whats a good hd usb tv tuner card fow wmc?

[tootal2]

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

 

[IggyAZ]

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

 

[tootal2]

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.

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

 

[IggyAZ]

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?

 

[tootal2]

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.

 

[IggyAZ]

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

 

[Desslok]

If you really like the Tivos, you may want to look at a SLingbox and Slingcatcher.

 

[tootal2]

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.

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

 

[IggyAZ]

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

 

[Desslok]

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.

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.

 

[IggyAZ]

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.

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.

He was asking for a USB 4 tuner not a PCI card which he has no room.

"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?"

I can see using it with close circuit video like security system monitoring but why would anyone need that many tuners for TV viewing? I'll look into it and see what is the purprose for a card like that. Power consumption should be high.

 

[Desslok]

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.

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.

He was asking for a USB 4 tuner not a PCI card which he has no room.

"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?"

I can see using it with close circuit video like security system monitoring but why would anyone need that many tuners for TV viewing? I'll look into it and see what is the purprose for a card like that. Power consumption should be high.

Read it again where he says :
Why cant someone make a 4 tuner card or usb box for wmc.

And the purpose is simple. Say you setup your HTPC, then you have multiple extenders. Each extender can only watch it's own channel if it has a free tuner. If you want to record something you need free tuner. So if I am watching something on my Xbox in my living room, and wife is watching something on the Linksys extender, there is 2 tuners used, now if we want to record 1 or 2 shows we need that many more tuners. Some people have extenders in kids rooms, garages, etc. So the more the better. I don't think there are any special power requirements. Its a tuner, not a graphics card. I think you may be confusing the two. They also may have a USB version coming out, and supposedly SiliconDust is working ona cable card HDhomerun as well.