Re: What tuner(s) with Vista WMC?

bp wrote:

> Okay, I apologize if this is too basic a question, I really have been
> searching and reading on the net. I just installed Vista final version on my
> home PC, and have been playing with the embedded Media Center, and using my
> XBOX360 with this.
>
> I'm thinking about trying to add a TV Tuner to the setup and explore that
> aspect. A couple of questions:
>
> 1) Where can I find a Microsoft list of all currently supported Tuners for
> Vista final?
>
> 2) I am intrested in viewing and recording NTSC, ATSC and digital HDTV
> channels if possible. (I currently get these via a Motorola set top box
> connected to the cable and TV). Is it true that the only way to get this is
> to install TWO cards in the PC? Even though some of the vendor products seem
> to say a single card can do all this.
>
> 3) Where can I get some good info on setting this up in Vista?

bp:

Cable TV in the US is QAM, not ATSC. Over-the-air is ATSC. So you need a
card that has a QAM tuner in addition to ATSC.

I have the FusionHDTV USB by DviCo. I have not tried it yet on Vista,
but they have both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista drivers available for
download. It also supposedly integrates with MCE, but I have not tried
that either.

The software that comes with it is terrible (I had to write a helper
application to organize the channels the way I wanted them). But the
device works well, and I like the USB because I can in principle use it
with my laptop when traveling.

David Wilkinson

What I would like to find but cannot is a PCI-x (or just PCI) card with 2
RF connectors on the card itself, one for QAM (although I could live without
this since all but over the air and very, very basic cable channels are scrambled)
and one for ATSC w/tuner, and a desktop breakout box with 2 sets of HD
capable component video (my current cable box HD output) and audio connections,
and 2 or 3 HDMI connectors (for a next generation HD cable box, Blu-Ray and
HD DVD. I'm not really interested in NTSC.

If you find one, let me know.

DCR

"David Wilkinson" <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote in message
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| bp wrote:
|
| > Okay, I apologize if this is too basic a question, I really have been
| > searching and reading on the net. I just installed Vista final version on my
| > home PC, and have been playing with the embedded Media Center, and using my
| > XBOX360 with this.
| >
| > I'm thinking about trying to add a TV Tuner to the setup and explore that
| > aspect. A couple of questions:
| >
| > 1) Where can I find a Microsoft list of all currently supported Tuners for
| > Vista final?
| >
| > 2) I am intrested in viewing and recording NTSC, ATSC and digital HDTV
| > channels if possible. (I currently get these via a Motorola set top box
| > connected to the cable and TV). Is it true that the only way to get this is
| > to install TWO cards in the PC? Even though some of the vendor products seem
| > to say a single card can do all this.
| >
| > 3) Where can I get some good info on setting this up in Vista?
|
| bp:
|
| Cable TV in the US is QAM, not ATSC. Over-the-air is ATSC. So you need a
| card that has a QAM tuner in addition to ATSC.
|
| I have the FusionHDTV USB by DviCo. I have not tried it yet on Vista,
| but they have both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista drivers available for
| download. It also supposedly integrates with MCE, but I have not tried
| that either.
|
| The software that comes with it is terrible (I had to write a helper
| application to organize the channels the way I wanted them). But the
| device works well, and I like the USB because I can in principle use it
| with my laptop when traveling.
|
| David Wilkinson
|