2008-03-29, 03:23 AM
Gabe3 Wrote:QAM is not very important for me since I'm not sure if I even get it with my comcast cable or if it costs extra money.
QAM isn't a service or add-on product. It's the method used to place multiple signals on one physical cable. Yes, your cable company uses it.
When selecting a tuner card, make sure it features hardware MPEG encoding for the analog tuner/signal. Otherwise, you're not going to get to use the analog tuner in GB-PVR. The digital side is already encoded in MPEG-2 format by the broadcaster.
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