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<blockquote data-quote="jburnette" data-source="post: 275177" data-attributes="member: 24356">If you're wanting to do HD with your cable box, you'd need a capture device that supports component inputs.&nbsp; The only one available right now is this one:<a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html" target="_blank">HD PVR Product overview</a>Like topdiggy2 said, though, a DVB-C (as in cable) card wouldn't work for your cable provider as that standard is only used over in Europe.&nbsp; If you are wanting to do HD and don't want to spend $250 on the HD-PVR, you might check with your cable company and see if they broadcast unencrypted channels using QAM.&nbsp; That would allow you to get something cheaper like a Hauppauge HVR-1600 and tune those HD channels + any other channels that aren't encrypted on your cable line.If you're not interested in HD, then you could just stick with your PVR-500 since you'll most likely still have some channels unencrypted on your cable line and you'll have composite/s-video inputs for your cable box to hook up to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jburnette, post: 275177, member: 24356"] If you're wanting to do HD with your cable box, you'd need a capture device that supports component inputs. The only one available right now is this one: [url=http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html]HD PVR Product overview[/url] Like topdiggy2 said, though, a DVB-C (as in cable) card wouldn't work for your cable provider as that standard is only used over in Europe. If you are wanting to do HD and don't want to spend $250 on the HD-PVR, you might check with your cable company and see if they broadcast unencrypted channels using QAM. That would allow you to get something cheaper like a Hauppauge HVR-1600 and tune those HD channels + any other channels that aren't encrypted on your cable line. If you're not interested in HD, then you could just stick with your PVR-500 since you'll most likely still have some channels unencrypted on your cable line and you'll have composite/s-video inputs for your cable box to hook up to. [/QUOTE]

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