[ale] Good TV tuner card?

[Adam]

James Sumners wrote:
> I'm not sure why you are worried about Windows support. I use the the
> pcHDTV HD-5500 card[1] in my MythTV box. No Windows support, but it
> does everything else you want.
> 
> [1] -- http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_5500.html
> 
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Adam <prozaconstilts at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As I prepare to build a MythTV rig, I find myself stuck trying to decide
>> what kind of TV tuner card to use.
>>
>> Of course, I'd like the pie in the sky solution: a card that works with
>> Linux and Windows, can capture NTSC and ATSC (and QAM if possible), and
>> all that jazz, so I'm not relegated to a single platform or signal, in
>> case I decide to change things up one day.
>>
>> About the best I can find is the Hauppauge HVR 1600:
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HVR-1600
>>
>> It's getting a good amount of development (claims the history for the
>> page), and has the old PVR-150 tuner for analog, as well as an ATSC
>> tuner that Hauppauge/Conexant has provided firmware for.
>>
>> In Windows, it pretty much just works, as good as Hauppauge's software
>> has ever worked.
>>
>> Does anyone else have suggestions for the holy grail of TV tuners?
>>
>> Adam
> 
> 
> 

My response is going to make people cry:

I'd like support for both because I plan to use whatever OS 
(subjectively) works best for me...even if it means Windows MCE.

But, as the TV tuner decision-making process has pointed out, that 
probably won't happen.

Adam