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From: felmon on 14 Dec 2009 16:21 On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:49:46 +0000, Robert Komar wrote: > I got burned by ordering the HVR-1800 and getting the HVR-1850 in its > place. I'm afraid I'll get the same treatment if I order the 1950. about the 1800/1850 this is what B&H Photo says: > The company changed the name from 1800 to 1850 (which is the same as > the 1800 but with new features). Usually when a product changes > names it is assigned a new catalog MFR#. So if you order an 1800 you > will get an 1850. Normally the 1800 would be discontinued and the > 1850 would replace it or they would offer both. Felmon
From: Robert Komar on 14 Dec 2009 20:49
felmon <nemo(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:49:46 +0000, Robert Komar wrote: > > >> I got burned by ordering the HVR-1800 and getting the HVR-1850 in its >> place. I'm afraid I'll get the same treatment if I order the 1950. > > about the 1800/1850 this is what B&H Photo says: > >> The company changed the name from 1800 to 1850 (which is the same as >> the 1800 but with new features). Usually when a product changes >> names it is assigned a new catalog MFR#. So if you order an 1800 you >> will get an 1850. Normally the 1800 would be discontinued and the >> 1850 would replace it or they would offer both. > > Felmon Thanks. Maybe they're keeping the switch low-key because it really doesn't matter to Windows users, but it has been a PITA for us linux users. About the 1850, I haven't got it working yet for digital OTA (ATSC) channels, but I'm pretty sure it's because of poor reception for UHF in my ground-level apartment. I'm rigging up a new antenna and bought a signal booster, so hopefully it'll be working before long. In my case, the one channel I really want to watch is available OTA in both NTSC and ATSC, so I can live with the 1850 if I can get a working signal for the digital version of the channel. For analog (NTSC), I resurrected an old PC with plenty of PCI slots, put in my old PVR-150 card, and moved that to a location with better reception. The HVR-1850 may eventually get NTSC drivers in Linux, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. The developer doing most of the work for that card (Steven Toth) didn't sound too keen on working on analog support for the 1850 when I brought up the subject: http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=551&cpage=1#comment-814 He probably lives in the US and switched to ATSC earlier in the year. Cheers, Rob Komar |