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Digital Cable HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on

Jack Kolesar of AMDPower writes "We have posted a review of a PC HDTV Tuner card that can receive QAM (Digital Cable) signals along with traditional 8VSB signals. This appears to be the first PC Card which can accomplish this task. Further, the software also comes with a utility to downsample HDTV content to DVD and DivX. "

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  1. Re:Warm up the keyboard by softwave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boo, hiss. Who's up for some driver coding?
    by any means, feel free :)

  2. Wheee! by general_re · · Score: 4, Funny
    Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Too many connections in /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/mainfile.php 4 on line 19
    Unable to select database

    What a great review - now where can I get my hands on this thing? :)

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  3. great by Nuttles · · Score: 5, Funny

    techies already don't get enough exercise, now I won't have to even swival my chair to look from my monitor to my TV. Isn't there a lobbying group for the the support of tech people not gaining any more weight? Where is my representation? Where is my protection from myself?

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    1. Re:great by CreatureComfort · · Score: 2, Funny


      Yes, but the lobbying group is sponsored by McDonalds and Mt. Dew.

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  4. you bastards by MachineShedFred · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was really interested in reading this article, as I've been looking for something to do this, and with only 4 comments posted, this is what I get:

    Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Too many connections in /home/virtual/site27/fst/var/www/html/mainfile.php 4 on line 19
    Unable to select database

    Now that AMDPower's servers have melted into a pool of molten plastic and silicon on the datacenter floor, I hope you're happy!

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    1. Re:you bastards by radixvir · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe if they would have used Intel processors in their servers.

      Zing!

  5. It's all fun and games... by xenostar · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's all fun and games until you delete something important because you were watching the Olsen twins make out with each other in the always-on-top TV window in the corner of your screen.

    1. Re:It's all fun and games... by Mr+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd be more worried about most people here needing to replace their keyboards after watching something like that.

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    2. Re:It's all fun and games... by Wescotte · · Score: 4, Funny

      Uh, if you were watching the Olsen twins making out with each other I doubt you'd have a hand free to accidently delete something

    3. Re:It's all fun and games... by dmayle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Olsen twins make out with each other

      Yeah, but one of them would be the fat one... ;)

  6. Re:Is CableCARD even an option yet? by The+Salamander · · Score: 2, Funny

    TimeWarner in Austin is already issuing the cards.

    You can receive all your channels, but no program guide, pay-per-view, or iControl.

  7. Re:Not the holy grail... by bofkentucky · · Score: 3, Funny

    As I understand it, the 1st Gen Cablecard spec is pretty crippled, straight decrypt only. For Program Guides/PPV/other, we have to wait for CableCard v2

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  8. Re:Is CableCARD even an option yet? by swb · · Score: 2, Funny

    What devices can current accept cable card?

  9. Re:Is CableCARD even an option yet? by jared_hanson · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't have a complete list by any means, but many of the latest HDTVs have CableCARD slots. For instance, the Pioneer PureVision plasma displays do. You can walk into any Best Buy and check them out. Got to the HDTV section and many of the TVs being sold will list CableCARD as a feature.

    As of yet, I know of no stand alone set-top box that has CableCARD compatibility. Rumors have it that TiVo once demoed a prototype that did, but if so, it has yet to see retail availablity.

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  10. Re:Who needs the cablecard? by _anomaly_ · · Score: 3, Funny
    Anyone care to comment?

    If I knew what the hell you were talking about...
    :-)

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