help in selecting a QAM tuner.

[gbpvriwanna]

hi all,

first of - thanks to sub and other plug-in developers for this most awesome HTPC software.

i live in northeast USA, cablevision is my Cable provider, and i need help in selecting a clearQAM (don't care about analog) card.

I recenlty purchased the hauppague PVR-1250 but it hangs my machine. Someone else with an ASUS MA378 motherboard said the same thing on another forum.

One possiblity is the ATI 650, since I read that someone was able to get this to work, but this is a bit expensive. My endstate is to use the Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212 after I get everything setup. And, I would not mind having two tuners (one through the internal PCI or USB, and the other would be the HD-PVR.

Any other QAM cards can you guys recommend. I'm trying to keep the price down around $50 US.

thanks in advance.

[sub]

I wouldnt go with the ATI 650. QAM tuning is only really supported for Hauppauge and HDHomeRun. Some people have been lucky with other manufacturers devices that happen to be similar enough to the Hauppauge devices to actually work, but it others have had problems with the same devices.

Personally, I'd just stick with Hauppauge devices. They're far better supported than other devices.

[gbpvriwanna]

thanks sub...

i'm trying a few things to get the pvr 1250 to work.. i was also thinking of the USB 950Q from hauppauge as well if the pvr 1250 does not work.

again - thanks for an awesome media center.