Digital Newbie Question

soccerdad · 2006-06-05, 10:20 PM

I just made the big jump and got Time Warner's digital service. I am not getting any movie channels, but I am getting some of their second tier stuff like SPEED channel. I have searched the forum posts and are now more confused than ever:eek: Is there a card that I can buy to record the digital programs or do I have to use the STB as my tuner and input it into my PVR150? I see DVB-T and DVB-S but am not sure if that is what I need or if that is for High Definition (which I don't have). I also saw a post about something called Cablecard which I can get from Time warner for a good price, but I don't know if there are any cards that support it:confused:

As it stands now, I will have to string very long cables or move the STB to the PC and run off the MVP. I am a little concerned with this since this will slow down the surfing.

Any comments, including your favorite card ideas would be great.

***sub*** · 2006-06-05, 10:24 PM

With digital cable in the US your only option is to use the STB as the tuner, and connect the composite/svideo to your analog capture card.

soccerdad · 2006-06-05, 11:34 PM

I was afraid that was the answer. Thanks for the quick answer sub.

stefan · 2006-06-07, 06:48 AM

soccerdad Wrote:I see DVB-T and DVB-S but am not sure if that is what I need or if that is for High Definition (which I don't have).

Just to explain/clarify - DVB is the European (and perhaps asian/australian/nz?) standard for digital broadcasting. DVB-T part is for terrestrial, DVB-S is for satellite, and DVB-C is for cable.

herbs · (This post was last modified: 2006-06-07, 08:14 AM by herbs.)

stefan Wrote:Just to explain/clarify - DVB is the European (and perhaps asian/australian/nz?) standard for digital broadcasting. DVB-T part is for terrestrial, DVB-S is for satellite, and DVB-C is for cable.

Not strictly true dvb-s/c is sometimes used in North America see http://www.dvb.org/graphics/internal/Ado...ril_20.jpg
http://www.dvb.org/graphics/internal/Ado...ril_20.jpg

stefan · 2006-06-07, 09:52 AM

Yeah... ok, so it's North American standard, too Wink

Arative · 2006-06-08, 01:57 AM

sub Wrote:With digital cable in the US your only option is to use the STB as the tuner, and connect the composite/svideo to your analog capture card.

The twinhan dtv cab-ci card is capable of using a cablecard, would that be a possibilty in the US? Provided you could get the card shipped to you.

***sub*** · 2006-06-08, 03:01 AM

No, that is not possible.

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