Yeah I read about that. For the setup I'm going to need, I have to have the STB anyhow... so it doesn't matter really if I get a 150 or a 500, because I'll be pushing the Digital content down via S-Video anyway.<br>
<br>If they move channels to digital, I think I'll just <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Dewey Smolka <<a href="mailto:dsmolka@gmail.com">dsmolka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> At this point, the HVR-1600 question is probably the only last one I have.<br>
> Funny how it'll put the audio with the video when I'm inputting video on the<br>
> card, and audio on my sound card.<br>
<br>
</div>On the PVR 250, audio goes into the PVR card, not the sound card. I<br>
expect the 150 works the same way.<br>
<br>
Make sure before you do too much planning what channels you can tune<br>
with an NTSC tuner. Just plug your cable directly into a CATV capable<br>
TV and see what you get. Comcast is in the process of moving<br>
everything to digital channels, even when they're in the analog bands.<br>
Here in Chicago, for example, I can only get the locals, some<br>
shopping, and some Jesus channels over NTSC. Everything else is<br>
digital and requires an STB.<br>
<br>
If you do get all the sub 100 stations in NTSC, you might want to get<br>
a PVR 500 instead of a 150 -- the 500 can tune two channels<br>
simultaneously over a single coax input.<br>
<br>
If you find yourself wanting/needing multiple STBs, make sure you get<br>
a model that supports multiple IR channels. A two-headed IR blaster<br>
sends the same signals out of both heads, so each STB you want to<br>
control needs to know which signals to obey and which to ignore. There<br>
was a user posting here a while ago who was getting very frustrated<br>
because the STBs Comcast had supplied him with didn't support multiple<br>
channels. I can't remember how he resolved it, and I'm sorry I can't<br>
really offer any further advice. But it is a definite 'gotcha' that<br>
you should be aware of.<br>
<br>
Good lulck<br>
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