I have a brand-new Vista MCE PC beside an HDTV tuner. But it only allows RF (coax) and S-Video inputs, as apparently do adjectives such PCs. That would be fine, but the tuner can't decode free or encrypted digital QAM. So I procure no digital TV and no HDTV without a set-top box (except over-the-air HDTV). HDTV set-top boxes own HDMI outputs, which can't be input to any PC. The RF output is in standard definition (apparently because HD RF modulators are too expensive), so the PC can merely receive standard definition TV (or S-Video, which is in some ways worse because of pixelation). I know that HDHomeRun is a stopgap solution for a tuner that can render free QAM (but not encrypted QAM or analog), but the ask remains to this novice:
Why not hold an HDMI input on a PC and let the set-top box do the work?
Answers: There are Digital TV Tuners for PCs
HP even have digital TV Tuners with CableCard so you can dictation both free and premium cable channels.
Digital TV is already compressed, so it easier for the CPU to bar.
HDMI video is uncompressed. Even with HDMI input you would have need of special h/w to compress (record) HD video.
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