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11-06-2007, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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TV tuner cards...ever use them?
I am thinking of getting my wife a new machine for christmas with a tv tuner card but I never have used one myself.
How exactly do they work with cable TV? I am assuming you still need a cable box. Are there ways to get around this and go direct to the card? I would like the unit to esentially replace the box/DVR.
Is the resolution hd? Anything else you can tell me would be good.
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11-08-2007, 08:30 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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easiest solution for a home made dvr. I use it and love it and I've tried them all.
http://www.snapstream.com/
Mythtv is ok and works well but is alot of work to get up and going. It might be easier now but 3 years ago it was not the case. (this is the open source tivo) |
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11-08-2007, 08:59 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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i use a tuner card. i don't use a box, i just run the cable straight into the card and i just get the regular cable channels, which is still like 70 channels.
i think that they have HD tuner cards too, but i'm not sure if you can just run straight into them.
i like mine a lot.
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i bent my wookie
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11-08-2007, 11:15 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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they do have hd cards. im not exactly sure how they work but you can get an ir blaster that connects from you pc to the hd cable box. it changes the channel when needed. and the hd box connect via rca/svideo cables to the tuner card. (i think).
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11-08-2007, 11:16 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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keep in mind you will need more than one tuner card if you want to record and watch something else.
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11-08-2007, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
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Wow i just miss the show and go fishing it will be in reruns later anyways.  |
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11-08-2007, 11:46 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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even in Feb Lu?
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i bent my wookie
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11-08-2007, 02:44 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eastendlu
Wow i just miss the show and go fishing it will be in reruns later anyways. |
once you go commerical free, you won't go back. |
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