> 1) Is there any way to monitor the temperatures of the cx18 card/chipset?
> > Not that I am aware of. > > That is what I thought, thanks for confirming. > > 2) In recent testing I noticed the ATSC tuner sensitivity in two of my > TVs > > appears to be much better than the tuner on the cx18. Given that one of > my > > TVs is also a Samsung I found this a bit strange. I was experimenting > with > > having my ATSC antenna elsewhere in the house and sending the channels > over > > my internal wiring. The TVs could play the signal just fine when it was > > split a few times but the cx18 would not lock unless I removed all but > one > > split in the line. What would cause such a difference between the cx18 > > tuner and the one in the TV? > > Could you please clarify which cx18 device you are using (since that > largely effects which tuner/demod are onboard)? > Well that was an oversight, sorry about that. You are correct, the two cards are HVR-1600s. > Assuming you're talking about the HVR-1600, generally speaking, the > perfomance should be comparable to Windows, although admittedly my > previous analysis was restricted to ClearQAM performance. It would be > a helpful exercise if you could boot up Windows and see how it does, > as this will tell us if it's simply a hardware limitation or perhaps > the demod is improperly programmed compared to the Windows driver. > I have a different machine with two HVR-1600s that I will drop a HD in and > add windows and try it under the windos driver. I have not played with the > cards in windows before, is there a bundled or recommended app for testing > ATSC under windows or reading signal > strength.<http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel> > I have a different machine with two HVR-1600s that I will drop a HD in and add windows and try it under the windos driver. I have not played with the cards in windows before, is there a bundled or recommended app for testing ATSC under windows or reading signal strength? -Jeff
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