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<blockquote data-quote="Ramjet99" data-source="post: 234602" data-attributes="member: 52727">dumb n00b questionHello, I want simply to take my SKY signal that comes out of my SKY decoder and run it through my PC, where I can record the channel and project it. I have the ability to do this with the Winfast TV deluxe I already have utilising the Winfast software, but Media Portal does not like this as it's a software encoding card.I therefore would like a recommendation as to a good card to get that will:1) be available in New Zealand2) Will let me pass through my SKY signal3) Will be able to utilise the upcoming freeview MPEG4 signal when it goes terrestial4) And this is the tricky bit....will be able to let me take the incoming analogue signal and output it through SPDIF (I realise this maybe a limitation of the sound card but there may be a digital outputting card someone is aware of)I'm not really interested in multi tuner cards unless there a compelling reason to go that way and already have an iMon module with a remote control that works just fine with media portal. So many cards have been discussed in the forums now I'm a bit lost as to what is _now_ a good choice, probably a Hauppage model?:sorry: if this is a thread hijack or an RTFM query but my WAF budget is too lean to allow any contingency for a bad choice!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ramjet99, post: 234602, member: 52727"] [b]dumb n00b question[/b] Hello, I want simply to take my SKY signal that comes out of my SKY decoder and run it through my PC, where I can record the channel and project it. I have the ability to do this with the Winfast TV deluxe I already have utilising the Winfast software, but Media Portal does not like this as it's a software encoding card. I therefore would like a recommendation as to a good card to get that will: 1) be available in New Zealand 2) Will let me pass through my SKY signal 3) Will be able to utilise the upcoming freeview MPEG4 signal when it goes terrestial 4) And this is the tricky bit....will be able to let me take the incoming analogue signal and output it through SPDIF (I realise this maybe a limitation of the sound card but there may be a digital outputting card someone is aware of) I'm not really interested in multi tuner cards unless there a compelling reason to go that way and already have an iMon module with a remote control that works just fine with media portal. So many cards have been discussed in the forums now I'm a bit lost as to what is _now_ a good choice, probably a Hauppage model? :sorry: if this is a thread hijack or an RTFM query but my WAF budget is too lean to allow any contingency for a bad choice! [/QUOTE]

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