Re: two tuners required for HDTV??

No, you'll only be able to watch what comes in via ATSC. MCE 2005, nor Vista supports both sides of a hybrid card. In the case of a hybrid, they'll only do ATSC if that's the only card in the machine. If you're short on PCI slots, there are USB tuners, such as the Hauppauge USB2 that are MCE compatible.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"Bohlio" <Bohlio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E289CE78-8D3B-4EE0-B68E-B5DBE8E6D694@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you very much, that just made my day :D Id been staggering all around
the web looking for an answer. Thats good cause i just plain and simple
wouldnt have enough room for all my PCI cards if two tuners were required at
all times.

If i start with a SD tuner, add an HD tuner, then remove the SD tuner, I
will only be able to recieve digital broadcasts right? or can i follow the
same process except with a tuner that supports both SD and HD?

Thanks in advance

"Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" wrote:

Yes, you hae to have a standard analog tuner installed in order to setup an
ATSC card. Reports here, and other forums say that you can remove the SD
card once the ATSC card is installed and setup. This limitation does not
exist in Vista.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"Bohlio" <Bohlio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FECC13A0-0BEE-44BB-8B09-4756940CC092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Im interested in getting HDTV on my Media Center tv. The question I > have
> is
> do i need both a NTSC tuner and ATSC tuner to have HD tv? all the > product
> descriptions say that a NTSC tuner is required also. Is there any > possible
> way to have HDTV on my media center PC with only ONE ATSC tuner??


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: MCE 2005 w/ Rollup 2 AND HDTV
    ... How is ATSC after decoded from a STB any different from the "supported" ... HDTV tuner card. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: MCE 2005 w/ Rollup 2 AND HDTV
    ... How is ATSC after decoded from a STB any different from the "supported" ... HDTV tuner card. ... Some of the Fusion HDTV tuner cards also have a QAM tuner which can ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: Need Help please
    ... However, I have that on this particular machine, as well, and I do have an ATI video card, but no ATI tuner. ... Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: MCE 2005 w/ Rollup 2 AND HDTV
    ... How is ATSC after decoded from a STB any different from the "supported" ATSC ... HDTV tuner card. ... Some of the Fusion HDTV tuner cards also have a QAM tuner which can be ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: two tuners required for HDTV??
    ... MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart ... do ATSC if that's the only card in the machine. ... > If i start with a SD tuner, add an HD tuner, then remove the SD tuner, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
Loading