[mythtv-users] Which is the best HDTV Tuner Card

[Steve Adeff]

On Thursday 17 November 2005 13:11, Nathan Allen Stratton wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Steve Adeff wrote:
> > the website never gets updated, the HD3000 DOES support QAM, I've been
> > using it this way for about 2 months now.
> >
> > QAM is used by cable companies, so if you recieve your HDTV via a cable
> > line then you would use QAM(most likely QAM256).
>
> You only get local right? I think at least Comcast scrambles all the other
> HDTV making the new QAM support not worth a lot.
>
> -Nathan

Yes, only local and a few random ED digital channels they don't scramble. 

Its pointless except that it gives me a way to record the locals in HD easily, 
which is great in primetime. I'm even thinking of getting 1 more so I can 
record from two HD channels this way. The downside is it's expensive for 
doing that, I wish the pcHDTV folks made a dual HD tuner card with no NTSC 
components (since I don't want to use them). Or a single tuner ATSC card with 
a DVI/HDMI 1080p compatible output with onboard mpeg2/mpeg4 decoding and 
optical/coax digital audio output. The first company to make such a card will 
own the HD-HTPC market.

Steve