Help!!!!

[Aholland06]

Hello All,

I hope this is the right place for this, sorry if it isn't. I have Dish Network TV service with ALL the HD channels. We might go with Direct TV, or AT&T U-Verse later on. My sister will be getting my desktop computer once I get my new laptop, she has a 21.5" 2159m Hewlett-Packard HD Monitor and she wants to use it as a TV. Will this TV Tuner work, Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q TV Tuner Stick/Personal Video Recorder with Clear QAM, on the desktop computer? She would like to get channels like Disney, ABC Family, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Spike, Food Network, Discovery, TLC, etc....

The specs for the desktop computer are:
1. Motherboard---ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE 478 Intel 865PE ATX Intel
2. Processor---Intel Pentium 4 2.26 Northwood 2.26GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 478 56W Single-Core Processor
3. RAM---1GB RAM
4. Operating System---Windows XP Home Service Pack 3
5. Video Card---Apollo MX4408X 64MB GeForce4 MX440-8X 64MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail

[crackinhedz]

System Requirements

• Minimum processor recommended:

2.2 GHz Intel® P4 or 1.8 GHz Centrino or equivalent
2.8 GHz Intel® P4 or Core™ Duo or equivalent for analog TV recording with MPEG-2

• Microsoft Windows Vista or XP with Service Pack 2.

• Graphics with 64 MB of memory (minimum).

• USB 2.0 port (will not work with USB 1.1).

• CD-ROM drive (for Software installation).

hope that helps.


...looks like your system meets requirements.

[MrFattBill]

She will need a satellite receiver hooked to the tuner, you just can't hook a line up to it from your dish. What ever channel the receiver is on will be displayed on the computer.

Bill

[crackinhedz]

The PC Tuner should get you free OTA HD signals....Fatbill is correct, you won't get Dishnetwork channels.

Plus you will need to buy an Antenna.

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

The PC Tuner should get you free OTA HD signals....Fatbill is correct, you won't get Dishnetwork channels.

Plus you will need to buy an Antenna.

The WinTV-HVR-950Q actually comes with a little table top antenna that works surprisingly well....I have one hooked up to my TV just in case the satellite acts up.

Bill