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Can Vista Support 3 TV Tuners?
I currently have two analog Hauppauge PVR-150s (on one PCI card) in my system
for analog cable, but I want to purchase a HVR-1600 to control my HD QAM cable box (Cox Cable) to watch/record HD content. Is this possible in Windows Vista Media Center? I have found some sources that say Windows Vista Media Center will only recognize two tuners total. If Media Center only recognizes two tuners, is there a registry hack or patch to make it recognize three? -Gina |
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Can Vista Support 3 TV Tuners?
So what you're saying is that I can install the digital tuner HVR-1600 and
Media Center will recognize it, but I will not be able to watch/record QAM signals on it? Is there any way that Windows Media Center can record in high definition from a cable box? |
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Can Vista Support 3 TV Tuners?
It would be a lot easier to get a DVR from your cable provider.
As I understand it there are unscrambled and scrambled QAM signals. Only the OTA channels in your area are usually unscrambled and maybe a few non HD basic cable channels. If you can receive OTA HD signals why bother with the rest, unless you can get a CableCard unit, which is not likely. |