Hello,

I’m looking into setting up an HD OTA system to watch on my computer. I’m currently doing that with an analog OTA signal using a Hauppauge TV tuner.

I have a few questions:

1) Does anyone have any advice on who makes good PCI (not PCI excess) HD tuners? Preferably they should be hardware tuners/ decoders so that my CPU is freed.

2) Does anyone have advice on good OTA antennas? I’m in Atlanta, Ga, surrounded by many large skyscrapers, but I’m less than 5 miles from the stations that I want to receive.

3) Does anyone know if you need processors faster than a single 2.5Ghz CPU to watch HD TV on a computer? [i.e. Does watching/ recording HD TV on a computer require significantly more computing power than analog signals?]

Any advice and reviews would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks in advance!

1) Check the HTPC forum.

2) Post your antennaweb.org info for your digital only stations.

3) Again, check the HTPC forum, I believe the better cards have on board processors to keep the load on the system CPU lower.

Check these out: http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/products/

Thanks for replies, mjones73 and egnlsn.

On another note, i just learned about free HD broadcasts on the cable coax (assuming you have a QAM tuner). Does anyone know if Comcast in Atlanta, Ga still gives free access to the OTA digital channels on their coax system (if not in Atl, a confirmation in another city is better than nothing).