Need help getting started

[soloxp]

I have 2 pvr cards 1 pvr-150 none MCE and a pvr-250 none MCE. I would like to be able to watch tv and record a diff show at the same time. Do i need 2 cable boxes to do this....i have digital cable HBO SHOWTIME all that. I hope not. If not how do i go about hook this up from the pc to the cable box. I'll be using the GBPVR the lastes ver. I hook up 1 card just to test it out and it works find but on the tv i have is a 32" and it does not fill the hold screen when watching tv...how can i fix that.

Thanks



My system

Intel 2.4g
Abit-M/B
80g HD and 120g HD
pvr-150 and pvr-250
Nvidia FX 5200 tv out
512 DDR

[blader_se]

Can you set up two TVs (with antenna input) and watch two different channels on them? If not - you need two boxes...

[soloxp]

thanks for the fast reply blader se...but you just lost me there about 2 tv's. So i will need to cable boxes. So how will i hook this all up. Sorry for been so new to this. Also how do i fix the tv to were it show the full screen.

[sub]

If your cable cable provider transmits your channels using either encrypted broadcasts, or if the channels are digital, then you will need a cable box for each PVR card. This is because these cards cannot tune in digital broadcasts, and they cannot decrypted encrypted channels.

On the other hand, if you cable provider transmits regular old fasion analog transmissions with no encryption, then you might be lucky enough to put a cable splitter in before the cable box, and just connect to the RF tuner input on the back of your tuner card.

Its highly likely that HBO SHOWTIME etc are either encrypted or digital.

[soloxp]

Well i call the cable ppl and to get another box it will be $7.50 per month. well i might as well get there DVR for $6.95 a month. I would like to use gb-pvr sent it have a lots more stuff. Can some plz help me come up whit somthing. I looking at all the forums that i can find about pvr on how to set the up. I just want to be able to watch tv and record a diff show at the same time. Or should i set it up to were i just use gb-pvr to just record shows. And watch tv as all ways.

Thanks

[soloxp]

Man you guys are fast...i like this forum. Thanks sub i will try that to night and see if that works. If not then i might get a nother box to see how it all works. Also Sub is there a way to make the tv show the full screen.

[sub]

Well i call the cable ppl and to get another box it will be $7.50 per month. well i might as well get there DVR for $6.95 a month. I would like to use gb-pvr sent it have a lots more stuff. Can some plz help me come up whit somthing.

To be quite honest, if your provider transmits encrypted or digital, then there is no way around it, and you'd need a external cable box to act as the tuner.

The most you can hope for, is the provider also transmits most of the channels as analog channels with no encryption. I think this is pretty common in the USA, but not in the rest of the world.

Man you guys are fast...i like this forum. Thanks sub i will try that to night and see if that works. If not then i might get a nother box to see how it all works. Also Sub is there a way to make the tv show the full screen.

Uncheck the 'run in window mode' option in the config app.