The best Hybrid usb tuner for Mediaportal.

jca · 2008-11-21, 16:05

Hi i have a laptop i want to hook up to my tv and use mediaportal to do it, i need a usb hybrid tvtuner that mediaportal supports, i have had a look at the supported tv-cards page, but could not find any hybrid usb cards supported. do any of you have some good experince with usb tuners, i looked at the Pinacle usb PCTV hybrid pro but it seems onone have gotten it to work in mediaportal yep

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-11-21, 21:31

USB hybrid's are not good, the reason for this is they are software driven encoders like the hauppauge HVR-900, whereas you can get the pci equivalent HVR-1300 which is hardware encoding and works fine with MP, so i would get a dvb-t only stick if you must go usb.

Also you know you can only use one tuner at a time on a hybrid card, whereas a dual card like the hauppauge Nova TD has access to at least 2 channels at a time.

If you must go hybrid, go pci or pci-e.

jca · 2008-11-22, 22:54

Ok what one is best for media portal then
Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-TD-HD
or Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-11-22, 23:01

jca

These are both the same, it's just the software that regards them differently, ie; decoders supplied.

jca · 2008-11-22, 23:03

Nice thanks will buy the non hd version then. thanks alot

extra points for quick answer, hehe

2008-11-21, 16:05	#1 (permalink)
jca Portal User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The best Hybrid usb tuner for Mediaportal. Hi i have a laptop i want to hook up to my tv and use mediaportal to do it, i need a usb hybrid tvtuner that mediaportal supports, i have had a look at the supported tv-cards page, but could not find any hybrid usb cards supported. do any of you have some good experince with usb tuners, i looked at the Pinacle usb PCTV hybrid pro but it seems onone have gotten it to work in mediaportal yep

2008-11-21, 21:31	#2 (permalink)
Paranoid Delusion Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 7,033 Thanks: 139 Thanked 257 Times in 228 Posts Country: My System	USB hybrid's are not good, the reason for this is they are software driven encoders like the hauppauge HVR-900, whereas you can get the pci equivalent HVR-1300 which is hardware encoding and works fine with MP, so i would get a dvb-t only stick if you must go usb. Also you know you can only use one tuner at a time on a hybrid card, whereas a dual card like the hauppauge Nova TD has access to at least 2 channels at a time. If you must go hybrid, go pci or pci-e. __________________ Ray\PD Check your codecs are fine with Filmerit. Upload Logs\Pictures etc, use the "Go Advanced" and select the + feature to upload\attach files.

2008-11-22, 23:01	#4 (permalink)
Paranoid Delusion Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 7,033 Thanks: 139 Thanked 257 Times in 228 Posts Country: My System	jca These are both the same, it's just the software that regards them differently, ie; decoders supplied. __________________ Ray\PD Check your codecs are fine with Filmerit. Upload Logs\Pictures etc, use the "Go Advanced" and select the + feature to upload\attach files.

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jca Portal User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok what one is best for media portal then Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-TD-HD or Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD

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jca Portal User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice thanks will buy the non hd version then. thanks alot extra points for quick answer, hehe