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<blockquote data-quote="Commodore 64" data-source="post: 63838" data-attributes="member: 13303">No worries about your &quot;nubness&quot;.&nbsp; LOL, it wasn't long ago that I was super confused too (heh, I still am).In any case.&nbsp; The only way to view HD in the USA is with a digital card, i.e. (ATSC). Unfortunately the only way to get that for most people on their computer/HTPC is with an Antenna for Over-The-Air channels.&nbsp; The Fusion software will tune unencrypted QAM64, which is nice, but the law only requires cable companies to provide local stations in an unencrytped format. At this point, some people get lucky and can tune a lot of channels with QAM64, but certainly none of them can get the Premium Channels (like HBO, Skinemax).&nbsp; IMHO, it is only a matter of time before all cable companies get their act together and encrypt everything but what the law requires them to.The Fusion 5 card is a great card ( I have a Fusion 5 Lite, PCI version).&nbsp; You can run your cablebox through the analog input (Svideo) and use MP to view it that way.&nbsp; I believe you have to use a sort of plugin to get guide data and remote zapping data for it...I'm not sure becasue I've never captured video that way.&nbsp; Your computer is powerfulenought to use a software based solution, so you might want to try to use the NTSC (Analog) software tuner before picking up another card.&nbsp; I have heard that the tuner is not that good, but if you can pull a good signal, it would probably be fine.If you have straight analog cable, you can get a hardware PVR card like the Hauppage 150, Avermedia MCE 150 or whatever and use MP to control it.&nbsp; This solution works very well.&nbsp; You could get 2 cards or a dual tuner card (Hauppage 500) so you could watch one while recording the other, or record 2 channels at once.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Commodore 64, post: 63838, member: 13303"] No worries about your "nubness". LOL, it wasn't long ago that I was super confused too (heh, I still am). In any case. The only way to view HD in the USA is with a digital card, i.e. (ATSC). Unfortunately the only way to get that for most people on their computer/HTPC is with an Antenna for Over-The-Air channels. The Fusion software will tune unencrypted QAM64, which is nice, but the law only requires cable companies to provide local stations in an unencrytped format. At this point, some people get lucky and can tune a lot of channels with QAM64, but certainly none of them can get the Premium Channels (like HBO, Skinemax). IMHO, it is only a matter of time before all cable companies get their act together and encrypt everything but what the law requires them to. The Fusion 5 card is a great card ( I have a Fusion 5 Lite, PCI version). You can run your cablebox through the analog input (Svideo) and use MP to view it that way. I believe you have to use a sort of plugin to get guide data and remote zapping data for it...I'm not sure becasue I've never captured video that way. Your computer is powerfulenought to use a software based solution, so you might want to try to use the NTSC (Analog) software tuner before picking up another card. I have heard that the tuner is not that good, but if you can pull a good signal, it would probably be fine. If you have straight analog cable, you can get a hardware PVR card like the Hauppage 150, Avermedia MCE 150 or whatever and use MP to control it. This solution works very well. You could get 2 cards or a dual tuner card (Hauppage 500) so you could watch one while recording the other, or record 2 channels at once. [/QUOTE]

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