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<blockquote data-quote="whitedavidp" data-source="post: 725060" data-attributes="member: 112054">Hello. I am pretty much a newbie to all of this so I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. I recently purchased a <a href="http://www.mygica.com/pa/a680b.asp" target="_blank">Mygica A680B USB HDTV Tuner Stick</a>. It arrived with a special, limited function version of <a href="http://www.arcsoft.com/estore/software_title.asp?ProductCode=TM35" target="_blank">Arcsoft Total Media 3.5</a> to permit viewing and recording of live TV on my Windows PC.Basically the USB stick seems to work as does the TotalMedia software. But I have found numerous little problems in the TotalMedia software that are making me think about finding and using an alternative. So I am wondering if MediaPortal is an option. Does anyone know if the tuner stick I own is compatible? I have no idea what chipset is used. Perhaps someone can tell me how to find out. If the stick is not compatible with MediaPortal, can anyone suggest a good alternative to the TotalMedia product?Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="whitedavidp, post: 725060, member: 112054"] Hello. I am pretty much a newbie to all of this so I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. I recently purchased a [URL="http://www.mygica.com/pa/a680b.asp"]Mygica A680B USB HDTV Tuner Stick[/URL]. It arrived with a special, limited function version of [URL="http://www.arcsoft.com/estore/software_title.asp?ProductCode=TM35"]Arcsoft Total Media 3.5[/URL] to permit viewing and recording of live TV on my Windows PC. Basically the USB stick seems to work as does the TotalMedia software. But I have found numerous little problems in the TotalMedia software that are making me think about finding and using an alternative. So I am wondering if MediaPortal is an option. Does anyone know if the tuner stick I own is compatible? I have no idea what chipset is used. Perhaps someone can tell me how to find out. If the stick is not compatible with MediaPortal, can anyone suggest a good alternative to the TotalMedia product? Thanks [/QUOTE]

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