Re: Suggest a TV tuner card?

Wow! - in the UK we seem to have the problem that MCE can handle analogue or
digital - but not both at the same time. And FM radio is counted as analogue,
so if you choose digital TV, you can't have FM radio. It sounds like you have
a work-around for those issues?

"JW" wrote:

The 1600 Dual tuner card acts to MCE as if it is actually two independent
tuner cards.
With one 1600 card you can watch one program (either NTSC/analog or
ATSC/digital OTA) and record from the other tuner.
Or you can record one program from each tuner at the same time.
With 2 of these cards you can actually record 4 programs and at the same
time watch a previously recoded 5th program.
You can input from S-Video or composite instead of using the NTSC tuner(s).
Component input is not available.

"CSM1" <nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Jesse" <jt314159@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am looking for a analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC) tuner card to fit into
a PCI slot (not PCIe).
A FM tuner would be nice.

I would like to be able to record two shows at once, or to record one and
watch another.

Must be compatable with XP MCE 2005, would like to be Vista compatable.

Inputs needed: RF (F connector) from analog rabbit ears, RF (F
connector) from Digital antenna.
Would like composite / component / S-Video

sdtv is ok, if it supported hdtv for future use is good.

Plan to use the MCE software, not add-on software that comes with the
card.

Need a stable card, that is not one that requires reboots, reloads, or
produces blue screens.

What would you suggest?

Thanks in Advance,

--Jesse

ATSC/QAM/NTSC
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_hvr1600.html

If you want to record two shows at once, you would have to install two of
these cards.

If you want of record two NTSC shows at once, you could install a second
PVR-150 tuner.
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html


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