-28, 05:29 PM
highflyer875 Wrote:Really? I have a HVR-2500 and it works great. I get all my non-scrambled QAM no problem. I have no issues with GBPVR and can record 2 HDTV, 2 Analog, or a mix of both with out issue. I have TW cable. I think the issue is with the cable company, but I would agree the tuners in the TV have to be much better. Look what they need to put on the little card to get it to fit on the high size PC card. If your cable company is a pain in the A** like most are, get a Cable Tuner with DVR and pay through the nose, you can even hook it up to the HVR-PVR.

I also had a Divco HDTV7 dual PCi card, It worked well for off air HDTV but the software is very buggy and did not mess well with Titan TV. The Analog side was soft so it did not work with GBPVR (HD side does).

Oh one thing that may help. Do not place a surge protector between your cable and the tuner card. This will weaken your signal. Even the cable company does not recommend them (I could not use one on my TV with a Cable card).
I have a 2250 that will only find about 4-6 clear QAM with GBPVR, but WinTV finds a butt load of clear QAM - same cable input, don't even move the PC. That tells me that there is someting going on with the tuning parameters in GBPVR, and in my case, not the cabling. I get arournd 87% signal strength when tuning through WinTV (at least THEIR signal strength program works well - again pointing to some change in the card or drivers that keeps GBPVR from pulling the signal strength info properly (all at -1)
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2008-11-28, 09:20 PM
mmatheny Wrote:I have a 2250 that will only find about 4-6 clear QAM with GBPVR, but WinTV finds a butt load of clear QAM - same cable input, don't even move the PC. That tells me that there is someting going on with the tuning parameters in GBPVR, and in my case, not the cabling. I get arournd 87% signal strength when tuning through WinTV (at least THEIR signal strength program works well - again pointing to some change in the card or drivers that keeps GBPVR from pulling the signal strength info properly (all at -1)
When I'm home, if you willing, I can remotely connect via VNC or Remote Desktop and take a look for you.
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2008-11-28, 09:50 PM
sub Wrote:When I'm home, if you willing, I can remotely connect via VNC or Remote Desktop and take a look for you.

Ahhh, I hadn't thought of that! Then you could see what's going on while the card is installed and seeing an actual data stream from the cable co.

I have an HVR-1600 that's a pain too . . . just lemme know when you wanna peak at it! Big Grin

Actually I think it's either a dud tuner or some driver problem - neither of which are probably within your reach to fix.

Can't wait till ya get back to kiwiland! Did you at least get some turkey while you were over here in the states?

Take care,

Steve
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2008-11-28, 09:55 PM
Quote:Did you at least get some turkey while you were over here in the states?
Yes, I managed a bit of turkey and stuffing (and afternoon sleep), followed by a mad day of shopping on black friday.
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2008-11-28, 11:27 PM
Thanx Sub - sounds like a plan. BTW, I heard on a news report that it takes eating about 40 turkeys to ingest enough triptophan to become sleepy.
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2008-11-28, 11:35 PM
Quote:BTW, I heard on a news report that it takes eating about 40 turkeys to ingest enough triptophan to become sleepy.
Probably true, but that didnt stop me Big Grin (probably more to do with having a quiet day relaxing...)
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2008-11-29, 03:06 AM
I dunno, some things I think science just plain gets wrong - the proof is in real life experience . . . turkey DOES make ya sleepy, just chow down on a big meal of it and see what happens! Also, the color of adrenalin is brown - don't care what anyone says, I've proven it several times when teaching my teenage kids to drive . . . Wink
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#30
2008-11-29, 04:58 AM
vmq Wrote:Steve,

maybe you have seen this thread. I'm exchanging emails with the Hauppauge service on a weekly basis and they are trying to figure out the problem. In the meantime you can try the "old" version 3.4d1 drivers. Makes all the difference for me, clear QAM works like a charm with them, and not at all with newer driver version.

Volker

Hi Volker,

I just dug up my 1600 driver disc - it's 3.4d. I loaded that originally and it didn't work as well as the 4.6a that I loaded later.

I take it the 3.4d1 is different that 3.4d, so I should give it a shot?

TTYL,

Steve
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