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hermy65

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Hello, im about to build my first HTPC. I would like to use 2 cards or 1 dual tuner card. I live in the USA and just regular cable tv. Can you guys recommend a couple cards I should look at?
 

sdalberg

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I'm only familiar with the hauppauge cards, and I'm looking at getting the PVR-500, since it appears that most of the quality issues have been addressed with driver fixes (please correct me if I'm wrong).

I looking into the nVidia Dual TV card, but they stopped making it since analogue is dead (so they think).
 

Paul S

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Analog broadcasts are scheduled to end on Feb. 17, 2009, here in the USA. You won't find much use for those analog cards, afterwards.

The date has been pushed back several times, but I wouldn't count on that happening again.
 

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No, but I understand that analog channels take up more bandwith than digital. By getting rid of analog channels, they can offer a lot more channels.

I don't understand the resistance to digital TV. The picture is so sharp, it makes analog look like puke. The future is in digital TV, switching to it now won't even make you an "early adopter". It's been around for quite awhile, now.
 

hermy65

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I understand that analog will be dead soon, this is just to get me by for a little while. Please help me pick out the cards to use in my new htpc
 

sdalberg

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I think we all agree that DTV is the best option, but many people can't currently get digital channels for things like Food Network, ESPN, etc, without using a crappy set top box...

In my opinion, the Hauppauge 500 or dual 150s seems to be the best solution if you want two tuners. Please note, that I've only ever used hauppauge cards.
 

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