Usefullness of AIW cards with Digital cable

[Aloke Prasad]

AIW cards can decode basic analog cable and function as a PVR etc etc.

What happens if I switch to digital cable or premium service that requires a
set-top box from the cable company? Will the AIW card be able to switch
channels or will it be stuck on channel 3 or whatever the cable converter
box is set to output?

Aloke

 

[Greg]

It's just a 125 channel TV tuner, just like your regular TV. You need to
use the set top box.

 

[Mike Harrison]

AIW cards can decode basic analog cable and function as a PVR etc etc.

What happens if I switch to digital cable or premium service that requires a
set-top box from the cable company? Will the AIW card be able to switch
channels or will it be stuck on channel 3 or whatever the cable converter
box is set to output?

You can set up either of two ways. Split the cable before it gets to
the digital box. You then have all the analog channels available on
your PVR, and the digital ones on your digital box. If you wanted to
then record a digital channel, you could output the digital box to the
audio/video input on the AIW card and switch the AIW card to the
composite input mode.

Or, you can just output the digital cable from the TV to your AIW
card, but the digital box will have to change channels. The PVR will
be stuck on composite in.

 

[J-Man]

AIW cards can decode basic analog cable and function as a PVR etc etc.

What happens if I switch to digital cable or premium service that requires a
set-top box from the cable company? Will the AIW card be able to switch
channels or will it be stuck on channel 3 or whatever the cable converter
box is set to output?

Aloke
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I run my DCT straight into the coax input on my AIW Radeon and it
works fine..EXCEPT...

No stereo sound on non-analog channels. <pout>