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Best TV Tuner Card with MCE Compadability? (and ATSC/HD capable) onthelinefilms 10-18-2007
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Posted by onthelinefilms on October 18, 2007, 8:59 pm
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I recently networked my XBox 360 and my WINDOWS XP MCE PC and am currently
looking to buy a TV Tuner Card to record shows on the PC and plan to bring up
on my XBox 360 via Media Center. Knowing how picky the Xbox 360's Media
Center can be, I was curious what others have picked for the same task. I
want to be able to contol the TV Tuner via the Media Center interface for the
possibility of controlling it from the comfort of my couch between games on
my Xbox 360. I also plan to get one of those nifty Logitech remotes (to
control my whole entertainment center) in the near future... if anyone knows,
and could share their knowledge, of a TV Tuner Card that works great with all
of this, that would be badass. Any Suggestions?

I have looked at these three cards:
Pinnacle Systems' PCTV HD Card
ATI TV Wonderâ„¢ 650 PCI
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800

I have looked at (and been pointed to) the Hauppauge PVR-500, which I hear
is great for MCE compadibility but it is not a digital tuner (ATSC) and will
be out dated come the FCC's Digital Transition and also won't be HD, if/when
I go for a new TV.

Posted by Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] on October 18, 2007, 11:32 pm
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For MCE 2005, you will still have to have an analog tuner, before you can
even configure the HDTV tuner. No way around this. I haven't tried it, but
other users have reported that once the ATSC tuner is configured the NTSC
tuner can be removed.

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>I recently networked my XBox 360 and my WINDOWS XP MCE PC and am currently
> looking to buy a TV Tuner Card to record shows on the PC and plan to bring
> up
> on my XBox 360 via Media Center. Knowing how picky the Xbox 360's Media
> Center can be, I was curious what others have picked for the same task. I
> want to be able to contol the TV Tuner via the Media Center interface for
> the
> possibility of controlling it from the comfort of my couch between games
> on
> my Xbox 360. I also plan to get one of those nifty Logitech remotes (to
> control my whole entertainment center) in the near future... if anyone
> knows,
> and could share their knowledge, of a TV Tuner Card that works great with
> all
> of this, that would be badass. Any Suggestions?
>
> I have looked at these three cards:
> Pinnacle Systems' PCTV HD Card
> ATI TV Wonderâ„¢ 650 PCI
> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800
>
> I have looked at (and been pointed to) the Hauppauge PVR-500, which I hear
> is great for MCE compadibility but it is not a digital tuner (ATSC) and
> will
> be out dated come the FCC's Digital Transition and also won't be HD,
> if/when
> I go for a new TV.


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