MythTV hardware list

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: William Muriithi <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| > So: what is your signal source?
| Over the air.  Would be too expensive to subscribe for TV service while I
| only watch two shows.

So: check if you have a good enough signal source: try watching the
channel you care about (CFTO, I assume).  If you don't, then solve
that problem before moving on to investing time and money into a Myth
setup.

There are a bajilion options for OTA hardware for MythTV.  Go look on
their wiki, I guess.  (I could google for it, but so can you.)

- The Silicon Dust HD Homerun is supported and kind of cute: captures
  OTA ATSC, two channels, and puts it on your LAN.

- the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950q USB dongle will capture one ATSC
  signal.  THere are rumours of some problems but I don't really know
  the status.

- various Hauppauge PCI cards (but not all) do the job.  I would guess 
  that they now have PCIe cards too, but I haven't looked.

XBMC may or may not support a similar collection of tuners.

| I like setting things package by package sometimes as I assume I will learn
| a lot that way.  So may give above a try after I am done tinkering

I found MythTV powerful and confusing but very useful.  Your simple
application suggests to me that you should try a simple solution.

| Over the air, too cheap to take Rogers service

I wish I could.  I detest Rogers and Bell.  But I live in a valley
with no OTA signal.
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