Some Cable TV question regarding my AIW..

[TurtleMan]

Somehow I plug in the cable into my AIW card, but the max channel i can go up to is 99, is there anyway to go beyond channel 99 ?? This is just a straight coax cable split from my cable box... is that the max channles u can get ? cuz i would really like to be able to record my HBO or showtime =]

 

[TurtleMan]

anyone ?

 

[batmanuel]

Do you have to use a digital cable box for those channels?

On my Comcast cable all the channels above 99 are purely digital, so you need a digital set-top box for those. None of the AIW cards have these yet. I also believe that digital cable still hasn't really been standardized yet, and there's a lot of value-added features like video on demand (which I quite like in Comcast's implementation) and Pay-Per-View and that you have to deal with when making such a card (and getting it to run right on your cable), so they are still kinda rare compared to analog capture cards.

 

[rbV5]

You need to have the cable box decode the premium channels anyway, so you'll need to connect into the AIW from the cable box, and use channel 3/4 with coax, or the S-Video and/or RCA (composite) and pick the connector from the PVR to record/watch on your PC.

 

[TurtleMan]

Hmm thought so too, i guess that's the only way then, cuz i thought i can juss get by without renting another cable box, guess that required...


when you said, "use channel 3/4 with coax", you saying turn to channel 3/4 on my AIW card right? ;D

 

[rbV5]

you saying turn to channel 3/4 on my AIW card right?

Right, like a VCR.