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By: NJ TV Installation

NJ TV Installation — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:02:43 +0000

Hi I own a home theater company and I am often questioned about cable card tuners for computers, thanks for publishing this usueful info!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:05:26 +0000

The HD HomeRun has an advantage over the Hauppauge in the way it handles the ATSC and QAM inputs. The HD has separate RF inputs for each, so you can connect both an external antenna and a cable input without the need to have an A/B switch. That way they will both be accessible at the same time if I’m reading the tech info correctly. The Hauppauge only has one RF input, which has an internal splitter. In this configuration, you can only watch one type of signal at a time, either ATSC or QAM, although with two tuners for dual programming availability. For me, since I’m wanting to access/have available both external and cable at the same time, the HD is a better choice.

By: Jon Bach

Jon Bach — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:48:13 +0000

I agree that the market is small and will get smaller, but not quite yet. I’m with Daniel that online streaming is the way to go. But it works for me because I’m still running a crazy old TV. If I had a 1080P HD TV, I’d be looking for higher quality. With the advances Windows 7 makes in QAM tuning, I’m quite interested in the upcoming cable card tuners. I’d like to drop that monthly fee from Tivo! Tuning through Windows 7 carries no monthly fee (just your cable bill).

But for now, I’m happy with Hulu, Netflix, etc. What it doesn’t get me is local news and the like, so I do run a tuner, and I’ll just grab the free over-the-air channels that way. I’m actually tuning through Comcast cable right now, but as they encrypt more and more channels, its a losing battle (until those cable card tuners arrive). I’ll just drop cable entirely until then. I don’t like having to pay the cable company AND Tivo a monthly fee to get the flexibility I want in TV viewing.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:17:18 +0000

The Hauppauge 2250 is an excellent tuner. Free over-the-air channels come in crisp and clear (if you’re in a metro area anyway). I love it & Puget installed it for me in my machine. It’s amazing coupled with Windows 7 media center.

By: Daniel Brown

Daniel Brown — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:02:13 +0000

TV Tuners are going away to be replaced by online video streaming. I recommend online video over tuning, right now. Netflix. Hulu. Youtube. NBC. UStream.

By: Ed Borden

Ed Borden — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:20:58 +0000

“There aren’t very many CableCard tuners on the market yet, so that advance won’t be a big deal until more hardware vendors start shipping products”

The market has always been small for PC TV tuners, and it’s only going to get smaller. Don’t hold your breath!