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Sorry for the delayed response... Thankyou very much for clearing up alot of my thoughts. I went ahead and bough the HD-5500 card, but after getting a better understanding of what I can and cannot get, it seems almost not worth it, or atleast not worth it to buy from the cable-co. I will pick up an antenna and attempt to tune OTA. I'm currently about 20ish miles West from downtown Milwaukee, but I'm hopeful I'll pick up some signals. Thanks again!
Wow... way to shoot holes all my dreams But seriously... thanks for clearing that up. I'm currently in an apartment, and do not have access to an external antennae, so I might start with the HD via cable, atleast to check it out. I am hoping to move to the West Allis area in the next month or so (pending house offer), at which point I'll try the antenna route. A question though... why is ESPNHD considered premium and encrypted, when you are already purchasing the...
When I say interacting, I meant how can I read the stream. I don't have a HD tv currently, and I understand the cable card to be specific to some TVs that accept it, which is not to say that I can use it in a computer. I had been checking out the pcHDTV HD-5500, and I'm trying to determine if when I plug in my coax-cable feed directly into the card, will I be able to receive all of the HD streams that are available? Or, am I better of just trying to tune OTA HD channels?...
I'm new to the HD scene, and have read some threads, admittedly not all of them. Specific to the Milwaukee area, and using TimeWarner cable, how can I interact with an HD stream (either OTA or cable)? Do I have to have TWC's STB in order to receive premium HD channels? Or can I use a tuner such as the HD5500 card in its place? Thanks for the feedback! joey
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