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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 757003" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi again 941rangerI'm sorry for the hassle and confusion. I too was confused since I thought by saying &quot;...the dell tv app is ok...&quot; you meant that the tuner worked (ie. received all the channels that you expected), but you wanted more powerful software.I must say that I struggle to get to grips with the terminology that Americans use to describe broadcasting methods/standards. My understanding at the moment:OTA digital = ATSCOTA analog = NTSC (has been phased out)Cable = encrypted and clear QAMSatellite = DVB-S/S2, ATSCOn the page that you linked Dell calls the tuner a &quot;digital&quot; tuner - not very clear. <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/dell-adding-mini-10-tv-tuner-passion-purple-color-options-today/" target="_blank">Endgadget</a> is more specific. They say it only supports OTA ATSC... which is a little unusual since most ATSC tuners from companies like Hauppauge also support clear QAM (cable). That was why the first thing I said in my first response to you was &quot;okay, so we are dealing with an ATSC/QAM tuner...&quot;.If Endgadget are right then I'm afraid QAM is not supported. I really do apologise for not picking up on that earlier...mm:sorry:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 757003, member: 82144"] Hi again 941ranger I'm sorry for the hassle and confusion. I too was confused since I thought by saying "...the dell tv app is ok..." you meant that the tuner worked (ie. received all the channels that you expected), but you wanted more powerful software. I must say that I struggle to get to grips with the terminology that Americans use to describe broadcasting methods/standards. My understanding at the moment: OTA digital = ATSC OTA analog = NTSC (has been phased out) Cable = encrypted and clear QAM Satellite = DVB-S/S2, ATSC On the page that you linked Dell calls the tuner a "digital" tuner - not very clear. [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/dell-adding-mini-10-tv-tuner-passion-purple-color-options-today/"]Endgadget[/URL] is more specific. They say it only supports OTA ATSC... which is a little unusual since most ATSC tuners from companies like Hauppauge also support clear QAM (cable). That was why the first thing I said in my first response to you was "okay, so we are dealing with an ATSC/QAM tuner...". If Endgadget are right then I'm afraid QAM is not supported. I really do apologise for not picking up on that earlier... mm :sorry: [/QUOTE]

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