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Posted by Jaime on June 9, 2008, 3:48 pm
Please log in for more thread options The switch to digital only affects Over-The-Air, you will continue to get
analog through your cable connection.
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James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida
> Thanks guys, So will the 1600 or 1800 work with something like Comcast
> cable. I really don't need analogue since it's going to be dropped anyway
> next year.
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> Anybody out there gotten Comcast cable to work in WMC with a 1600 or 1800?
> I don't want to get another card unless I am sure. Got screwed once by
> Hauppauge!
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>> The Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 or 1800 both work well in WMC because of
>> their dual tuner design that affords a seperate analog NTSC tuner for
>> cable or OTA analog and one digital ATSC / QAM tuner that is used for
>> ATSC tuning (OTA digital) in WNC.
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>> There are other cards that work as well, but cards that have a single
>> Hybrid tuner must be limited to use for tuning only one source within
>> WMC. In other words all tuners must be setup to tune only one source at a
>> time within MCE. It's allwas been that way with WMC to elimininate
>> recording conficts.
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>>>I am looking all over the web for a suitable TV tuner to work with my
>>>Vista WMC. All I see throughout are many people having problems. Why is
>>>this so difficult?
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>>> For example I tried working with a Hauppauge PCI 1250. Totally hopeless.
>>> Even with their most up to date driver from their web site the stuff
>>> prevents the Vista from shutting down. This is 2008 guys! Why do we
>>> still have 10 year old type driver problems?
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>>> Question to all here --- Does anybody have a Vista Home premium
>>> compatible TV tuner that works with Comcast (CA/San Francisco) that can
>>> get Analogue and Digital TV stations with no problem. Anybody?
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