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Vulcan · 08-14-2009, 04:41 PM

There are 2 OTA stations in Calgary, so an
ATSC tuner card would work to record those two channels.
Hauppage use to have a tuner card with HD component inputs so you could record off a set top box but I don't see it around now. With Shaw as someone said firewire is an option.

Myself, I played around with a tuner card from my Bell TV box to my computer but I wasn't satisfied with the picture quality in SD. With Bell it's easier to just buy a HD receiver ($150?) and connect an external HDD to it for up to 100 hours of HD recording.

08-14-2009, 04:41 PM	#19
Vulcan Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sunshine Coast Exp:	There are 2 OTA stations in Calgary, so an ATSC tuner card would work to record those two channels. Hauppage use to have a tuner card with HD component inputs so you could record off a set top box but I don't see it around now. With Shaw as someone said firewire is an option. Myself, I played around with a tuner card from my Bell TV box to my computer but I wasn't satisfied with the picture quality in SD. With Bell it's easier to just buy a HD receiver ($150?) and connect an external HDD to it for up to 100 hours of HD recording.