Here's what I want to do:
I want to eliminate my cable box. I will pay for basic cable (you know, the 50 channel package with food network, ESPN, etc.)
For HD, I will use an antenna, and be happy with getting HD local channels.
To test this out, I plugged my cable wire directly into the back of my TV, and I was able to get the channels I wanted. This means, to my understanding, that I do not really need a cable box, and a tuner card will do the trick.
I need a tuner card that
1) has 2 inputs, one for my cable and one for my antenna
2) can read my cable input (QAM, I guess) and allow my computer to receive it
3) will let me record 2 shows at once
At first, it was easy: get a combo tuner, like this one, and plug my antenna into one input, and my cable into the other. But will this work? I guess I may be missing something, but I was under the understanding that both cable AND antenna were digital now. So can I still use a card with an analog input, like this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100043
Or should I go with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116037
Thanks!
I want to eliminate my cable box. I will pay for basic cable (you know, the 50 channel package with food network, ESPN, etc.)
For HD, I will use an antenna, and be happy with getting HD local channels.
To test this out, I plugged my cable wire directly into the back of my TV, and I was able to get the channels I wanted. This means, to my understanding, that I do not really need a cable box, and a tuner card will do the trick.
I need a tuner card that
1) has 2 inputs, one for my cable and one for my antenna
2) can read my cable input (QAM, I guess) and allow my computer to receive it
3) will let me record 2 shows at once
At first, it was easy: get a combo tuner, like this one, and plug my antenna into one input, and my cable into the other. But will this work? I guess I may be missing something, but I was under the understanding that both cable AND antenna were digital now. So can I still use a card with an analog input, like this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100043
Or should I go with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116037
Thanks!