Hauppauge HVR-2200 - What a fantastic PCIe Dual Digital TV Tuner - Page 48

dgaust · **24th October 2008, 10:55 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark1

(and maybe one other who can remain nameless ATM)

I guess that's a not-so-subtle reference to me, would you like to compare the number of thanks? Is this a "mine's bigger than yours competition"?

Just pointing out that you feel free to slag off other manfucturer's devices in numerous threads, when you know full well that the DVICO's issues are now fixed and the DigitalNow's are used by many many people with no problems.

In fact, I would say the number of people who have had problems with the S2s would be similar to those with the HVR-2200s and the S2's were a very early PCI-e card (where you would have expected more issue).

Yet when someone complains, however vigorously, you feel the need to jump on that person. People have left you alone to express your opinions, and frankly in the DVICO thread you were often borderline offensive, let others express theirs.

Mark1 · **25th October 2008, 10:18 PM**

Its great you are able to suspect yourself.

Good on ya, really, your both the ones with no idea.

And I'll continue to slag them off as you call it. Everyone still has their own right to go and buy whatever they like. Its just in reference to what I really have been through.
I have more experience in computers that you will probably ever know, and I can tell you I'm more than qualified to make the comments I do.

The Dvico's will never be fixed. Because of the way they dealt with the whole situation, I would never buy another one no matter what they claimed. They allowed that thread to crap on for far too long. Expecting users to accept a dodgy DIY fix. What a joke that was. And through the whole process I was telling people to return their cards. And I copped alot of crap about that view. But in the end I had people PM'ing me asking for help on the best way to go about it. I even asked people to drop me an email if they wanted me to put them on a list of unhappy customers. I had dozens of replies.

I'm happy the DigitalNows are going so well. But that doesn't change the fact that, IMO, this card is better. But that just my opinion.

In you saying I jump on other people. I never the only one. Recently some of the comments were a little silly and unreasonable.

People DON'T leave me alone to express my opinions, ie, you two.

So just let it go, and get on with your life... If you have one.

p.s. Sorry DVB4U, I haven't. Hopefully someone else will be able to answer that one.

Mike · **26th October 2008, 02:42 PM**

OK guys, there's nothing like a spirited debate to bring out all sides of a position - BUT - we need to take a step back and get our focus back on the subject at hand and leave the personalities out of it.

So can we please - from now - be civil to each other again and relax a little, after all, it's only a tuner card.

Many thanks,
Mike

HiitsJack · **27th October 2008, 10:47 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgaust

DVICO's issues are now fixed.

Is this correct ?

I've had a pci Dvico dd4 for almost 2 yrs and I have to say its been great (since performing MikeyM's mod).

I heard they released a new card with a black coloured board (which I believe their website says is for usa not Australia), has this card proven to be reliable ?

Jack

Paul Mathews · **12th July 2009, 09:41 AM**

Dvicos problems have been fixed. ????

I have a Dvico Dual Express and that thing has recently been having problems. It for some reason keeps disconecting and just not showing up in MCE, which requires changing the PCIE slot and then rescaning again. Rinse and repeat if I am unliucky. Hopefully it was just a driver problem with the latest drivers, I have gone back one release and hope that fixes it.

If it does not stop I will have to get me a HVR-HVR2200 and replace it, at least I know that one worked. I shouldhave read these forums first before I bought I guess, My fault.

I still want to get a HVR-HVR2200 as my second tuner to get me 4 tuners or recording goodness.

From what I read the HVR-HVR2200 is a fine card and even nicer is the FM radio if I can get it to work.

Thanks for listening.

Mark1 · **16th July 2009, 02:19 AM**

Hey Paul.

I'm still using the 2200! And its still a ROCK solid card. Never been a single problem for me ever.

I don't use the FM tuner so can't give to any tips there. I guess the latest would be digital radio for the HTPC, and a new card of some sort will be needed for that. And I'm guessing Media Center integration will be a long way off anyway, so I'm not bothering for now (radio never been a concern of mine, I just use the tuner in my amp).

If you are going to get a 2200, I would ditch the Dvico (ie, don't use it as your 3rd and 4th tuner), because it will still give you the same problems as you currently have with it alone. I am just running the one card (so twin tuners), I am thinking of a third tuner, but will probably go down the single USB dongle tuner path for that. I probably wont ever need to record 2 channels while watching a third, but I believe a 3rd can come in handy when you are recording 2 shows one after the other on one channel while trying to watch another channel. The reason is because for a short period of time one tuner will be recording the end of program A (with a bit of buffer past the guide finish time) while a second tuner will be required to start the recording of program B (with a bit of buffer before the guide start time). So the overlap takes up 2 tuners. You will need a third tuner to watch another channel for that period of time. That is what I have read anyway. Never experienced it because I don't record much, but I know people that have.

Also bare in mind, for more that 2 tuners, some hack work is required.

Anyway, that enough from me....

crazyfool · **18th July 2009, 07:12 AM**

I am currently looking to buy this tuner to replace my nova t500 because of some standby issues. Mainly the fact it takes anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute before it allows me to watch tv. I was wondering does this card suffer from similar issues.

Tyko76 · **18th July 2009, 07:51 PM**

Hi,

I just tried to set up a new HTPC as my old one was too slow for HD.

I bought a HVR-2200 last year, however I am using it for the first time as it wouldn't fit in my old HTPC.

However the TV card won't work. In the device manager it says that the device can not start (code 10).

I have updated all my drivers to the latest versions.

The rest of my specifications are:
Pentium Core 2 quad 2.8 Mhz
Vista Home 32 bit premium
Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H motherboard
Radeon 2400 xt card
2gb ram

Is there any fix or does it mean my card is defective?

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Thanks,

James.

DDH · **18th July 2009, 08:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyko76

Hi,

I just tried to set up a new HTPC as my old one was too slow for HD.

I bought a HVR-2200 last year, however I am using it for the first time as it wouldn't fit in my old HTPC.

However the TV card won't work. In the device manager it says that the device can not start (code 10).

I have updated all my drivers to the latest versions.

The rest of my specifications are:
Pentium Core 2 quad 2.8 Mhz
Vista Home 32 bit premium
Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H motherboard
Radeon 2400 xt card
2gb ram

Is there any fix or does it mean my card is defective?

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Thanks,

James.

James, given that you are raising a new issue, probably worth a new thread BTW.

Anyhoo, latest drivers downloaded from Newmagic?

BonsoDog · **10th August 2009, 11:17 PM**

Hi,

I'm hoping for some kind soul to help - I do not have time to read through the last 48 pages of this thread.

I have this card, and live TV stutters, making the WAF very low.

I have physically removed the wireless card I had in there.

I have updated to what I believe are the latest drivers.

I have brand new, good quality cables.

I have installed a signal booster, but it didn't help.

My specs are in my profile. Everything is pretty much brand new, except the HDD which I ripped out of my other PC, which is a few years old.

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

Cheers....

TiggerK · **11th August 2009, 12:24 AM**

Hi there,

Given that the signal booster didn't help, I would have to also suspect a video issue.

If you can possibly borrow a 9400,9500 or 9600 video card, that would be worth trying just to see if it fixes the issue. I know many users are happy with their onboard solutions, but I always say a dedicated video card is the best option.

Be unfortunate though to buy one, not be able to return it, and it doesn't fix the problem.... But it would be my first suspect.

Maybe you can try the TV card in a different slot?? PCI-Ex16 slot is OK.

I would certainly be downloading Windows 7 32 bit as well. Trial RC edition is only available for the next week or so from Microsoft, and I found the Digital TV side so vastly improved from Vista.

Cheers
TiggerK

logifuse · **11th August 2009, 11:19 AM**

It's not an up to date accurate helpful post, but when I briefly ran a G35 onboard graphics chip, I could never get 50Hz stutter free (using HVR-2200s). I don't think the tuner is the problem. In AMD/Nvidia onboard graphics land, I have always had to make the CPU use a higher minimum speed than the default 1000MHz (power option in control panel, minimum CPU power 5%) as the lowest speed impacts the RAM speed too (which the onboard graphics uses).

So, I'd make sure you have the graphics RAM set to 512MB in the BIOS, have the latest BIOS, have the latest Intel graphics drivers (they don't update them often enough), run the graphics at 50Hz & bump the minimum CPU power up to above the minimum (the percentages aren't linear, so you'll need to gradually bump it up until the actual CPU goes up to the next frequency - for AMD it's around 40-45% before you get to the 2nd step). Running a tool like CPUz while adjusting the percentage will tell you when you get there.

Justin