MSI TV tuner card and HDTV

I decided for grins to connect my Pioneer Voyager HDTV box from Timewarner Cable TV (AOL) into my MSI TV tuner card to see what kinda picture I would recieve. Well, first I should say I am only allowed to use S-video and not the HDTV component cables (3), but it works. Timewarner at this time only offers 10 HDTV channels and rest or either digital (DVD quality) or analog. Some of the HDTV channels do not completely fill the screen and I have to adjust my screen to fit, but this is not to much effort. Some HDTV channels fit the screen but are in wide screen only and not full screen, but this was still pretty cool. I watched some of the wimbleton tennis in HDTV on my computer (awesome picture quality)
I am guessing that when HDTV becomes more popular and prices drop, that perhaps MSI might consider building a TV tuner card with HDTV outputs??

I have been seeing some amazing video using my msi TV-Tuner card (older card) and HDTV S-video inputs from my digital HDTV cable box. I understand what SteveK is saying about how S-video is not capable of displaying 1080i, but dang it looks awesome using dscaler. I did some searching and this guys says:
A better solution is S-video. Almost all players have s-video output. S-video looks much better than composite video, and only slightly inferior to component video. Hook an s-video cable from the player to the display (or to an A/V receiver that can switch s-video). The round, 4-pin connectors may be labelled Y/C, s-video, or S-VHS.
Link found here: http://www.home-theater-faq.com/whats_the_difference_between_composite_s-video_component_and_rgb_video.htm
Anyway I found some similar links that said about the same. In any case, if anyone wants to play with the HDTV viewing using dscaler and an HDTV s-video connection, it might be of interest.

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More pgms working with MSI TV-tuner card(s)

There is a couple more programs I found that work fairly nice with the older MSI TV-tuner card and the newer Master TV-tuner card. They are: Intervideo WINDVD Creator and Intervideo Home Theater. Both have free 30 trial dowloads at http://www.intervideo.com. If I use these two softwares and Ulead Video Studio 7, I can pretty much accomplish every thing I could ever ask for with my MSI TV-tuner card. I just wish all the features were consolidated into one software.

Sure, here is my hardware specs:
CPU #1
Asus a7n8x 2.5GHZ with 512MG 400HZ mem
MSI TV-tuner (master)
Windows XP
CPU #2
Asus a7v 1.4GHZ with 650MG mem
MSI TV-tuner (older)
Windows XP
Note: I don't use the tuner and scheduler since I use S-video inputs from my Timewarner Pioneer HTDV setbox. I did, for fun hook up a coax to my MSI TV-tuner card and scanned for ports using these newer softwares from Intervideo, but they did not correctly scan the digital and HDTV channels and only scanned the old analog channels. I tried for fun to schedule some analog channels for record, but it did not work properly for me. This is not a big deal to me since, the tuner and scheduler is not something that interest me, like most folks. And since, I don't use the tuner and scheduler features, I immediately de-installed MSIPVS from both systems since the Intervideo products, especially the WINDVD creator does a much finer job then the old MSIPVS software that MSI keeps bundling with their TV-tuner card. Also, I thought it was cool that the Intervideo WINDVD product allows a person to create huge jpg/gif/bmp slide shows on a DVD without the limitations (total 1900 or something close to this) on VCD's. But, you have to create them using the mpeg2 format, by cliicking on the icon toward bottom and then using the author to create the vobs, etc from the mpeg2's. Anyways, all other softwares, I have tried for this crapped out big time. Sorry, I can't help the tuner/remote probs, but I think conio and some others have a better handle on it then me.

MSI TV Tuner card (stereo) workaround

HI,
If you live in the US and own the MSI TV tuner card then you know it does not provide Stereo sound. If you have a digital cable box from your cable tv provider you can recieve stereo sound while viewing and recording when using the MSI TV Tuner card, by doing the following:
1. do not use the patch cable for audio from your MSI TV tuner card to your audio sound card.
2. connect the audio from your digital cable box to your audio sound card. My audio sound card is an audigy card. You may have to spend a couple bucks at FRY's or Best Buy to get any small cable connectors (stereo din connector==>RCA and so forth). Just look at your box and you should be able to figure out what you need.
3. Ofcourse, you will be using the remote for your digital box and leaving the MSI tuner card on channel 3.
But, I have been doing this all the time anyway
4. Connect either the composite or s-video cable (not coax) from your MSI TV-tuner card to your digital cable box. Best to use s-video is possible.
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Originally posted by Frederic Renard
To bypass the card to record sound is a strange workaround...
This card is suppose to be useful to play and RECORD tv with a cable entry and no other hardware.
I can bypass the card as well and put a tv and vcr beside my pc (lol).
What we really need is new driver so the card can work better at least with mono sound!
Good point! We can always buy a TV and a capture card. But that's not the product we need!
Why still there are no new drivers or software? Other companies already had their drivers signed by MS WHQL... And what happens here? Nothing! Almost every week I check for new drivers. Even the guys from DScaler have created better support for this card?!? And they don't get paid for that! What's wrong with MSI? Is this card doomed or something? Why should I trust MSI and buy another product of theirs? This just sucks.
?( BTW Have anyone experienced a lack of any sound on several channels in the frequency range between 160 MHz and 210 MHz?
Usually I recommend this card to anyone for its really good picture quality. But how can I explain to them it can't decode sound on the major TV programs in my country (in that specific freq. range).
I have much to say about this card (I have it for more than a half year) but I feel it would be never heard never discussed never answered as my e-mails to MSI.
I'm using a card with CX23881 chip in Bulgaria.
Thank you.
Deyan Atanasov

My daughter added songs with her I Tunes Card and My credit card was charged, what do I do?

My daughter added songs with her I tunes card and my credit card was charged, how do I get it off my credit card?

What process did your daughter use, there is a specific format to redeem an iTunes gift card. The gift card must be redeemed using the Redeem link in the Quick Links on the right side of the iTunes Store in iTunes on a computer or the Redeem button at the bottom of both the iTunes and App Store apps in iOS. Redeeming the gift card then applies the value of the card as an available credit to the user's iTunes account. The credit is used first before any bank card also stored in the account. If the purchases use the entire credit and there is an additional balance due, it will be charged to any bank card stored in the account.

I just bought at $50 I tunes card and I rubbed it to hard and can't read it. What do I do?

I just bought a $50i tunes card and rubbed it to hard and I can't read it. What to do?

Click here and request assistance. Supply the iTunes Store staff with as much of the code as you can.
(87562)

I have a i tunes card, and have rubbed the code, but it smudged so i cannot read it , what do i do know, the store i bought it from said i need to contact apple, its not down to them. john

i have a i tunes card, and have rubbed the code but it smudged so icannot retrieve it, what do i do know. john

You need to contact iTunes support directly.
You can see contact info here: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

I keep putting the code in for a i tunes card and it keeps telling me the card has been redeemed but i cant see any money on my account

i keep putting the code in for a i tunes card and it keeps telling me the card has been redeemed but i cant see any money on my account

The receipt usually takes more time to receive. I got my receipt from about 7:00pm yesterday at about 10:00pm today.

HT1689 Hi I Got $15.00 Doller's On My !Tune Cared And Yeah I Go To Downloaded My Carded And It's Asking For More Like My Visa Carded And There's Are Other's And I Got Those !Tunes Carded And It's Not Doing Any Gooded?

Hello I Got A Little Problem ? And Yeah My Mother Got This At Target Store And Yeah It's A !Tune Carded And It's Costed About $15.00 And Yeah I Go to !Tunes And Downloaded The Coded In And Yeah It Took The Bait And They I Go To My Music That I Whated And Picked It Too Go Too My Downloading Box's And Then It's Telling Me How She's It Book Me By Saiding A Visa Cared , Amercian Carded , And Maybe The Other 2 And but the Last One Saided None? And Still I Can Get My Song's From Here? And I Do Have The Carded? I Really Do Not Understand Why Is This is Happen to Me?

i cant exactly can't understand what you mean to say but if you already have an apple ID which i bet you do. then you can redeem the $15 by clicking on the "redeem" option in the itunes store on mac/pc. the redeem option is loacted under the quick links table.

I've recently purchased 2 x i-Tunes Cards and they won't redeem

Hi
I've recently purchased 2 x i-Tunes Cards and they won't redeem on i-tunes. I keep getting the message 'Your session has timed out. Try again.' - for each card.
I did do, repeatedly, even after re-booting. I still received the same message. I purchased both cards on 7 Sep 2012 and tried redeeming them today (25 Sep 2012). Help! I'm £30 out of pocket!
I currently run a PowerPC G5 Mac, with OSX 10.4.11. I've just downloaded some music perfectly well 5 minutes ago, but these 2 cards won't redeem. Help!

You would need to contact apple support about this. I had a card that wouldnt work properly (turns out I couldnt read the code because i scratched off the bottom on an R and it looked like a P to me!). They will be able to sort you out on the phone or email.
Ryan

TV Tuner Card and Signal for AVerMedia A323 Hybrid ATSC

Community, need a little assist. Here is my set up
TouchSmart 520-1070 w/
Windows 7 - 64 bit
Windows Media Center
AverMedia A323 MiniCard Hybrid ATSC
Cox Communications Cable
No cable box (straight out of the wall)
This is a replacement of my Slimline s5260F which contained a Hauppauge ATSC and NTSC TV tuner. I have input my cable and am attempting to tune my channels, however, following the scan for channels, the return is that there are no stations. I have attempted to set up manually on different settings to try and pick up a signal, but to no avail.
My previous card could pick up the analog channels as well as some of the standard HD channels for the big (CBS, NBC, ABC). Again, no cable box, just straight out of my wall into the computer. To my great surprise, that tuner card, even picked up some of the channels such as ESPN, CNN, Discovery (not HD, but still). I attribute this to the cable company actually having a digital signal into my home, but not having the box would keep me from seeing these channels. I really don't care if I don't see those with my new TouchSmart.
However, I can't even get a standard analog setup. It will pull down the guide in Media Center which then identifies that I have a Clear QAM digital signal. I run the channel setup and nothing comes back. All I get even on the non-HD channel is some of the audio and then just scrambled signal. If I go back an manually set up with just an analog signal, it doesn't change a thing, so I'm kind of at a lose. I have digital quality signal but no way to pick that up and I can go back to my standard analog channels.
Does someone know the work around where I don't have to: 1) lay out more money for an adaptor for my computer to decode the digital signal, or; 2) have to pay a cable company to install a cable box and start paying more money to watch digital TV. All I'm really looking for is to record a few shows from the major networks.
Regards and thanks in advance!

Hello Compute_This:
Sorry body your TV tuner will not work period no mater what you do. Please read this full article at the very bottom of it is the collusion from tuners company. http://www.fathsoft.com/support/index.php?a=5&cat=2&tid=923
I would take it back and get my money back. If not able to that then put it on line and sell it to some one outside of USA. They can use it because they are still using Anog. TV signals. Here is one that is supose to work least that is what it says in detail information on this page. http://www.antonline.com/p_MTVHVMXSK-NX_751196.htm?sID=NX Here is another one to veiw. Specks for it at bottom of page This one includes FM tuner as well. http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-16gb-datatraveler-109-usb-2-0-flash-drive-black-and-white/225557322... Most of the tv tuners I searched won't work on windows 7 computers and are for Anlog TV like the one you have. These are the only two I could find that say they are HDTV for windows 7. I went and checked all they had listed for pc tv tuners. Read costomers reviews if it was listed. You do same and save your self money and headaches. Your welcome frrw. I would have posted this sooner how ever I was still researching there where alot tv tuners listed.

New MSI TV Tuner cards!

It seems as if MSI has or is about to launch some new TV tuner cards.
The TV@nywhere Plus (pictured left) looks like a new analogue TV tuner, possibly to replace the TV@nywhere Master card. It looks to use a new broadcast decoder chip, and includes new features such as auto-scan and naming of channels, and crucially the ability to power on your PC in order to commence a scheduled recording (as with the Compro Videomate card)
The Digital@nywhere (pictured centre) looks like the daddy. It is a Digital DVB-T card, which receives digital terrestrial TV signals through an ordinary aerial (like the Nova-T and Black Gold cards). There is no mention on this page, but I guess MSI would have been foolish not to make this product WinXP MCE compatible.
The Theater 550PRO (pictured right) is a high quality analogue TV tuner, with hardware MPEG encoder, allowing for DVD quality TV recordings. It is based on the ATI Theater 550PRO chipset, is bundled with CyberLink's PowerCinema software (yay no more shoddy Intervideo software!) and is also listed as being compatible with Windows XP Media Center Edition.
If anyone has seen these cards in action, or is lucky enough to own one, please add your comments here!!

well, I just bought an Asus, TV/FM card for my computer (the MSI anywhere plus one came out shortly after that), and gone through semi ton research. Basicaly the Theaterpro 550 are not just made by MSI, by also by Sapphire and Power Color as well (all came from ATI?), some ppl say the software (cyber one) is problematic, but several review I read says that it's all pretty good, if your installation and problem is not a problem, then you are most likely bug free. At, first I bought an Leadtek one (which in my opinion is better in term of software and hardware compare to the asus card I have) but unfortuntely, the card's FM fucntion is a bit buggy. Though Asus card's software function is not as versatile as the Leadtek (the close caption don't work in Canada only in US) but it's really good and stable enough for avg user who want to listen radio and watch TV on comp, and the remote that came with it is pretty nifty too (when I try it, the volume func won't work, it turns out that my Microsoft kyboard funct is blocking some commands) In terms of price range and spec, I think the MSI anywhere plus and Asus TV/FM card 7135 is nearly identical, the only expection is that MSI is 10 dollars cheaper, plus their remote is connected to card itself instead of using a USB slot from your comp. One of the obvious problem I know with TheaterPro550 type is that the box on the card heats up quickly and to quite a high temp as well, so good circulation in case is quite important (same with my Leadtek card). Those are the little nitpic I gathered during my search for TV/FM card, so some info could be false, so it's best to do your own research when purchase a card for yourself.

Problems w/ TV Tuner Card and Media Center

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem:
I just installed the FX5200 TDR-128, with the TV@nywhere card, and the Media Center Deluxe II. I can't get the tv stations to work in MCD II. It works great with MSI PVS software that came with the TV Tuner card. When I go into the "Watch TV" menu of MCD II, it brings up the tv screen but it is all garbled or sometimes a blue screen. I changed all the settings to the appropriate formats and it even has the channels that were scanned in the MSIPVS program. Does anyone know what is causing the channels to not work in the Media Center Deluxe II? Also there is a switch on the VIVO connector that has two settings "Safe" and "Work" what does this switch do? I can't find anything on it in the manual that came with the video card.
P.S. The remote works great.
Motherboard:KT4V-L
CPU: AthlonXP 2400+
RAM: 512Meg DDR400
Video: FX5200 TDR-128
OS: WinXP

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I bought a 15$ i tunes card and i was scratching it and it peeled off and i cant read 9 or 10 letters and i cant find were to go can anyone help me im 14 and i have never done this before

hi im 14 and i was scratching a i tunes card i got from macs across town and it peeled off so now i am stuck and cant get to the place were to fill out the info for it so i can buy black ops zombies ascension for my iphone and ipod and i cant see 9 or 10 digits and i am realy stuck please message me or help me please i really wanna buy it kk thanks for having ur time

See http://www.apple.com/hk/en/support/itunes/store/giftcard/

Dazzle Capture Card and HDTVs

Okay i have a dazzle capture card and i want to use it with a new hdtv but none of the hdtvs
seem to have the right output unless i dont know what its called please help me!

The N95 does not have facility for a hardwired audio/video input & the PC capture card likewise have only a audio/video input ports, where one can capture video from a video players, or TV receivers. You wanted to stream a video from PC to the phone, its not possible.
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TV TUNER CARD AND SATELLITE TV

I have a new Pavilion dv6t 1100 CTO Entertainment Notebook with a built-in TV tuner card. I receive my TV signal via DISH Network satellite TV. I have a HD DVR receiver downstairs that hooks up to the main TV with an HDMI cord. All the other TVs hook up via the co-ax cable running through the walls. I am trying to hook up this laptop computer to one of the wall jacks upstairs. I ran a co-ax cable from the wall to a little adapter and then into a tiny input hole in my laptop. I then clicked on the MediaSmart icon on my computer's desktop and went through the setup. None of the sources really apply but according to my device manager, they sold me an ANALOG TV Tuner. I tried to set it up using the analog antenna setting but do not get any picture or sound even on channel 60 (where I get my DISH Network programming). My question is how do I set it up to work now, and what should I do next month when all analog signals stop? I can't believe they would sell me an analog card!!! Thanks for any help you can give me.

I JUST BOUGHT A NEW MEDIA CENTER (M9500T) AND I WAS GOING CRAZY TRYING TO GET MY TV SIGNAL. I WAS ON THE PHONE HOURS AND HOURS TALKING AND FINALLY I SAID LOOK I BOUGHT THIS PC FOR THE MEDIA CENTER AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET IT RIGHT. HP WAS SAYING CALL DISH AND DISH WAS SAYING THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO THAT I NEEDED TO CALL HP. I HAD THE 3YEAR WARRANTY WITH INHOME SERVICE. FINALLY THEY SENT SOMEONE TO FIX IT. THEY SAID THAT I HAD AN ANALOG RECEIVER AND SENT ME ANOTHER ONE BUT WHEN THE GUY CAME TO PUT IT IN THE ONE I HAD WAS DIGITAL AND ANALOG. MY DISH GUY HAD IT SET TO PLAY ON CHANNEL 60 WHICH WORKED FINE ON MY OLD MEDIA CENTER (M1280N) BUT IT WOULD NOT WORK ON THIS ONE. HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS RECEIVING ON ANTENNA BUT THE REPAIR MAN CHANGED MY CHANNEL TO 73 AND DIGITAL ON MY DISH AND IT WORKS. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE TO SET MY SHOWS TO RECORD MANUALLY AND IT HAS TO BE PLAYING ON 73. WHEN I SET IT UP TO RECORD ON DISH WHEN IT COMES UP TO CREATE TIMER GO TO THE FIRST LINE THAT SAYS THREE THINGS. (I AM AT WORK AND I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THE MIDDLE ONE SAYS BUT THAT IS THE ONE YOU USE. THE FIRST THING IS DVD AND THE LAST IS REMINDER. THE MIDDLE ONE WILL CHANGE THE CHANNEL TO WHAT YOU HAVE SET UP TO RECORD ON THE DISH AND THEN IT WILL RECORD ON YOUR COMPUTER. I HOPE THAT THIS WILL HELP YOU SOME BECAUSE IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING. DISH NETWORK OR EITHER HP NEEDS TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED SO THAT YOU CAN USE YOUR MEDIA CENTER LIKE IT IS SUPPOSE TO. I CANNOT GET CABLE OR I WOULD CHANGE OVER BECAUSE IT WORKS GREAT WITH IT.

MSI TV tuner card and HDTV

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