HDTV PCI TUNER FOR MEDIA CENTER 2005

WHAT HDTV PC CARD WILL WORK FOR MCE 2005?


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the tiltle says HDTV
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Such technology is not ready for prime time, IMO. You want a cable
ready/Over the air DTV - HDTV compliant card. I don't know of any other
there yet and the few now available for Over the Air have problems.

Richard.

("Richard" rfeirste at nycap.rr.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
Such technology is not ready for prime time, IMO. You want a cable
ready/Over the air DTV - HDTV compliant card. I don't know of any other
there yet and the few now available for Over the Air have problems.

Although there are no PC cards that support CableCard, there *are* cards
that support unencrypted QAM. How well they work, I don't know, because
I don't have one.

As for digital OTA, though, I have two different cards and they both work
great as far as reception goes. The Dvico FusionHDTV II has a crappy user
interface, but it *does* work for both watching and timer recording of ATSC.
The MIT MDP-100 (or MDP-120) MyHD card does an even better job at reception
and has a very easy to use interface. I use it to record about 12 hours per
week of OTA HDTV.

I have both of these in the same PC, and they work fine together...I can
record two OTA HDTV shows at the same time, or watch a recording while
another show is being recorded. The file format is the same (standard ATSC
transport stream), so recordings made on one can play back on the other.
There is no encryption of recordings, so I can edit them using freeware
programs and remove commercials. The Fusion card even comes with a utility
that will convert the HD recording to standard DVD or DIVX format...it's
slow, but it does a pretty good job.

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hi whar kind of problems. and what's the name of the cards/.
thanks.
I know a lot of users would like to know this now.

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WHAT HDTV PC CARD WILL WORK FOR MCE 2005?


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Such technology is not ready for prime time, IMO. You want a cable
ready/Over the air DTV - HDTV compliant card. I don't know of any other
there yet and the few now available for Over the Air have problems.

Richard.

"
Although there are no PC cards that support CableCard, there *are*
cards
that support unencrypted QAM. How well they work, I don't know,
because
I don't have one.

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Hey i was searching around and i think i might have found a pci video
card that is for digital tv with a cablecard slot. It looks like it
could work to decode encrypted cable signals legally.

http://www.twinhan.com/product_cable_2.asp

TwinhanDTV Cab-CI is a DVB-C card with designed-in common interface,
which allows you see both free-to-air & scrambled channels by one
signal card. Simply insert CAM and smart card from your cable provider,
you can enjoy more scrambled channels. More than your receiver,
TwinhanDTV Sat can record you favorite program into your PC and you
never miss it.

• High quality digital cable TV & radio receiving (DVB-C) -- TwinhanDTV
Cab-CI supports both free-to-air &
pay channel receiving
• Designed-in common interface for pay TV reception -- You need extra
CAM & subscribed smart card for
pay TV reception.

the specs are pretty cool. but i can't seem to find anywhere to buy it.
=(
i sent the company an email asking where i could, hopefully they are
selling it now.

Please post here if you can find out where to order this.


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blict ) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
Hey i was searching around and i think i might have found a pci video
card that is for digital tv with a cablecard slot. It looks like it
could work to decode encrypted cable signals legally.

http://www.twinhan.com/product_cable_2.asp

TwinhanDTV Cab-CI is a DVB-C card with designed-in common interface,
which allows you see both free-to-air & scrambled channels by one
signal card.

This is for DVB (which is an OTA access-enabled system), not CableCard
(which is for US digital cable TV only).

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