Re: MS Vista with service pack 1



jim wrote:
[Default] On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:56:02 -0500, Marks Avana
<marksavana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Glenn wrote:
"El Castor" <No_One@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fv9tc4536ent8898o53k3hb68e0apllk8i@xxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:26:27 -0500, "Glenn" <minorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:52:38 -0500, "Glenn" <minorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If you've got a card like my Hauppauge HVR1600 with a QAM tuner, as
well as a cable with unencrypted digital (as opposed to analog), what
you have to do (using the Hauppauge WinTV software -- not Media
Center) is to connect the cable to the digital input on your card and
tell the card to scan for digital channels -- which can take a long
time. Whatever it finds will be added to the list of available
channels in WinTV, thereby getting around the necessity of being able
to manually tune to 103.1, 103.2, etc. Then you have to reconnect the
cable to the analog input, and let the NTSC tuner scan for analog
channels. If you have both analog and QAM channels, you will have to
use the WinTV (for a Hauppauge card) software because Media Center
can't deal with the digital stuff -- and you will also need to use a
splitter so that your cable is feeding both the analog and the digital
inputs on your card. If your cable provider is someone other than
Comcast, your chances of success are increased since I understand that
Comcast uses non-standard frequencies for it's clear QAM transmission.
Funny that my Toshiba tuner doesn't have a problem with Comcast, but
my Hauppauge apparently does. Grrrrr.
I have done all of this and the channels are all there, but no signals yet.
I'll wait for the change to digital and check back. I can always pay cable
for their cable box.
Little or nothing is going to happen insofar as cable is concerned
when the switch to digital happens. That only effects over the air
transmission of analog, which will end next February. The FCC is
requiring cable to support analog until 2012. This is a bummer because
analog hogs a lot of bandwidth that could be used by cable companies
to transmit more and better HiDef. By the way, if you are able to get
over the air TV with rabbit ears, there are a lot of stations that are
already broadcasting in digital. Old fashioned rabbit ears work pretty
well for digital. All you have to do is connect them to the ATSC
digital input on your TV card.
No chance with indoor antenna, not even the local station, and outdoor is just a little better. Speaking of outdoor, anyone with satellite?

I have DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageNR.jsp?assetId=P4380062

I want lots of Chinese programming at a good price. None of the damn
American providers can figure out there is a massive Asian market
here. They know about the frigging Mekskins. But not Asians

Locally, they have service for single Chines, Korean, Philippino, or
other services for 11 or so bucks. Hell, I can get an internet
company like KYLINTV.com. Bunch of channels for 20 to 30 bucks a
month.

I suspect if we could package what we really want based on what we
watch, we could throw out 60% of the bull*** they pile on the
packages. Sports, I never watch. Used to but now it is just thugs
who would be in prison but for ability to play with a ball. Sports is
becoming more corrupt as well.

I could discard 80% of mine and not miss a thing.
DirecTV has some Chinese channels. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPage.jsp?assetId=P4710024
.