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scottX   03-10-2009 at 01:36:45 AM

Just purchased a new system(specs below). I wanted to be able to watch cable television on my computer and record some of my favorite tv mini series. I will only have a free PCI express slot free. The Operating system is vista 64bit.




Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83ghz
4gb Ram (possibly going to 8gb)
2x Crossfire SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45


Message edited by scottX on 03-10-2009 at 01:47:09 AM
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leon2006   03-10-2009 at 08:10:00 AM
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Two Tuners that work for me....ATI650PCIE and Hauppage 2250.
ATI650PCIE is a dual tuner/dual input. One HD-Tuner and One Analog NTSC. You can do multiview option on it.

Hauppage 2250 is dual Hybrid Tuner. The tuners can act as Digital, Analog, 2x-digital or 2x-analog. Viewing is only for one while the second is for recording.

Both are great cards except for ATI650PCIE software/driver issues. The AIT650PCIE don't work well with Media Center. I use this board using the software that comes with it. ATI software is not stable at all. ATI-PCIE has a better analog tuner.

Hauppage 2250 works well with Vista-64 media center and the software that goes with it(WinTV software).

I use my TV Tuner for HD-TV reception, viewing and recording. I don't care much about Analog TV at this stage.


Since using the 2250 i made several HD-TV recording from 4Gbyte to 27Gbyte. To test the card i recorded the last Grammy Awards night(including commercial). I watch and record at the same time. The recorded mpeg file ended ~27Gbyte.

My source is HD-Antenna.

Hope this info helps. I got my card from newegg.


------------------------------ Q6600: Maximus Formula: Zalman 9700LED8GByte: Crucial Ballistics 4-4-4-12: PC6400; Vista Ultimate-64BFG XOC 4890; Disp: 70 Inch HDTV: Hauppage 2250 HDTV Tuner1.4TByte: 2x750Gbyte; RAID0; Case: Antec 900: PS:Antec Quatro 850
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