USB TV tuner card

kasperh · 2006-04-10, 11:42

Can anyone recommend a TV-tuner with USB2, which is supported in MediaPortal? Is there a tv-tuner youre always recommend people to use?

madmonkeyman · 2006-04-17, 13:02

Hi Kasperh,

I'm looking for a good usb2 tuner as well. The MSI Mega SKY580 seems to be on a few of the forum threads as a good usb2 tuner and it looks like the latest 0.2rc version of MediaPortal now supports it. Search the forums for that card and see what you find.

Monkey.

madmonkeyman · 2006-05-16, 13:25

Bought one of these cards and to be honest its a**e!! The tuner in it is really bad. I can pick up all of the freeeview channels perfectly on my two set-top boxes and my LifeView PCI card but cant pick up anything on the MSI MegaSky 580 at all.

Oh, and the supplied software refuses to even tune the card despite being updated to the latest version which "fixes" all of the issues. Not good.

igalan · 2006-05-17, 13:25

I'm using a Hauppauge HVR-900, but only for DVB. It's an hybrid tuner, the analog part is software renderer, so not directly supported by MP; no problem because I have a PVR-350 for that. It works very well for most channels with the internal antenna that it has, because the building's has not been adaptef for DVB yet... I've also used an Airis G807 and worked well, no problems either using the larger internal antenna, the small one just doesn't make it.

2006-04-10, 11:42	#1 (permalink)
kasperh Portal User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	USB TV tuner card Can anyone recommend a TV-tuner with USB2, which is supported in MediaPortal? Is there a tv-tuner youre always recommend people to use?

2006-04-17, 13:02	#2 (permalink)
madmonkeyman Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi Kasperh, I'm looking for a good usb2 tuner as well. The MSI Mega SKY580 seems to be on a few of the forum threads as a good usb2 tuner and it looks like the latest 0.2rc version of MediaPortal now supports it. Search the forums for that card and see what you find. Monkey. __________________ MadMonkeyMan Silverstone LC11m with iMON Remote, MSI RS480-IL Motherboard AMD64 3000+ ATI X300 Onboard Graphics (128MB Shared) 1GB RAM 320GB HDD Zalman CPU Cooling LG DL 16x DVD LifeView DVBT Duo Media Portal 2.2.0 with Latest SVN

2006-05-16, 13:25	#3 (permalink)
madmonkeyman Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I take it back!! Bought one of these cards and to be honest its a**e!! The tuner in it is really bad. I can pick up all of the freeeview channels perfectly on my two set-top boxes and my LifeView PCI card but cant pick up anything on the MSI MegaSky 580 at all. Oh, and the supplied software refuses to even tune the card despite being updated to the latest version which "fixes" all of the issues. Not good. __________________ MadMonkeyMan Silverstone LC11m with iMON Remote, MSI RS480-IL Motherboard AMD64 3000+ ATI X300 Onboard Graphics (128MB Shared) 1GB RAM 320GB HDD Zalman CPU Cooling LG DL 16x DVD LifeView DVBT Duo Media Portal 2.2.0 with Latest SVN

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2006-05-17, 13:25	#4 (permalink)
igalan Portal Developer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Barcelona Age: 36 Posts: 334 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I'm using a Hauppauge HVR-900, but only for DVB. It's an hybrid tuner, the analog part is software renderer, so not directly supported by MP; no problem because I have a PVR-350 for that. It works very well for most channels with the internal antenna that it has, because the building's has not been adaptef for DVB yet... I've also used an Airis G807 and worked well, no problems either using the larger internal antenna, the small one just doesn't make it.