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Posted by JW on February 14, 2008, 10:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options A hybrid tuner card is one which can receive either an analog or a digital
signal at one time but which can not receive signals of both types
simultaneously. In other words if you have a hybrid tuner card it can
receive either an NTSC analog or a digital signal (which is normally an ATSC
digital signal but some digital tuner can receive wither ATSC OTA digital or
cable QAM digital)
MC will only you to configure a hybrid card for analog or digital since
both can not received concurrently.
A dual tuner card, on the other hand, appears to the system as two
independent tuners which can be used concurrently. So with a dual tuner card
that has an analog and a digital tuner . You can watch a program with one
tuner and record a program with the other for example.
> chiefjay
>
> A hybrid tuner is one that has an NTSC tuner and an ATSC tuner. Some of
> the
> ATSC tuners happen to support the demodulation of a QAM signal.
>
> If you want to use tha QAM functionality you will have to use a
> third-party
> application as both XP and Vista Media Centers do not support QAM tuning.
>
> B.D.
>
> "chiefjay" wrote:
>
>> Jaime
>> Thanks for your reply. When you mention that the advantage of getting a
>> hybrid card is to be able receive OTA HD with an antenna, I am not sure
>> that
>> I completely understand. I thought that a hybrid tuner was defined as one
>> with an analog tuner and a digital QAM tuner. Does a hybrid card come
>> with an
>> ATSC tuner as well? Also, when you add the words "with an antenna", does
>> that
>> imply that I have to connect up an antenna to the tuner that am able to
>> install? I am sorry if these questions sound naive. As you can see, I am
>> a
>> newbie at all this. Also, When you talk about adding an analog card now
>> and
>> a second digital card in a year, are you suggesting that I devote 3 PCI
>> slots
>> to tuners? Is that what you have done? What would be the reason to add a
>> second digital tuner? In other words, what would the second one do that
>> the
>> first digital tuner doesn't?
>> Thanks,
>> ChiefJay
>>
>> "Jaime" wrote:
>>
>> > Well, you probably won't need to discard your analog tuner in 2009.
>> > Analog
>> > will be around after that, it is only "Broadcast" (Over-The-Air) analog
>> > must
>> > cease to exist to free the broadcast frequencies. Many cable companies
>> > will
>> > continue to send analog down the coax pipe long after 2009; the cable
>> > companies can do what ever they wish with there infrastructure.
>> >
>> > Some may transition to all digital info, as it saves them bandwidth as
>> > well,
>> > others may choose to continue to run analog for standard cable for
>> > years. If
>> > that is the case with your provider than you may not have a problem. If
>> > they
>> > eventually go digital and require a box, then it may not matter that
>> > you
>> > have an analog card, since you will be using the tuner in box anyway.
>> >
>> > The advantage of a hybrid/dual card (or multiple cards) is being able
>> > to
>> > receive Over-The-Air HD with an antenna. You could always add an analog
>> > card
>> > now (they're cheap) and add a second digital card in a year or two if
>> > needed.
>> > --
>> > James
>> > Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >I recently bought a win pc running vista ultimate. I want to run Media
>> > > Center, but need to purchase a tuner first. When inquiring about
>> > > tuners, I
>> > > rejected the notion of purchasing an analog tuner, as analog
>> > > programming
>> > > will
>> > > cease in February of 2009. When I spoke to Hauppauge, a manufacturer
>> > > of
>> > > hybrid (analog and digital) tuners, the salesperson advised me that
>> > > because I
>> > > am not using a set top box, it was critical before I purchased the
>> > > tuner
>> > > to
>> > > check first with my cable provider to find out which, if any, clear
>> > > QAM or
>> > > unencrypted QAM channels would flow through to my tuner. I called my
>> > > cable
>> > > provider and learned that the answer to the above question is "none".
>> > > So
>> > > now
>> > > i am in a quandary. I don't want to buy an analog tuner only to have
>> > > to
>> > > discard it in 2009, and apparently if i buy a digital tuner, I won't
>> > > get
>> > > any
>> > > stations. What is the answer to this conundrum?
>> >
>> >
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