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Upgrade TV Tuner to HD

‎11-20-2008 08:05 PM

I have a HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7650n Desktop PC with the original TV tuner.

 

Has anyone upgraded theirs to record HDTV and can recommend a tuner card that's compatible with the front panel video/audio jacks?

 

   -Thanks.

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Re: Upgrade TV Tuner to HD

‎11-30-2008 01:48 PM

Hey I have some encouraging news for you.  I am currently using a HD tuner in media center on Vista 64.  It was a little tricky before I got it to work.  I currently have an HP s3530f computer that I am using as my HTPC.  I removed the ATSC tuner that came with it.  I put in a ATI TV Wonder 650 (I had to buy a half height bracket) and let the computer find the proper drivers.  This tuner supports clear QAM.  I managed to find and download "Media Center 2008 TV Pack" online.  Be aware once this is installed it can not be uninstalled.  This site had lots of useful information:

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2331431,00.asp

 

At this point media center would still not identify a QAM tuner.  Now this is where serendipity played a role.  I also had a Pinnacle PCTV HD Stick.  I tried to get this tuner to work so I installed the Pinnacle TVCenter Pro 4.98 software.  Once this software was installed Media Center found the ATI tuner as a QAM tuner.  I could even uninstall the Pinnacle TVCenter software and Media Center will continue to idenitfy the QAM tuner.  Now media center works exactly as I hoped.  I am able to record HD programs that I receive via cable that are clear QAM signals (un-scrambled).  I hope this helps.  Good luck!

 

 

 

 

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