TV-focused HTPC - Page 2

Originally Posted by avken 

Really unfortunate that the Duet got discontinued with no replacement. I can't find the AVerMedia Duet card for less than $80. At that price, I think I will go with the Hauppauge 2250 unless someone knows of a cheap source for the Duet.

Originally Posted by Mike99 

Depending on how I searched ebay I got different results. Here's some used Duets for $48 or make offer, & free shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Avermedia-Duet-ATSC-QAM-Dual-TV-Tuner-A188-/251144210899?pt=US_Video_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item3a795c89d3

Originally Posted by avken 

Yeah, the HDHomerun makes sense for the Mac or if you're not comfortable opening up a PC. So with multiple tv's, do you need a PC hooked up to each in order to access the HDHomerun content? ...

Originally Posted by avken 

Good point about the PPV and VOD. It's hard to get that ideal setup when the cable companies prefer to rent you their boxes. ...

Originally Posted by MKANET 

You dont have the 29/59 bug. Many people who see unexplained video stutter or other types of flicker to the "29/59" bug without even knowing what the 29/59 bug is. The "real" 29/59 bug is caused by american premium television networks encoding their TV shows and movies in a weird mixed soft/hard telecined mode (causing the 29/59 frame-rate flip-flop. Many common modern display cards; especially Nviidia, can't handle on-the-fly switching without adding a stuttering video effect during soft-telecine scenes. Non-premium TV channels such as NBC and CBS don't do this; so, even very old display cards can handle deinterlacing this content.
Having said that, if you have a HDTV hooked up to it, you should look into the stuttering that can be caused by framerate interpolation trying to synch up to your display card's timings. Reclock is a great utility that can help video from stuttering.
The 29/59 bug sThat's related to premium TV channels only; which you can't get without a cable card tuner and cableTV subscription to that channel.