View Full Version : Wish to buy a new tv tunes card . Any suggestions?
neoargon
November 6th, 2010, 08:25 AM
I wish to buy a new tv tuner card . I heard that not every cards work well in Ubuntu . Can you please suggest me some decent working tv tuner card that work well in Ubuntu . I heard that there are seperate types of tuner cards for lcd and crt monitors . If anyone know about the difference, please tell .
Mine is an lcd monitor .
Thank you .
sully101
November 6th, 2010, 10:14 AM
Your probably best to go over to http://www.mythbuntu.org/ and have a look at their FAQ and maybe post on their forum. Though I'm sure someone will have already asked the same question.
karthick87
November 6th, 2010, 10:16 AM
Get any USB tv tuner card it will work in ubuntu..
m4tic
November 6th, 2010, 02:06 PM
Get any USB tv tuner card it will work in ubuntu..
Not every, i returned a model back to the store a few week's ago, i forgot the name bit it did work under XP.
ubunterooster
November 6th, 2010, 03:25 PM
Get any USB tv tuner card it will work in ubuntu..
I still can't get the on happague tuner working. WinTV devices are incomplete by themselves and require specific software to complete it
neoargon
November 6th, 2010, 05:47 PM
Your probably best to go over to http://www.mythbuntu.org/ and have a look at their FAQ and maybe post on their forum. Though I'm sure someone will have already asked the same question.
I will
neoargon
November 6th, 2010, 05:47 PM
Your probably best to go over to http://www.mythbuntu.org/ and have a look at their FAQ and maybe post on their forum. Though I'm sure someone will have already asked the same question.
I will. Thanks
Bungo Pony
November 8th, 2010, 04:06 AM
All I can really suggest is avoid ones made by ATI. I really hate the one I have. It kinda works in Linux, problems with the audio output on the card so I generally use a different method of hooking up audio. The copy protection (screen blanking) cuts in even on content that isn't copy protected. If there's some mild disruption in the video, the screen will blank out. In other words, it's a piece of junk. Apparently, the cheap off-brand ones work better. I've got one sitting brand new in the box made by Manhattan which I have yet to try with Linux. I'm hoping it's much better.
grahammechanical
November 8th, 2010, 07:00 PM
You say:
I heard that there are separate types of tuner cards for lcd and crt monitorsI have not heard that. The purpose of the TV card is to receive television transmissions. The graphic card in the computer gives the output to the screen. CRT screens are analogue. You connect to them by VGA connector. LCD screens are digital like the computer. With CRT the computer has to convert its digital signals to analogue. The VGA connector is used. But if you use VGA with a LCD screen then you are converting from digital to analogue in the computer and converting analogue to digital in the monitor. This is not bad but not necessary. Use a DVI or HDMI connection and it is digital to digital.
Graphic cards still have VGA connectors as standard so that they can work with a CRT monitor. I have a combination digital TV monitor and my graphic card has Video Graphic Array, Digital Video Interface and High Definition Media Interface connectors. I can use either with the TV/monitor. I have also noticed that the latest models of TV have all kinds of connectors but DVI is falling out of fashion I think that HDMI is replacing it. But VGA is there.
Regards
LowSky
November 8th, 2010, 07:59 PM
I heard that there are seperate types of tuner cards for lcd and crt monitors . If anyone know about the difference, please tell
Hi. Take a look at the Mythbuntu portion of this forum. It can help you with questions on getting a TV tuner card working.
As for what to buy and what works on what, you have your information a bit wrong.
Tuner card are made for digital and analog TV signals. They have nothing to do with what type of monitor you have. Digital signals can carry HDTV and will look pixelated if the signal is bad. Analog carry your older TV signals that are being phased out and most and look fuzzy when the signal is bad.
Tuner cards will vary per country and for what signal you are looking to use. Some are hybrids and can watch both analog and digital. You can get an internal model that works on older PCI or Newer PCIe, they also make USB models.
Also think about how you want to watch TV, or do you also want to record? Do you want the ability to watch and record another show at the same time?
What channels are available in my area? What can I watch over the air or with cable or satellite?
So in shorter words: The monitor doesn't matter. What matters is what you want to watch, do you want to record it for later use, and how you will receive the TV signal. Answer these questions and we can maybe point you in the right direction.
eriktheblu
November 8th, 2010, 08:13 PM
I use a Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 with little difficulty. There is a conflict with Nvidia drivers, but that is easily overcome with a small adjustment to the boot loader.
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