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I am of the opinion that A180 tuner is the most likely culprit of my craptastic A180 experience. If you don't have a perfect signal, my card will not lock the channel and it will stutter like crazy.Multipath issues seem to be highly exacerbated on this card.

I've finally got my problem licked though...I installed a big multildirectional UHF antenna. However, 2 of my digital stations are on the VHF spectrum, so I had to remove the Yagi portion of my Channel Master combo antenna and do some modifications to it in order to mount it on the pole beneath my big UHF. I run each antenna's respective lead to a signal combiner (just a plain old Radio Shack one). I've got my antennas on a 10 foot pole strapped to my chimney (I live in somewhat of a valley). With this setup, I've largely been able to eliminate stutter.

Here is a note to konfoo: I got my Vbox card from pcalchemy. The box and PCB indicate that it was made in 2005...the Tuner is a Thomson with the Skytune951 chipset on the card. I think I got one of the older cards .

I got the 150 version of the Cat's Eye (half height PCI card with tuner only). It cost $89 which puts it in the same range ast the A180. I plan to put the Vbox in my system in the next few days. I may try to run both the A180 and the Vbox simultaneously.

I'm eagerly awaiting the ATSC support for MP so I can finally remove the Avermedia Analog TV card already! I'm tired of having to close MP so I can launch the Avermedia software to watch digital TV!

<blockquote data-quote="Commodore 64" data-source="post: 25105" data-attributes="member: 13303">I am of the opinion that&nbsp; A180 tuner is the most likely culprit of my craptastic A180 experience.&nbsp; If you don't have a perfect signal, my card will not lock the channel and it will stutter like crazy.Multipath issues seem to be highly exacerbated on this card.I've finally got my problem licked though...I installed a big multildirectional UHF antenna. However, 2 of my digital stations are on the VHF spectrum, so I had to remove the Yagi portion of my Channel Master combo antenna and do some modifications to it in order to mount it on the pole beneath my big UHF.&nbsp; I run each antenna's respective lead to a signal combiner (just a plain old Radio Shack one). I've got my antennas on a 10 foot pole strapped to my chimney (I live in somewhat of a valley).&nbsp; With this setup, I've largely been able to eliminate stutter.Here is a note to konfoo: I got my Vbox card from pcalchemy. The box and PCB indicate that it was made in 2005...the Tuner is a Thomson with the Skytune951 chipset on the card.&nbsp; I think I got one of the older cards <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />.I got the 150 version of the Cat's Eye (half height PCI card with tuner only).&nbsp; It cost $89 which puts it in the same range ast the A180.&nbsp; I plan to put the Vbox in my system in the next few days.&nbsp; I may try to run both the A180 and the Vbox simultaneously.I'm eagerly awaiting the ATSC support for MP so I can finally remove the Avermedia Analog TV card already! I'm tired of having to close MP so I can launch the Avermedia software to watch digital TV! &nbsp;<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Commodore 64, post: 25105, member: 13303"] I am of the opinion that A180 tuner is the most likely culprit of my craptastic A180 experience. If you don't have a perfect signal, my card will not lock the channel and it will stutter like crazy.Multipath issues seem to be highly exacerbated on this card. I've finally got my problem licked though...I installed a big multildirectional UHF antenna. However, 2 of my digital stations are on the VHF spectrum, so I had to remove the Yagi portion of my Channel Master combo antenna and do some modifications to it in order to mount it on the pole beneath my big UHF. I run each antenna's respective lead to a signal combiner (just a plain old Radio Shack one). I've got my antennas on a 10 foot pole strapped to my chimney (I live in somewhat of a valley). With this setup, I've largely been able to eliminate stutter. Here is a note to konfoo: I got my Vbox card from pcalchemy. The box and PCB indicate that it was made in 2005...the Tuner is a Thomson with the Skytune951 chipset on the card. I think I got one of the older cards :(. I got the 150 version of the Cat's Eye (half height PCI card with tuner only). It cost $89 which puts it in the same range ast the A180. I plan to put the Vbox in my system in the next few days. I may try to run both the A180 and the Vbox simultaneously. I'm eagerly awaiting the ATSC support for MP so I can finally remove the Avermedia Analog TV card already! I'm tired of having to close MP so I can launch the Avermedia software to watch digital TV! :P [/QUOTE]