what would be the advantage of this over a regular tv?
seems like no hardware cost savings and probably uses more electric.
would be nice to have access to on screen menues and info though.
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Kelly Ford wrote:
> The multiple tuner CableCard ready product I mentioned is detailed at
> http://cetoncorp.com/products.php. It isn't shipping just yet from what I
> can tell but if you use the Buy Now option on the web page you can preorder
> if you are so inclined. Even if you don't want to preorder, following the
> buy now link gives you a few more details on what the product does. It
> isn't cheap, with a suggested retail price of $399.
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> Kelly
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Ford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 7:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] TV tuner cards
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> I use a tuner card with Windows Media Center and Windows 7 and the
> combination works relatively well. The main sections of Windows Media
> Center are read with screen readers. Some text, like detailed program
> descriptions, isn't really read but I'm able to schedule recordings review
> the program guide and such. I use this on my main television and it works
> well.
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> Before you venture into this technology, you should understand what you are
> going to need to receive the TV signal. For example in my case just having
> the tuner isn't enough. Comcast, who I used to have, and Verizon FIOS, who
> I have now, both use exclusively digital signals and there is no analog
> channel availability any longer. The end result meant that I needed a TV
> tuner card that supports what's called a CableCard. This basically allows
> the tuner to decryptic the digital signal and comes from the cable company.
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> The tuner card I use is described at
> http://www.amd.com/us/products/pctv/tv-wonder-tuners/Pages/digital-cable-tun
> er.aspx. This is a single tuner. Supposedly there is a newer card due out
> soon, if it isn't out already from another company, that supports the
> Cablecard technology and allows for four tuners.
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> Before Comcast made the switch to all digital, my older tuner card could
> tune channels 1-99 of my cable system. The other channels were still sent
> only in digital form.
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> If you are interested in the Media Center route, there is a web site at
> www.thegreenbutton.com that has all kindsof info on using Windows Media
> Center.
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> I've tried a few different tuner options over the years. Most of the
> software didn't work too well with screen readers in my experience. But in
> most cases you are not locked into using the software that comes with the
> tuner, which is why I use Media Center.
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> Let me know if I can help further.
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> Kelly
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:34 AM
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] TV tuner cards
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> Hi, everyone.
> I'm wondering if anyone on this list is familiar with any of the TV
> tuner cards or USB TV tuners that are out there and how blind-friendly
> they might be. It appears that some of them come with remote controls,
> so presumably you could use the remote to change channels, volume, etc.,
> even if you couldn't do it via the software itself.
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> Any info on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
> Rachel
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