Thursday, January 28, 2010

TV tuner card

I decided to get a tv tuner card for the pc to run the antenna cable into it. Luckily, our home PC is right next to our hdtv so I started looking.
I found on amazon the Hauppauge! HVR 1600 which had good reviews. It was the media center edition which appealed to me because it included a remote that was configured for Windows Media Center. I found that Media Center, when paired with a tv tuner card, will not only find and tune the available channels that the antenna is receiving but will also act as a DVR. It shows a guide and also includes a way to configure your Netflix account so you can watch shows instantly. Being able to use it as a DVR is what sold me. The tuner card ran me a little over $100 but I'll pay for that in a little over a month of cable cost.

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