Hauppauge triple-tuner WinTV HVR-3000 card picks up the lot!

[Bob Crabtree]

Latest Windows PC TV tuner from Hauppauge isn't the USB diversity model we've talked about but, instead, a PCI card with a diverse reception range.

The company describes the £100 WinTV HVR-3000 as "Tri-mode" but, in fact, it picks up Freeview digital terrestrial, analogue terrestrial (or cable), free-to-air satellite (such as transmitted via Astra and Eutelsat) and FM radio.

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[directhex]

FTA? :/

good lord i wish cable & sat people weren't so anal about using non-sanctioned receiver kit

i'd pick up a sky sub like a shot if i could plug it straight into a DVB-S card with a CAM slot, without the nightmares and skullduggery it currently involves

[Funkstar]

i'm with you 100% there Directhex.

In the long run i'd even go as far as getting the full Sky package along with another couple of "multi-room" subscriptions for multi chanel time shifting

[Bob Crabtree]

FTA? :/

good lord i wish cable & sat people weren't so anal about using non-sanctioned receiver kit

i'd pick up a sky sub like a shot if i could plug it straight into a DVB-S card with a CAM slot, without the nightmares and skullduggery it currently involves

Yeah, but the reason they are so anal is cos they know full well the sorts of things that people can do with the footage once it's within their PCs!

[directhex]

Yeah, but the reason they are so anal is cos they know full well the sorts of things that people can do with the footage once it's within their PCs!

as if they don't already via analog

really though, needing a set-top box and an ir-blaster is just plain ****ty.

i'll stick with freeview for the forseeable future. at least i can get pay-per-view straight into a pc