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<blockquote data-quote="omasse" data-source="post: 817209" data-attributes="member: 116556">Here is a follow-up to this thread.I installed one of these 20$ eBay PG583's yesterday in my TV Server (just for science). It was quite a challenge to locate drivers for Win7 x64 as it only comes with 32 bit drivers but I managed to have it recognized. But that's all it can do. I tried 3 different driver versions and ATSC tuning does not work, MP detects a signal but reports &quot;nothing found&quot;. I wasn't interested in ATSC anyway, as I was looking for an FM tuner. Well, the radio tuner seems to work, with channels detected and such, and the encoder seems to kick in when I tune a station, judging by my CPU usage. But I have not been able to make MP play anything. My server is headless and the included software from CyberLink does not support a remote desktop so I couldn't try it, and it blue screened my server anyway.Bottom line, don't purchase a PG583 for MP, at least on Win 7 x64. Maybe it works with WinXP or MythTV, but it's probably better to put more money into a tuner card which will be less deprecated, with hardware encoding. If anybody wants one to experiment, I'll be glad to give mine away, assuming my shipping charges are reasonable.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="omasse, post: 817209, member: 116556"] Here is a follow-up to this thread. I installed one of these 20$ eBay PG583's yesterday in my TV Server (just for science). It was quite a challenge to locate drivers for Win7 x64 as it only comes with 32 bit drivers but I managed to have it recognized. But that's all it can do. I tried 3 different driver versions and ATSC tuning does not work, MP detects a signal but reports "nothing found". I wasn't interested in ATSC anyway, as I was looking for an FM tuner. Well, the radio tuner seems to work, with channels detected and such, and the encoder seems to kick in when I tune a station, judging by my CPU usage. But I have not been able to make MP play anything. My server is headless and the included software from CyberLink does not support a remote desktop so I couldn't try it, and it blue screened my server anyway. Bottom line, don't purchase a PG583 for MP, at least on Win 7 x64. Maybe it works with WinXP or MythTV, but it's probably better to put more money into a tuner card which will be less deprecated, with hardware encoding. If anybody wants one to experiment, I'll be glad to give mine away, assuming my shipping charges are reasonable. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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