Fusion HDTV 7 tuners

[mikesm]

Has anyone tried them with Sage? There is a PCI version as well as a USB version, and it supports OTA and QAM. The digital tuner is supposed to be even better than the 5th generation LG tuners on multipath etc...

I just ordered the tiny USB version from cyberestore for my laptop for use when I'm on travel, but I was curious about Sage integration. Apparently it's already supported by snapstream.

[stanger89]

I'd be kind of surprised if it doesn't work. Do you have multipath trouble? I'm pretty sure I do, and I'd be interested in this if it's a nice improvement.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by stanger89

I'd be kind of surprised if it doesn't work. Do you have multipath trouble? I'm pretty sure I do, and I'd be interested in this if it's a nice improvement.

I don't know if I do - I don't use OTA at all now, though I have an antenna pointed at Sutro Tower (the local major transmitter site) in my attic. I was going to feed one of the HD homerun tuners with OTA, and the other clear QAM, but thanks to the decision to go to BDA drivers in Sage, both tuners have to be the same, OTA or QAM.

A friend of mine doesn't use the HDhomerun with Sage, so he has them mixed, and sees better picture on the OTA feed, which doesn't make much sens eto me, since comcast isn't supposed to be doing any processing on their network feeds. I figured I'd get the little USB tuner to play with and see if I could tell the difference in recordings. If it turns out that OTA is better, I'll use the little guy for QAM and switch my HDHomerun to OTA. :-)

I'll let you know how it works - I should have it in a few days. My friends in the chip business say that tuner chip is outstanding.

Thanks,
mike

[carlgar]

Originally Posted by mikesm

I was going to feed one of the HD homerun tuners with OTA, and the other clear QAM, but thanks to the decision to go to BDA drivers in Sage, both tuners have to be the same, OTA or QAM.

That limitation appears to have been removed with the 20080104 driver release. From the release notes:

Windows: Support different sources for each tuner (when supported by DVR application). Not supported by MCE.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by carlgar

That limitation appears to have been removed with the 20080104 driver release. From the release notes:

Windows: Support different sources for each tuner (when supported by DVR application). Not supported by MCE.

How do you set this in Sage? I didn't see an option for it?

thx
mike

[carlgar]

I would expect you keep the same EPG lineup for the Qam tuner and use a OTA EPG guide for the OTA tuner.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by carlgar

I would expect you keep the same EPG lineup for the Qam tuner and use a OTA EPG guide for the OTA tuner.

I understand that, but the mapping of channels must be different, and I suspect the driver has to tell the tuner what mode to operate in.

[carlgar]

The mapping is determined by the EPG guide information. Actually the HDHR made the QAM channel mapping look like OTA channels. So from the sage point of view QAM and OTA channels would look the same. The HDHR is using the channel number as is for OTA. For QAM it is doing some internal mapping for QAM.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by carlgar

The mapping is determined by the EPG guide information. Actually the HDHR made the QAM channel mapping look like OTA channels. So from the sage point of view QAM and OTA channels would look the same. The HDHR is using the channel number as is for OTA. For QAM it is doing some internal mapping for QAM.

Asked and answered here:http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4977

[sacrament055]

MikeSM,

Have you been able to integrate your new Fusion 7 tuner with Sage? Notice any better reception off of the same OTA source?

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

MikeSM,

Have you been able to integrate your new Fusion 7 tuner with Sage? Notice any better reception off of the same OTA source?

Haven't played with it in Sage yet. Seems pretty nice working standalone in my laptop though...

[stanger89]

I suppose I'll resurect the thread, anyone tried these, compared them to the HDHR, Vbox, or Aver A180 tuners?

[rmac321]

Bump...

The HDTV7 appears to be the best choice for ATSC OTA, and SageTV as the best software (high WAF, great extender abilities, etc)

In trying to establish whether this is a viable combo (SageTV/Fusion HDTV7), my research has uncovered people asking the question with no answers and a couple posts discussing the dual express version. Has nobody tried the single tuner versions with SageTV yet?

If not, any idea when these cards will be addressed by the SageTV staff?

Thanks in advance...

[bigbill]

Another Resurection... Anyone tried these yet. I am looking for a new tuner to Replace a Hauppague 950 that's starting to act odd..

[m1k3g]

I have been using the Fusion 7 PCI for about 8 months now. At first, Sage didn't seem to recognize it, but once I upgraded to the latest drivers it's been working ok with our FIOS box.

[bigbill]

How about anyone using the new USB v7 model? I am using an HP mediasmart and the only thing I can run is USB tuners.