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<blockquote data-quote="BAMxi" data-source="post: 811940" data-attributes="member: 116765">Hi!So I'm trying my hardest to get up to speed with all of you pros. I'm currently researching tv tuners, and am looking at these two TV tuner cards currently. Ideally I'd get a dual digital tuner, so I can watch one show and record another, or record two shows simultaneously. I don't have any previous experience with TV cards, so I'm wondering if anyone can make a recommendation on either of these, or give me a link to a better card all toether. I live in the USA, and mainly want to use this to get OTA HD local channels.<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116036" target="_blank">Newegg.com - Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Dual TV Tuner 1213 PCI-Express x1 Interface</a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100044" target="_blank">Newegg.com - AVerMedia AVerTVHD Duet PCTV tuner (A188) MTVHDDUET PCI-Express x1 Interface</a>Obviously with this last one, I'll need an MCE remote as well. Let me know what you guys think. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Ok so I just saw a post from 2009 saying the AverMedia might cause issues. I'm thinking about going with a Hauppauge dual digital tuner. Also thinking of getting one without an mce remote and trying to map an Xbox 360 media remote to work (I already have the adapter for connecting the 360 controller to my computer). Anybody have any knowledge about trying this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BAMxi, post: 811940, member: 116765"] Hi! So I'm trying my hardest to get up to speed with all of you pros. I'm currently researching tv tuners, and am looking at these two TV tuner cards currently. Ideally I'd get a dual digital tuner, so I can watch one show and record another, or record two shows simultaneously. I don't have any previous experience with TV cards, so I'm wondering if anyone can make a recommendation on either of these, or give me a link to a better card all toether. I live in the USA, and mainly want to use this to get OTA HD local channels. [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116036]Newegg.com - Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Dual TV Tuner 1213 PCI-Express x1 Interface[/url] [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100044]Newegg.com - AVerMedia AVerTVHD Duet PCTV tuner (A188) MTVHDDUET PCI-Express x1 Interface[/url] Obviously with this last one, I'll need an MCE remote as well. Let me know what you guys think. :thx: Ok so I just saw a post from 2009 saying the AverMedia might cause issues. I'm thinking about going with a Hauppauge dual digital tuner. Also thinking of getting one without an mce remote and trying to map an Xbox 360 media remote to work (I already have the adapter for connecting the 360 controller to my computer). Anybody have any knowledge about trying this? [/QUOTE]

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