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I would like to see A180 support as well, but I'm having some stuttering issues from channels that are quite close (~24 miles away). I live in somewhat of a valley...nothing super deep or anything, but I appear to be having some multipathing issues. There are a lot of threads in places like the AVS forums regarding the A180 and stutter. I've read them all and done a little chatting with konfoo via IRC. Konfoo is one of the ATSC developers for Media Portal, and he has been really helpful (He really knows his stuff regarding ATSC, Antennas, HDTuners, etc). At this time, my hypothesis is that tha A180 has a tuner that does not handle multipathing very well. The stutter combined with the signal behavior (bounces around from ~50% to 100% all the time for a few channels) tend to suggest multipathing as opposed to other things such as bad software or low signal strength.

I've got a Vbox HDTuner on the way...when that comes, I hope to be able to establish whether the A180 is a good card or not: I'm leaning towards the "Avermedia A180 is a piece of crap" hypothesis but I hope that I am wrong.

As long as we have a few A180 users in here, would anyone care to elaborate on their experience with the card thus far?

Have you used the Avermedia TV software (Horrible stuttering for me).

Have you tried the WatchHDTV app (Less stuttering, but still very annoying on certain channles)?

<blockquote data-quote="Commodore 64" data-source="post: 24359" data-attributes="member: 13303">I would like to see A180 support as well, but I'm having some stuttering issues from channels that are quite close (~24 miles away).&nbsp; I live in somewhat of a valley...nothing super deep or anything, but I appear to be having some multipathing issues.&nbsp; There are a lot of threads in places like the AVS forums regarding the A180 and stutter.&nbsp; I've read them all and done a little chatting with konfoo via IRC. Konfoo is one of the ATSC developers for Media Portal, and he has been really helpful (He really knows his stuff regarding ATSC, Antennas, HDTuners, etc). At this time, my hypothesis is that tha A180 has a tuner that does not handle multipathing very well.&nbsp; The stutter combined with the signal behavior (bounces around from ~50% to 100% all the time for a few channels) tend to suggest multipathing as opposed to other things such as bad software or low signal strength.I've got a Vbox HDTuner on the way...when that comes, I hope to be able to establish whether the A180 is a good card or not:&nbsp; I'm leaning towards the &quot;Avermedia A180 is a piece of crap&quot; hypothesis but I hope that I am wrong.As long as we have a few A180 users in here, would anyone care to&nbsp; elaborate on their experience with the card thus far?Have you used the Avermedia TV software (Horrible stuttering for me).Have you tried the WatchHDTV app (Less stuttering, but still very annoying on certain channles)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Commodore 64, post: 24359, member: 13303"] I would like to see A180 support as well, but I'm having some stuttering issues from channels that are quite close (~24 miles away). I live in somewhat of a valley...nothing super deep or anything, but I appear to be having some multipathing issues. There are a lot of threads in places like the AVS forums regarding the A180 and stutter. I've read them all and done a little chatting with konfoo via IRC. Konfoo is one of the ATSC developers for Media Portal, and he has been really helpful (He really knows his stuff regarding ATSC, Antennas, HDTuners, etc). At this time, my hypothesis is that tha A180 has a tuner that does not handle multipathing very well. The stutter combined with the signal behavior (bounces around from ~50% to 100% all the time for a few channels) tend to suggest multipathing as opposed to other things such as bad software or low signal strength. I've got a Vbox HDTuner on the way...when that comes, I hope to be able to establish whether the A180 is a good card or not: I'm leaning towards the "Avermedia A180 is a piece of crap" hypothesis but I hope that I am wrong. As long as we have a few A180 users in here, would anyone care to elaborate on their experience with the card thus far? Have you used the Avermedia TV software (Horrible stuttering for me). Have you tried the WatchHDTV app (Less stuttering, but still very annoying on certain channles)? [/QUOTE]