whats a good hd usb tv tuner card fow wmc?

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  1. Posts : 81
    windows 7 home 64-bit
       #1

    whats a good hd usb tv tuner card fow wmc?


    I dont have any free pci ports because my video card is blocking the last one. so i need a usb tv tuner that works with wmc. do they a make 2 or 4 tuner one that works with one antenna?

    thanks
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  2. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2

    tootal2 said:
    I dont have any free pci ports because my video card is blocking the last one. so i need a usb tv tuner that works with wmc. do they a make 2 or 4 tuner one that works with one antenna?

    thanks
    You have some weird specs
    You have 3 HD, 1 is 2gig, 1 is 1.5 gig and another 1 gig
    You running Win7 64bit with only 2 gig of ram?
    Any you have a 32" monitor

    Is this true?


    System Manufacturer/Model Number i built the computer myself
    OS windows 7 home 64-bit
    CPU amd athal 2.4 x2
    Motherboard msi
    Memory 2 gig
    Graphics Card gforce
    Sound Card msi
    Monitor(s) Displays 32" lcd tv

    PSU 450 watts
    Case i forget the name
    Cooling i forget
    Hard Drives 2.0 gig 1.5 gig 1.0 gig
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  3. Posts : 81
    windows 7 home 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    nope, i have 2 1.5 tb drives and 1 2.0 tb drive. i will need more drive space soon. downloading hd shows from my TIVO HD (not the internet) is fulling my drives up. im converting some shows to h.264.

    how do people without tivos get hd shows on there wmc computers?

    my 32" monitor a a lcd tv.

    IggyAZ said:
    tootal2 said:
    I dont have any free pci ports because my video card is blocking the last one. so i need a usb tv tuner that works with wmc. do they a make 2 or 4 tuner one that works with one antenna?

    thanks
    You have some weird specs
    You have 3 HD, 1 is 2gig, 1 is 1.5 gig and another 1 gig
    You running Win7 64bit with only 2 gig of ram?
    Any you have a 32" monitor

    Is this true?


    System Manufacturer/Model Number i built the computer myself
    OS windows 7 home 64-bit
    CPU amd athal 2.4 x2
    Motherboard msi
    Memory 2 gig
    Graphics Card gforce
    Sound Card msi
    Monitor(s) Displays 32" lcd tv

    PSU 450 watts
    Case i forget the name
    Cooling i forget
    Hard Drives 2.0 gig 1.5 gig 1.0 gig
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
       #4

    You asked:
    "How do people without tivos get hd shows on there wmc computers?"

    I have a Hauppaug HVR-1250 TV Card and I just plug in the cable from the wall to the back of the card. I get HD as well as the regular digital stuff using MS Media Center.
    How do you get input to your TIVO? From a cable or from a Antenna?
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  5. Posts : 81
    windows 7 home 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    IggyAZ said:
    You asked:
    "How do people without tivos get hd shows on there wmc computers?"

    I have a Hauppaug HVR-1250 TV Card and I just plug in the cable from the wall to the back of the card. I get HD as well as the regular digital stuff using MS Media Center.
    How do you get input to your TIVO? From a cable or from a Antenna?
    My tivo hds have cable cards and antennas. so can download hd shows from antenna and cable tv in hd:) I want to put a tv tuner on my wmc in my bedroom where i have no tivo.
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
       #6

    tootal2 said:
    IggyAZ said:
    You asked:
    "How do people without tivos get hd shows on there wmc computers?"

    I have a Hauppaug HVR-1250 TV Card and I just plug in the cable from the wall to the back of the card. I get HD as well as the regular digital stuff using MS Media Center.
    How do you get input to your TIVO? From a cable or from a Antenna?
    My tivo hds have cable cards and antennas. so can download hd shows from antenna and cable tv in hd:) I want to put a tv tuner on my wmc in my bedroom where i have no tivo.


    You will just have to split the antenna to the card.
    You can try a direct connect from the cable without a card and see if you receive it.
    I have a cable HD box to the TV but I also have my cable company has HD limited straight out of the wall without a box
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  7. Posts : 536
    Windows 7
       #7

    If you really like the Tivos, you may want to look at a SLingbox and Slingcatcher.
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  8. Posts : 81
    windows 7 home 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Why cant someone make a 4 tuner card or usb box for wmc. i guess wmc will work with that pci cable card adapter when it comes out. it has 6 cable tuners from one cable card.

    IggyAZ said:
    tootal2 said:
    IggyAZ said:
    You asked:
    "How do people without tivos get hd shows on there wmc computers?"

    I have a Hauppaug HVR-1250 TV Card and I just plug in the cable from the wall to the back of the card. I get HD as well as the regular digital stuff using MS Media Center.
    How do you get input to your TIVO? From a cable or from a Antenna?
    My tivo hds have cable cards and antennas. so can download hd shows from antenna and cable tv in hd:) I want to put a tv tuner on my wmc in my bedroom where i have no tivo.


    You will just have to split the antenna to the card.
    You can try a direct connect from the cable without a card and see if you receive it.
    I have a cable HD box to the TV but I also have my cable company has HD limited straight out of the wall without a box
      My Computer


  9. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
       #9

    tootal2 said:
    Why cant someone make a 4 tuner card or usb box for wmc.
    Because it would be large and take more power than most people have in their computers
    and you would be the only person in the world that would buy it. LOL
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  10. Posts : 536
    Windows 7
       #10

    tootal2 said:
    Why cant someone make a 4 tuner card or usb box for wmc. i guess wmc will work with that pci cable card adapter when it comes out. it has 6 cable tuners from one cable card.

    IggyAZ said:
    tootal2 said:

    My tivo hds have cable cards and antennas. so can download hd shows from antenna and cable tv in hd:) I want to put a tv tuner on my wmc in my bedroom where i have no tivo.


    You will just have to split the antenna to the card.
    You can try a direct connect from the cable without a card and see if you receive it.
    I have a cable HD box to the TV but I also have my cable company has HD limited straight out of the wall without a box
    Ceton has a quad card coming out this month, with Cable Card, $399 a single PCIe card. They also have a 6 tuner card that will only be available to OEMs. Actually there is a pretty long waiting list for the quad card.
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