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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:18 am Post subject: OFF TOPIC / TV TUNER CARDS

I would like to add Hi Def cable TV to my (Home Premium) Vista PC [Please reference my sig file]. I doubt very much that I am going to purchase a new Hi-Def TV anytime soon. I've got a nice 24" monitor that may have to serve as my primary TV source as well as gaming and video editing.

My actual needs go a bit deeper, and of course I'm in way over my head on this topic. Any help or advice will be most appreciated.

You should know that I don't presently subscribe to Hi Def channels on my current cable TV subscription, but I definitely want to be capable and ready to go pure digital on my Vista (Home Premium) based PC.

I am so out of my league on this one that I don't know my top from my bottom. That's why you're reading this and perhaps you can interject some guidance or help. My wishes are thus:

1. A Tuner Card capable of receiving Analog & Digital Cable TV to PC.
2. DVR capability (pause programming--go fix dinner for myself--come back and resume viewing the baseball game where I left off).
3. Absolute ability to burn to DVD my favorite TV programs and TV movies. Call it archiving. This could be probably a problem area, I suspect.
4. Picture-in-picture view switching.
5. Cable ready Remote control device
6. Record one program while watching another.

What possible features am I forgetting?

God Bless!

Jaeg-

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: uhmmm...

"What possible features am I forgetting? "

uhmmm......autoland?

but seriously folks.... http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?product_code=GP574AA%23ABA&aoid=10071&srccode=cii_9324560&cpncode=17-7212342-2

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:13 am Post subject:

You may also need this.....

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr1600.html

Now to get exactly what you want/asking, this is the sh*t...

http://www.nebula-electronics.com/information/info.asp?Code=0001

http://www.nebula-electronics.com/information/info.asp?Code=0003

RD

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:

I don't know about the whole HD part, but I can say that you want to stay away from ATI tuners. The software that comes with them is not the greatest, I had to reinstall it almost everyday to get it to work properly. I eventually found DScaler, but that doesn't have all too many features (especially for what you want).