pchdtv hdtv ota tuner cards...

[Chad]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Levi Pearson <levi at cold.org> wrote:
> "Matt Nelson" <matt at frozenatom.com> writes:
>
>  > Well I think I am going to make the plunge here in the next little bit and
>  > purchase one of these cards:
>  >
>  > http://pchdtv.com/
>
>  If you haven't considered it yet, take a look at this box before you
>  grab an expansion card:
>
>  http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/products/hdhomerun
>
>  I have one, and it's absolutely wonderful.  No drivers are required;
>  it works with any PC with a network card and has a documented, open
>  source control program.  The price is competitive, too, since it's got
>  two tuners.
>
>                 --Levi

Indeed.  I used the pcHDTV cards in my systems for a long time, but
with the hdhomerun supplying 2 tuners for such a low price I pretty
much have moved completely away from pcHDTV.  I like that they are
aimed at Linux, but so is/was the hdhomerun so it wasn't a choice of
morals at that point, purely a price war.  I think by now the pcHDTV
cards should have dropped down to reasonable levels to continue to
compete (by reasonable I mean $60-$80 max) especially with all the new
stuff coming out (Component capture cards, hybrid NTSC/ATSC cards,
HDMI "tuners"...).  I'd move back to pcHDTV if they would try to
compete for my business.

-Chad