tv tuner card

[DEANIE44]

Hi. everyone. I brought the WinTv HVR 1250 tuner card from Dell a week ago. I wanted to view and record the extended cable channels(beyond channel 100) that comcast cable has to offer. I have a DVR, but the shows I want to record are in conflict with each other. How do I configure the tuner to receive channels beyond 100? I am not talking about the premium channels. I would like to record BET, TVONE. etc. Any assistance will be appreciated. deanie44:confused:

WindowsXP Professional SP3
Philips DVD+RW DVD8801
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR81643
1.99 of Ram
Media Center Home Edition 2005
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
Hauppauge WinTv dual tuner card
Hauppauge WinTv HVR-1250

[flanzig1]

According to the product discription, that tuner card has only a 125 channel tuner. So, if the channels you want are above 125, your out of luck.

[DEANIE44]

Thank you for answering my post flanzig1. Do they sell tv tuner cards that have 125+ channels? Can you replace existing channels with the channels that I want? maryhigginsrice

[CrazedCanuck]

Hello.I personally have not seen an internal tv card with more than 125 channel capability,but Im not going to say they dont exist,but I think if you want to go more than 125 channels you are going to be looking at an external TV tuner box,those I have seen with 200+ channel capabilities plus other options you dont see on internal cards.Im going to post a link you can have a look to see what im talking about and take it from there.Hope this helps you out.

http://beautifulrecorder.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008828714322/pdtl/TV-tuner/1009126662/200-channel-TV-Tuner-Box.htm

[mattaggie]

I am not positive on this, but this is how I think it would work. Depedning on your setup, you would not actually user the channels in the Tuner. That is for getting over-the-air channels, not channels from Satellite or Cable. So it would work like Satelite. I have DirecTV. My "channel" on my TV stays on "3" at all times. The satellite box changes channels, not the TV. Now you have cable. Do you have a set-top box? If so, you would change channels on that. If there is no box, just the Coaxial coming out of the wall, I guess you would need the tuner card to change channels and need the 125+.

Als, why did you buy from DELL? you probably way overpaid for it. Hauppauge is a great brand though.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116024

[DEANIE44]

Thank you mattaggie for answering my post. My dvr controls the channel changing too. I tv always stays on channel 4. The set is for the cable: wall--dvr--tv tuner wihich is inside of my pc. I IR Blaster is positoned correctly on the dvr. I programmed the media center remote and the cable remote to work together. Unfortunately, when I go to media center to con-
figure my tv input and i claim that the channel is 4 the channels do not change. I do not understand why this will not work? Do you have any more suggestions to offer. deanie44




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[mattaggie]

Can you just not use the media center remote? Just use your regular cable remote to change the channel.