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<blockquote data-quote="karimkb" data-source="post: 85647" data-attributes="member: 26066">Hi, I came across your site from another forum, and so far im really interested in your software, and the community is nice here as well.Firstly, I am located in USA and am pretty decent with computers, but this is my first time doing an HTPC setup. I have the DTA-150 PCI card which I use to receive OTA HD Local channels. This is the only tuner card I have installed on my PC.I also have Dish Network Satellite which is connected to my TV thru the Dish Network Set Top Box (STB).&nbsp; Ok so Question 1: I currently feed my HD LCD from my Satellite STB thru SVideo Cable. Would I notice any improvement if I upgraded my STB to a HD receiver (tho i will not be subscribing to any HD channels) and use the HDMI (or even Component) out to plug into my TV?All satellite signals are pure digital right? So I'm thinking it would be a vast improvement in upgrading my STB.Now, while reading the forums, I found out that there are not tuner cards available for Satellite, so I guess i'm stuck using the STB and only being able to record the OTA channels I get from my DTA-150 card.Question 2: what if I switch to a Cable company (Comcast is the cable provider here). Would I be able to receive DIGITAL cable and feed that incoming cable line into another TV Tuner card? Would that work? Or would that only give me analog regular cable? (i dunno how thats differnet and why all the cable channels arent digital)Question 3: What is QAM? I keep reading about it, but I have no idea what it is.This Analog/Digital stuff is kinda new to me, and I haven't grasped it yet, so help would be appriciated. Thank you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="karimkb, post: 85647, member: 26066"] Hi, I came across your site from another forum, and so far im really interested in your software, and the community is nice here as well. Firstly, I am located in USA and am pretty decent with computers, but this is my first time doing an HTPC setup. I have the DTA-150 PCI card which I use to receive OTA HD Local channels. This is the only tuner card I have installed on my PC. I also have Dish Network Satellite which is connected to my TV thru the Dish Network Set Top Box (STB). Ok so Question 1: I currently feed my HD LCD from my Satellite STB thru SVideo Cable. Would I notice any improvement if I upgraded my STB to a HD receiver (tho i will not be subscribing to any HD channels) and use the HDMI (or even Component) out to plug into my TV? All satellite signals are pure digital right? So I'm thinking it would be a vast improvement in upgrading my STB. Now, while reading the forums, I found out that there are not tuner cards available for Satellite, so I guess i'm stuck using the STB and only being able to record the OTA channels I get from my DTA-150 card. Question 2: what if I switch to a Cable company (Comcast is the cable provider here). Would I be able to receive DIGITAL cable and feed that incoming cable line into another TV Tuner card? Would that work? Or would that only give me analog regular cable? (i dunno how thats differnet and why all the cable channels arent digital) Question 3: What is QAM? I keep reading about it, but I have no idea what it is. This Analog/Digital stuff is kinda new to me, and I haven't grasped it yet, so help would be appriciated. Thank you. [/QUOTE]

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