QAM + ATSC Tuner

[Blacklash]

Well I found a TV tuner card for my computer that actually tunes all the new digital channels well. My old AverMedia USB tuner would bring them in however it would skip and freeze a lot. It did fine with analog.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116036

That Hauppauge above tunes all the new free HD channels well with its WinTV 7 app. Of course it won't bring in encrypted channels.

No skipping or freezing yet. Obviously if you have a weak video card and/or CPU you may still get the mentioned problems.

 

[SC385]

Are you asking something? Are you planning on buying this card or have you already?

And don't use the Hauppauge program, its crap.

 

[spacetrader]

thanks for the input op. that's probably the same card i'll get, its good to know others having success. what a steep price tag though... these things shouldnt cost more then $50.

 

[EndersShadow]

thanks for the input op. that's probably the same card i'll get, its good to know others having success. what a steep price tag though... these things shouldnt cost more then $50.

It costs that much because it has two digital tuners, not just one as the cheaper ones do. I have this tuner and it ROCKS!!!

 

[brom42]

I have both a AVerMedia 780 PCI-E and the same hauppauge card you do. I am not using the hauppauge card because the analog channels look 10 times better with the 780; digital were the same on both. It also doesn't hurt that it is still dual tuner and $30-$40 cheaper.

I originally got the 780 because they had the windows media center hack for Vista that allowed you to get all the QAM channels. It was great because I also got the all the movie on demand channels and the music channels. I would surf the on demand channels until I found a movie that I wanted to watch and was just starting.

 

[EndersShadow]

if the OP is using OTA DTV then the analog tuner is pointless.