Chambers wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Chambers wrote:
>>> Look up Hauppage.  They've got HDMI capture cards.
>>
>> Make sure you buy it from someplace you can return it to. I went 
>> through three before I just gave up.
>>
> 
> Was it faulty cards, buggy software, or simply a case of them not quite 
> doing what you thought they did?

Hard to say. The whole ecosystem is still a mess, really.

The first one would see the HDTV channels, but only with its own software. 
If I gave it to media center, it would see either SDTV or HDTV but wouldn't 
switch between.

The second actually came with a media center remote and said it works with 
media center, but would only pick up HDTV sometimes and SDTV never, and 
since half my channels are SDTV that was no good. Each time I tried 
installing it, something different would happen.

The third claimed it works with x64 but didn't actually have any drivers 
available, and I'm not about to start futzing with the registry to turn off 
driver signing to support a capture card.

I suspect part of the problem is that none of the cards out there are really 
ready to (a) talk to Vista media center and (b) deal with unencrypted HDTV 
over cable. Probably if I was using an antenna it might have worked better.

I understand the Win7 MC software is much better with HD tuners, tho. Maybe 
when I upgrade...

For now, everything I get HD I also get SD, so I can still record stuff if I 
want.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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