DVICO FusionHDTV5 GOLD question

[nba1341]

so with the fusion5 hdtv gold i can hook up my regular basic cable to it through an hdtv antenna like i do with my plasma tv and hdtv antena right?

Like usually antennas have the switch that u can switch from cable to antenna mode and this card will accept basic cable?

also does the Philips PHDTV1 Indoor HDTV Antenna have a cable hook up on the anenna itself?

[nrf]

If you hook up a switch and select between modes, you have to have the software you are using re-configured appropriatedly. For BTV, this means that when you switch beteween cable and OTA you have to stop BTV, run the setup wizard, and edit the profile for that tuner, switching it to use the matching lineup.

Likewise with the fusion program, it needs to be changed as well.

so flicking the switch is just the beginning... doesn't sound like something I'd want to do.

as for the antenna, I doubt it but don't have one to know for sure

[nba1341]

ah so is it even worth buying the fusionhdtv gold?

i currently have an ati tv pro pci and it sucks

is a fusionhdtv5 usb worse than the pci since its external?

[nrf]

the question is, what are your goals? I actually have both the 5 gold pci and the 5 gold usb, and they are essentially indistinguishable. My goal is to record and/or watch things in HD if they are available that way, and only those things that are not come off the cable. I don't mess with analog OTA. (actually, I get 100% signal on my digital OTA but the analog for many of the stations is almost unwatchable)

I got tired of having to detect when HD shows conflicted and schedule one on cable, so I got the 5 gold USB. Now no conflicts, and the only stuff I schedule for cable is UPN which I can't reach OTA, and SciFi Channel.

So, if you are really only wanting a better analog tuner, I would stick with that. But once you've seen good HD, you will realize that analog is a big compromise.

[PVRMan2]

Originally Posted by nrf

If you hook up a switch and select between modes, you have to have the software you are using re-configured appropriatedly. For BTV, this means that when you switch beteween cable and OTA you have to stop BTV, run the setup wizard, and edit the profile for that tuner, switching it to use the matching lineup.

You only have to run the configuration twice. However, there is only one input for the card from the cable, so to go between, you need to unscrew one and screw the other on. Or come up with some sort of switching device. If someone knows of one, can they make it known here?

[AdmA]

so if i have a DVICO lite running my OTA HD signals, and my Hauppauge 150 running my cable...I should be ok? Will the guide account for the seperate tuners (ie different inputs completely). I have analog cable now on the 150 and will soon add teh DVICO, this should be flawless for just those shows I will watch in HD? otherwise my other channels should remain on cable...

[jebbbz]

Originally Posted by AdmA

so if i have a DVICO lite running my OTA HD signals, and my Hauppauge 150 running my cable...I should be ok? Will the guide account for the seperate tuners (ie different inputs completely). I have analog cable now on the 150 and will soon add teh DVICO, this should be flawless for just those shows I will watch in HD? otherwise my other channels should remain on cable...

This should work fine. I have a Fusion5 USB hooked up to an antenna and a Diamond 550 hooked up to analog cable. BTV integrates the cable and OTA into a single program guide and runs the appropriate card(s) as needed. BTV has a numbering scheme for digital channels that groups them all together -- analog stations get a normal one or two-digit number (5, 12, 45, etc.) while their digital equivalents get a pre-fixed 1 and a post-fixed 1, 2, 3 or 4 to designate the sub-channel (thus, 1051, 1121 or 1122, 1451 or 1452, etc.). Thus, all the digital channels are grouped in a 1000 series while analogs are in a 1-99 space. I like this, other people don't as they would prefer that the digital equivalents be interspersed with their analog partners (5, 5.1, 12, 12.1, 12.2, etc.)