Iggy_AZ
join:2005-11-21
Surprise, AZ
 ·Cox HSI
2 edits |  [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed
What brand and model are you using successfully?
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 ajwees41
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join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | Re: [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed you will not get any digital cable channels without a cable card equipped pc. if you just want the unencrypted digital channels a qam tuner should work. | |
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 | Iggy_AZ
join:2005-11-21
Surprise, AZ
·Cox HSI
| Re: [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed said by ajwees41  :you will not get any digital cable channels without a cable card equipped pc. if you just want the unencrypted digital channels a qam tuner should work. I think I want what you said in the end.
"if you just want the unencrypted digital channels a qam tuner should work."
I want to watch TV on my monitor using cox regular TV service whatever it is called from the wall outlet.
This is what I do in my bedroom Digital TV set without a box.
SO are you saying yes it will work as long as I get a QAM tuner. | |
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| | | Iggy_AZ
join:2005-11-21
Surprise, AZ | Re: [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed I was planning to buy a similiar card and no I don't need any box to watch the local channels | |
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| | Iggy_AZ
join:2005-11-21
Surprise, AZ
·Cox HSI
| [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed I was planning to buy the following HD TV Tuner card for my computer.
Hauppauge
HVR-1250
PCI-Express
»www.hauppauge.com/site/products/···250.html
I plan on watching the basic channels straight out of the wall with no cable box.
Anyone else doing this on their computer? | |
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cob_
1310nm Of Goodness
Premium
join:2003-07-08
Tulsa, OK
| To add to what ajwees41 said, I haven't been keeping up on it, but I believe the only cablecard tuners are external USB, and are pretty strictly sold only as OEM with new PCs with Media Center. Shame the MPAA and the likes have such a stranglehold on new media technology; it's reminiscent of HDMI and HDCP requirements. | |
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Beerguy
@bellsouth.net
| Re: [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed Most cable card tuners are USB but some OEM's have been shipping internal as well.
I have an HVR2250 and get both QAM and analog with it with no trouble. I think Cox isn't always as giving as some other companies because we only get the local channels on QAM but even then, I don't get them all. I get the biggies but not all the PBS and independent local ones. | |
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cob_
1310nm Of Goodness
Premium
join:2003-07-08
Tulsa, OK
| Re: [AZ] Computer TV Tuner Card Advise Needed said by Beerguy :
Most cable card tuners are USB but some OEM's have been shipping internal as well.
I have an HVR2250 and get both QAM and analog with it with no trouble. I think Cox isn't always as giving as some other companies because we only get the local channels on QAM but even then, I don't get them all. I get the biggies but not all the PBS and independent local ones.
Your tuner doesn't accept a CableCard.
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| | ajwees41
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join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | that's all you will get is the basic and local qam without a cable card. | |
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