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Comcast + HDTV Tuner + Windows Media Center

My question is simple. If I have comcast hdtv (dual tuner) DVR Cable box (motorola) and want to use it in my media center 1) is it possible, and 2) how do i connect it (bypass the set-top-box, or not), put it in the ASTC or NTSC tuner input on the Media Center PC.

fredshovel

As I'm on the other side of the world I've never heard of any of this equipment or even the suppliers (how's it sounding so far) -- but if you've subscribed to a cable service like comcast you already have the signal so you don't need to put it through any digital set-top-box or ATSC tuner or NTSC tuner -- in my thinking you just have to connect the signal to your TV monitor via the output of the comcast equipment.

lukeamotion

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I guess i'm the only person to ever do this? How have they sold Media Center PC's for the last 3 years without anyone running into this. :)

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masoncooper

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callit

Well you've tossed a number of variables into play here that I'm not very familar with, but I do have some knowledge of PVRing on PCS -

You might want to check out the forums over at http://forum.byopvr.com/dvr/ as there are alot of people with alot of specific knowledge there.

Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on this area by any means, and don't want to add confusion or bad information, but there are alot of helpful folks over at BYOPVR.

callit

I think masoncooper's response is the most complete and relevent.