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October 2nd 13, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Bob F[_2_]
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A good HDTV tuner PCIe card?
Paul wrote:
Ant wrote:
Hello.
I think one of my old Air2PC-ATSC-PCI HDTV tuner cards, from 2005,
died earlier today since it can't seem to get any signals from any
antenna. My other one is still fine.
Does anyone know what's a good PCIE (PCI slots are hard to find in
newer motherboards these days) HDTV tuner card to get? It needs to be
compatible with both Windows XP+ (use DVB Viewers) and Linux (Debian
stable).
Thank you in advance.
I think I'd start with some Linux web page of tuners,
and work it backwards. Whatever you get from the Linux
page, is bound to have Windows software as well.
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_PCIe_Cards
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Another methodology is "networked tuners". These connect
to your Ethernet router or switch box. The idea behind
this, is no "low level driver" is needed for the tuner bits.
As a processor in that box takes care of it. The software
type you might use with this is DLNA based. They mention things
like Windows Media Center and MythTV.
"SiliconDust HDHomeRun - cable TV only version"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345006
(Ridiculously priced version with ATSC)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345010
(Reasonably priced ATSC from the same company)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345007
I'm not sure why the middle one is so expensive.
I'd assume it's the "enterprise" multicasting feature. So it can send the video
to multiple drives/computers at the same time.
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