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will this tv tuner work?

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frankie827

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so you are running the signal through the coverter box then to the tuner?

If so I assume any would work. But you will need to change the channels with the converter box.

If you have the line split you just need to have two things.

1 a HD tuner
2 if you run Vista be very sure the tuner is compatible.

It seems to me both of those are capable of getting it done.

I personally just got a ATI 650 tuner off ebay that works with windows7 even for about $55. No remote or anything, card only, but MC in Windows7 works just fine!
 
"Hauppauge turns your PC into an HDTV with their WinTV-HVR-1600. This PCI card has two tuners: NTSC, and ATSC/Clear QAM, plus an FM tuner so you can listen to the radio. The NTSC tuner is a 125 channel cable ready tuner for all of your standard over the air broadcasts or regular cable TV. The ATSC/clear QAM tuner supports all 18 ATSC formats including 1080i. You can watch the programming live or record it to disk as an MPEG-2 program stream."
 
sneekypeet said:
so you are running the signal through the coverter box then to the tuner?

If so I assume any would work. But you will need to change the channels with the converter box.

If you have the line split you just need to have two things.

1 a HD tuner
2 if you run Vista be very sure the tuner is compatible.

It seems to me both of those are capable of getting it done.

I personally just got a ATI 650 tuner off ebay that works with windows7 even for about $55. No remote or anything, card only, but MC in Windows7 works just fine!
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couldnt i just connect the cable out jack from the cable box to the cable in jack on the tv tuner card?
 
yes but then it only plays what channel the box is set to. You want to split the signal prior to it connecting to the in side of the converter box!
 
If you want to actually use the tuner on the TV card just hook up the cable directly.
 
sneekypeet said:
yes but then it only plays what channel the box is set to.
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so lets say i want to record something on a channel besides the one i am currently on, will it be able to record that?
 
no
please see edit above to do what you want!
 
frankie827 said:
so lets say i want to record something on a channel besides the one i am currently on, will it be able to record that?
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It depends on the software that is included with the TV card. Most likely yes.
 
erocker said:
It depends on the software that is included with the TV card. Most likely yes.
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how about if i'm using windows media center?
 
erocker said:
If you want to actually use the tuner on the TV card just hook up the cable directly.
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but then i cant get the "special" channel that arent available over normal cable
 
It does say that it's compatable with Windows Media Center so that would be a yes.
 
I just did this frankie with window7 and an older tuner not being compatable.

Just get a card, a splitter and two lenghts of cable.(one long enought to get to the converter box from the splitter, Im guessing this can be short. Then a long bit to get it to your PC. Split the end from the wall before it hits the box.)

Install the card and hook up the cable. Install drivers off of disc. restart.
Tick the icon for MC and it will ask you to do a setup....location....cable provider...blah blah blah.
Restart I think it will want you too anyways.

Return and open MC turn it on live TV and start watching....your recoreding features are all indide MC.
 
wouldn't you prefer cheaper alternatives?
 
Yes there are deffinately cheapper alternatives, but as I have seen you do seem to get what you pay for.

Also an image to help explain what Im on about with splitting the lines.
tv-tuner_help.jpg
 
nice drawing skills on computer :O btw, always look at reviews.... helps alot to choose your card
 
if only I could write better freehand!:)
 
hey thread starter... would you mind paying more for a better quality card or you want a cheaper alternative but less quality? what is your budget?

I just hate drawing... even on a computer... I cant even do straight lines with the straight line tool!!!!!!!
 
good advice ^^ but you get what you pay for :p
 
well my price range is from 80-100 and i would like it to be HD and from newegg
those are the only 1 that i found that i kinda liked
but im open to other suggestions
 
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