Ant wrote:
Hello.

I think one of my old Air2PC-ATSC-PCI HDTV tuner cards, from 2005, died
earlier today since it can't seem to get any signals from any antenna.
My other one is still fine.

Does anyone know what's a good PCIE (PCI slots are hard to find in newer
motherboards these days) HDTV tuner card to get? It needs to be
compatible with both Windows XP+ (use DVB Viewers) and Linux (Debian
stable).

Thank you in advance.

I think I'd start with some Linux web page of tuners,
and work it backwards. Whatever you get from the Linux
page, is bound to have Windows software as well.

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_PCIe_Cards

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Another methodology is "networked tuners". These connect
to your Ethernet router or switch box. The idea behind
this, is no "low level driver" is needed for the tuner bits.
As a processor in that box takes care of it. The software
type you might use with this is DLNA based. They mention things
like Windows Media Center and MythTV.

"SiliconDust HDHomeRun - cable TV only version"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345006

(Ridiculously priced version with ATSC)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345010

(Reasonably priced ATSC from the same company)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345007

I'm not sure why the middle one is so expensive.

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They also make some USB dongle style TV tuners, but those
tend to overheat.

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The single biggest weakness with any TV related hardware you
buy, is the software. You can have wonderful pieces of hardware,
rendered completely useless by a lack of a good driver or
controls package. So you don't buy those things without reading
the customer review section to see whether the software was
usable or not.

Paul