HD STB with Firewire port for PC connectivity - Does one Exist?

Hello,

Just getting my head around the whole digital TV thing and would like to get
one of the above. An internal card is out of the question for me as I only
have a ^%&^%$ low profile Dell PC.

Does anyone have any links for such a beast? Any advice would be greatly
appreciated

Thanks
Jason

Nope, as there isn't much of a market for a dual use device.

Just get the external USB2 Nebula decoder:
http://www.nebula-electronics.com/in....asp?Code=0002

"Jason" <jjtest@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Just getting my head around the whole digital TV thing and would like to
get
> one of the above. An internal card is out of the question for me as I only
> have a ^%&^%$ low profile Dell PC.
>
> Does anyone have any links for such a beast? Any advice would be greatly
> appreciated
>
> Thanks
> Jason
>
>

In article <3fd2e7c2$0$31750$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net>,
"Kubalister" <go.away@spammers.com> wrote:

> > Just getting my head around the whole digital TV thing and would
> > like to get one of the above. An internal card is out of the
> > question for me as I only have a ^%&^%$ low profile Dell PC.
>
> Nope, as there isn't much of a market for a dual use device.

They certainly exist, dunno if any support Wintel. See, for example:

http://www.elgato.com/eyetvdvb.html

PCI card is much cheaper though!

--
David J Richardson -- davidj@richardson.name
http://davidj.richardson.name/ -- Dr Who articles/interviews/reviews
http://www.boomerang.org.au/ -- Boomerang Association of Australia

The Elgato's aren't set top boxes that decode the output themselves to a
display device directly. The question implied a device similar to the
Hauppauge DEC-1000/2000 that outputs directly to a TV etc AND can be
controlled and viewed from a PC.


"David J Richardson" <davidj@richardson.name> wrote in message
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> In article <3fd2e7c2$0$31750$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net>,
> "Kubalister" <go.away@spammers.com> wrote:
>
> > > Just getting my head around the whole digital TV thing and would
> > > like to get one of the above. An internal card is out of the
> > > question for me as I only have a ^%&^%$ low profile Dell PC.
> >
> > Nope, as there isn't much of a market for a dual use device.
>
> They certainly exist, dunno if any support Wintel. See, for example:
>
> http://www.elgato.com/eyetvdvb.html
>
> PCI card is much cheaper though!
>
> --
> David J Richardson -- davidj@richardson.name
> http://davidj.richardson.name/ -- Dr Who articles/interviews/reviews
> http://www.boomerang.org.au/ -- Boomerang Association of Australia

Avermedia make a low profile digital PCI card.
It only does SD, not HD.
I've installed several and they seem to work well.
You can get them from www.northsideantennas.com.au for $159 - bargain price.

Cheers,
Northwind

"Kubalister" <go.away@spammers.com> wrote in message
news:3fd2f9eb$0$31746$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> The Elgato's aren't set top boxes that decode the output themselves to a
> display device directly. The question implied a device similar to the
> Hauppauge DEC-1000/2000 that outputs directly to a TV etc AND can be
> controlled and viewed from a PC.
>
>
> "David J Richardson" <davidj@richardson.name> wrote in message
> news:davidj-578BD1.20131707122003@freenews.iinet.net.au...
> > In article <3fd2e7c2$0$31750$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net>,
> > "Kubalister" <go.away@spammers.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > Just getting my head around the whole digital TV thing and would
> > > > like to get one of the above. An internal card is out of the
> > > > question for me as I only have a ^%&^%$ low profile Dell PC.
> > >
> > > Nope, as there isn't much of a market for a dual use device.
> >
> > They certainly exist, dunno if any support Wintel. See, for example:
> >
> > http://www.elgato.com/eyetvdvb.html
> >
> > PCI card is much cheaper though!
> >
> > --
> > David J Richardson -- davidj@richardson.name
> > http://davidj.richardson.name/ -- Dr Who articles/interviews/reviews
> > http://www.boomerang.org.au/ -- Boomerang Association of Australia
>
>

Hmm.

I'm very happy with my high-end card. The VisionPlus, at $229 including
postage, is only $70 more than the Aver card but it does sooooo much more.
HD, naturally, is included. It works well on all 5 channels with the
included software but that's not all - further software improvements are in
the pipeline.

Nice remote control too! Even a bonus T-shirt was included in the package,
a nice surprise!

See http://www.digitalnow.com.au/

(PS: this isn't an ad - I'm simply a happy customer.)


"NorthWind" <neilwin@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:3ff4181d$0$1743$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.a u...
> Avermedia make a low profile digital PCI card.
> It only does SD, not HD.
> I've installed several and they seem to work well.
> You can get them from www.northsideantennas.com.au for $159 - bargain
price.
>
> Cheers,
> Northwind
>
> "Kubalister" <go.away@spammers.com> wrote in message
> news:3fd2f9eb$0$31746$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> > The Elgato's aren't set top boxes that decode the output themselves to a
> > display device directly. The question implied a device similar to the
> > Hauppauge DEC-1000/2000 that outputs directly to a TV etc AND can be
> > controlled and viewed from a PC.
> >
> >
> > "David J Richardson" <davidj@richardson.name> wrote in message
> > news:davidj-578BD1.20131707122003@freenews.iinet.net.au...
> > > In article <3fd2e7c2$0$31750$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net>,
> > > "Kubalister" <go.away@spammers.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Just getting my head around the whole digital TV thing and would
> > > > > like to get one of the above. An internal card is out of the
> > > > > question for me as I only have a ^%&^%$ low profile Dell PC.
> > > >
> > > > Nope, as there isn't much of a market for a dual use device.
> > >
> > > They certainly exist, dunno if any support Wintel. See, for example:
> > >
> > > http://www.elgato.com/eyetvdvb.html
> > >
> > > PCI card is much cheaper though!
> > >
> > > --
> > > David J Richardson -- davidj@richardson.name
> > > http://davidj.richardson.name/ -- Dr Who articles/interviews/reviews
> > > http://www.boomerang.org.au/ -- Boomerang Association of Australia
> >
> >
>
>