Which tuner card for OTA HD and Cable TV (QAM, i think)? (1 Viewer)

[LaTropa64]

Is there a tuner card that supports both High Definition with OTA and QAM?

Right now I just have the basic cable package and I've been told if I get an STB with QAM support I can get my local HD channels from the cable company for free. I really don't want to spend $200 on a STB though. Are there even pci cards for the computer that support QAM?

I would still want the card to work with regular OTA HD signals though in case I ever decide to drop cable or they stop letting us get the local HD channels without charging extra.

 

[dman_lfc]

Sorry no.
We leverage the BDA Network Providers in Windows.
The ATSC Network Provider doe snot support QAM.

Maybe with Vista...

DMAN

 

[LaTropa64]

So there isn't even a card right that will work with QAM regardless of whether or not you want it to work with MediaPortal?

 

[dman_lfc]

Yes the Dvico Fusion ATSC cards do QAM and their bundled app works because they have their own ATSC network provider and tuning support.

DMAN