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| Thread ID: 85115 | 2007-11-30 02:44:00 | TV Card Advice | hazza87 (12499) | Press F1 |
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| 616657 | 2007-11-30 02:44:00 | I am looking to purchase a TV Card for my system in the near future with freeview DVB-T high def in mind. I would also like FM radio and analogue tv signals aswell, i would also be attatching it to my sky decoder so it would need to be compatible with nz sky. IR blaster functions look useful though not entirely sure how they work. Have looked into a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR3000 looks good as it also does DVB-S just in case, if anyone has any experience with this or similar cards any comments would be appreciated and whether it works with sky and if the remote/ software is any good. Also any advice on connections etc to set up freeview and sky simultaneously on the card would be appreciated. |
hazza87 (12499) | ||
| 616658 | 2007-11-30 02:46:00 | There are several threads on this subject. maybe start here:- forums.pcworld.co.nz |
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| 616659 | 2007-11-30 03:36:00 | If you wanted Sky, it would have to be from a decoder, or you probably have to get a tv card with a slot in it. For the Sky card to unscramble it. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 616660 | 2007-11-30 03:40:00 | I will say one thing:- I see you have Vista Home Premium 64bit. The problem with Windows Media Center is that it will only support one type of tuner at a time. i.e. if you get a card that supports DVB-S, DVB-T and analogue you can only use one at a time. To change from one type of tuner to another one you would have to run through the TV setup again loosing anything you had set up before. So if you want to be able to view Freeview via DVB-T and Sky, which will need to be connected by s-video or composite video, you will need to use something like MediaPortal or MythTV which allow similtaneous use of different types of tuners. If you want to stay with Windows Media Center you would need to get a Freeview set-top-box to go along with your sky box and a Hauppauge PVR500MCE, which is a dual-tuner analogue card and both set-top-boxes could connect to it and it would work in Windows Media Center. |
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