[clug] low profile dual digital tuner for mythtv

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

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On 10/03/2011 20:44, Ahmed El Zein wrote:
> Eyal,
> What distribution are you using. I just tested one of these with
> ubuntu 10.10 and mythtv can't seem to see any channels.
>
> Ahmed
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky<eyal at eyal.emu.id.au>  wrote:
>> I use these cards (note: these are PCI) with mythtv:
>>         Leadtek DTV2000DS PCI Dual HD Digital TV Tuner Card
>>
>>   http://www.leadtek.com/eng/multimedia/specification.asp?pronameid=530&lineid=6&act=2
>> which I got locally at
>>         http://msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=1238
>> So far they work fine. It seems that you do need a relatively recent kernel
>> to ensure that it is stable.
>>
>> I think that it comes with a low profile bracket but I am not sure (did not
>> need it),
>> and do not have access to the card right now. Do check this.
>>
>> Eyal
>>
>> On 01/03/2011 10:08, Paul wrote:
>>>
>>> you could also look at a USB tuner too, or an external tuner (HDHomeRun)
>>> eg http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On 1/03/2011 3:15 PM, Ahmed El Zein wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> I have been trying to find a low profile dual tuner to use for a
>>>> mythtv box. I have been trying to cross-reference HCLs with that is
>>>> available in the market. Whenever I find something that is priced
>>>> reasonably and is listed as working in the HCL, further reading in
>>>> forums and such revels that there is a locking problem or something.
>>>>
>>>> It is not difficult to start with a card and find all the problems it
>>>> has. It is a lot more difficult to get a list of turners that work
>>>> perfectly out of the box. I was hoping that some of the people on this
>>>> list might be able to recommend a low profile dual digital DVB-T
>>>> tuner that works flawlessly with mythtv?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ahmed