[nflug] TV Tuner Cards

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I know that this doesn't address a specific OS or card slot technology, 
but, here goes: Keep in mind that digital broadcasts will be obligatory 
in the US for full-power TV stations after 2009 February 17.  Be sure to 
buy a digital tuner card if you want to be able to use the tuner part of 
the card after this date.  Also, keep in mind that a lot of TV tuners 
(in actual TVs, and not just tuner cards) will have digital receivers 
for off-air broadcasts, but the cable tuners will receive only analog 
channels, or at best digital channels that are not encrypted (which 
pretty much rules out anything but the Big 3 and stuff like C-SPAN and 
community access channels).  There is a technology called Cable CARD 
whereby one inserts a PC-card-like card into the TV and this decodes the 
encrypted channels.  This type of card is typically leased from the 
cable provider like a tuner box would be, albeit for significantly less. 
  The drawback is that, unlike a digital tuner box, the current 
standards for Cable CARD (1.1 I believe) don't allow for duplex data 
transfer, so you wouldn't have the ability to view pay-per-view 
broadcasts (I don't think) or have an interactive programming guide. 
Cable CARD 2.0 is a standard that does allow for duplex data transfer, 
but I don't think that there are any devices that take advantage of 
that.  Then again, I don't know of any PCI express tuner cards.

HThH at least somewhat.

Joshua Ronne Altemoos pisze:
> Hey Guys,
> 
> I have a quick question for ya! I am looking for a TV Tuner card that works
> in both Vista/Windows and Linux. I am looking for a PCI-e 1x card to be
> exact. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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