mythtv channel tuning on vdsl bell expressvu for condos

[Dave Germiquet]

The PVR-150 is basically the same as the 250 from what i've heard. PVR-150
is just a newer model.

  If you use the PVR-150 you'll have to go to Marks Brain Dump and get his
modified version of LIRC

  http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/blog/?p=24

   If you would like a comparison you can go here:

   http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/compare/compare_pvr.html

   The PVR-150 is the only one with the blaster that I know of built in ,
the PVR-150 MCE does not have one.

    But I have it working with my TV-OUT and through  mythtv it works. I
love it. Haven't regretted it since buying it.

On 10/23/06, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 01:33:22PM -0400, Teddy David Mills wrote:
> >
> > MythTV is all working, but will only record the default tv channel.
> > Expressvu for condos by default uses channel 3,8 and 13.
> > I set the PVR-250 to record off channel 13.
> >
> > Thus if I want mythtv to record something, I have to change my TV to
> > channel 13,
> > and then do a MANUAL RECORD of channel 13. This is not using the power
> of
> > MythTV's Program Guide and Program Finder.
> >
> > I cannot use the Program Guide or Program Finder in MythTV. Why is that,
> > you ask?
> > Because the Hauppage PVR-250 does not know how to switch channels on its
> > own.
> > This is strange because I can switch them using the Hauppage PVR-250
> > remote when watching TV on MythTV.
> > (so I think it is 99% correct)
> >
> > If only I were using Rogers, the channel tuning would be working! (dont
> > need anything special to switch Rogers channels)
> > However I am using Bell ExpressVu for Condos.  (which btw has excellent
> > picture quality)
> >
> > The only way to change channels anywhere on anything is by using the
> > Bell supplied
> > NEXTLEVEL COMMUNICATIONS remotes.
>
> Anything that requires a decoder box basically requires an ir blaster to
> send remote control signals to the decoder box to change channels.
> Capture cards only support over the air and cable tv, since those are
> the two that are standardized.
>
> If you were in europe your box would probably use DVB of some kind and
> it would be much easier to get something compatible with it for
> capturing.  In north america we are stuck with whatever our monopolistic
> providers wants to let us have.  Certainly cablecard seems dead, with
> the providers wanting to wait until they get their 2way standard
> finished instead that doesn't require cards, although it seems that is
> going nowhere so far.
>
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> Len Sorensen
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