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First post, great forum!

I am looking for a HDTV tuner card. I have looked at them till I'm blue in the face. Here's what I have and need.

1.Want an OTA HDTV pci card, I live 18 miles from HDTV antennas.

I have Charter cable, but a charter tech said the HD channels are encrypted

Looks like the QAM cards want do me any good, OTA will be just fine but cable

HD would be great.

2.I have an ATI eHome Wonder analog now and plan on keeping it.

3. I have narrowed it down to these cards.

a. AVerTVHD MCE A180 (White Box)

b. VBOX Cat's Eye DTA-151

c. ADS TECH Instant HDTV PCI (PTV-380-EF)

d. DVICO FusionHDTV5 Lite

All I want to do is watch HDTV. I don't want to "record" or capture at all. As you can se eall of these cards are pretty much the same price $89-99 dollars.

Which one?
Which one(s) to avoid?

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Did you look at the Hippogauge products? Do you have a media center edition os? With it, will a lot better.

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I do have MCE. I was told that Hauppauge dropped or no longer makes an HDTV tuner. If this is not true, Hauppauge would also be an option too. Is it true?

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