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Originally Posted by Filby
Im already going to apologise for the following newb questions, but Ive done some searching and haven't really come up with an answer.
1) Why would you need a analogue and digital receiver? With all channels now broadcast in digital surely you wouldn't want to use the analogue signal?
2) Are all digital tuner cards HD? It seems that some that are HD dont even advertise in their specs that they are!
3) What is the current 'flavour of the month' regarding tuner cards? The Hauppauge cards seems to be a good choice but which one?
4) Do most cards have hardware compression for when you capture the video or is the CPU doing this work?
5) (not tuner related) Do HDMI outputs on motherboards do video as well as audio?
Thanks!
Fil
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1. Analogue only is still in some outer metro areas I believe? Other than that they tend to get used for Foxtel, Austar inputs.
3. My favourite at the moment is the Hauppauge HVR-2200. I have used a number of brands and models and just found this one very easy going. Most people have an opinion on this. Best to search and read.
4. This of course is only relevant for analogue cards. Read the specs and see if it is doing hardware compression, either is possible
5. Again read the specs on the Mobo, not a generically answerable question