Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I don't know if this is PCAudio related, but I'm using ATT UVerse. With this, I'm able to use the computer to record shows to my DVR, and watch them. It's fairly easy for me to do this way. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:45 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, I know. If there where a Media Center list then maybe. But that's the thing I'm interested in too. Watching cable TV on the PC. Specificly it would be a Dell XPS-8300. What I'm interested in knowing is will it still work. But see the problem is you have to then start talking about the different carriers, Comcast, ATT Verison and the like. That's where Tom said it's too deep. I kind of knew it all along, but if you want to find out what I want to find out, you have no choice but get into it that way. But yeah, I got the point though, Audio is the main point on this list, but even then you can go too deep. I had to or at least I felt it was wiser for me to take my discussion about HDMI audio with Dain off list because we were going to discuss graphics cards for a bit. I figured that might be a little too much. But yeah, let's see what Tom says, but a Windows Media Center kind of list would really be where this discussion really belongs I guess. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
There's supposed to be a law through Congress to mandate described programs, first in larger markets, then eventually everywhere! - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:36 AM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. From my experience tv tuners will carry this signal if it exists. However, most cable providers and local networks don't carry the SAP feed or if they do it's used for different languages and not description. Not that there are many things described anymore. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be in the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio, the software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software side is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do this now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak just to see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal on. Will the included software with this thing, assuming any still work in XP, be able to at least give me enough properties about the channel to verify the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell if TVSpeak will be a good investment for that purpose? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Vicky, I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available at the same distance. Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
k8...@att.net. - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:16 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Bret, would you and Hamit send me your emails in a written out form and anyone else who wants to continue this topic? I'll then try to keep everyone in the loop. Vicky Vaughan email: vrvaug...@mailzone.com Thanks to anyone who wants to wade in on this! Vicky - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Yeah, but can you back them up? That's the problem with those some times. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:26 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I don't know if this is PCAudio related, but I'm using ATT UVerse. With this, I'm able to use the computer to record shows to my DVR, and watch them. It's fairly easy for me to do this way. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:45 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, I know. If there where a Media Center list then maybe. But that's the thing I'm interested in too. Watching cable TV on the PC. Specificly it would be a Dell XPS-8300. What I'm interested in knowing is will it still work. But see the problem is you have to then start talking about the different carriers, Comcast, ATT Verison and the like. That's where Tom said it's too deep. I kind of knew it all along, but if you want to find out what I want to find out, you have no choice but get into it that way. But yeah, I got the point though, Audio is the main point on this list, but even then you can go too deep. I had to or at least I felt it was wiser for me to take my discussion about HDMI audio with Dain off list because we were going to discuss graphics cards for a bit. I figured that might be a little too much. But yeah, let's see what Tom says, but a Windows Media Center kind of list would really be where this discussion really belongs I guess. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I heard about that, but it might be a long time before it gets down to Wisconsin, unless some of the stations here already pass it and don't really know it. - Original Message - From: Gary Wood k8...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:32 AM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? There's supposed to be a law through Congress to mandate described programs, first in larger markets, then eventually everywhere! - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:36 AM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. From my experience tv tuners will carry this signal if it exists. However, most cable providers and local networks don't carry the SAP feed or if they do it's used for different languages and not description. Not that there are many things described anymore. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be in the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio, the software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software side is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do this now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak just to see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal on. Will the included software with this thing, assuming any still work in XP, be able to at least give me enough properties about the channel to verify the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell if TVSpeak will be a good investment for that purpose? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Vicky, I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available at the same distance. Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
The DVR has a rewind button, if that's what you mean. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:08 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, but can you back them up? That's the problem with those some times. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:26 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I don't know if this is PCAudio related, but I'm using ATT UVerse. With this, I'm able to use the computer to record shows to my DVR, and watch them. It's fairly easy for me to do this way. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:45 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, I know. If there where a Media Center list then maybe. But that's the thing I'm interested in too. Watching cable TV on the PC. Specificly it would be a Dell XPS-8300. What I'm interested in knowing is will it still work. But see the problem is you have to then start talking about the different carriers, Comcast, ATT Verison and the like. That's where Tom said it's too deep. I kind of knew it all along, but if you want to find out what I want to find out, you have no choice but get into it that way. But yeah, I got the point though, Audio is the main point on this list, but even then you can go too deep. I had to or at least I felt it was wiser for me to take my discussion about HDMI audio with Dain off list because we were going to discuss graphics cards for a bit. I figured that might be a little too much. But yeah, let's see what Tom says, but a Windows Media Center kind of list would really be where this discussion really belongs I guess. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any
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I'm sorry that everyone doesn't have this. I'm wondering if there could be a solution using the IPhone or IPad, and your cable provider. Just a thought. - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:51 AM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I heard about that, but it might be a long time before it gets down to Wisconsin, unless some of the stations here already pass it and don't really know it. - Original Message - From: Gary Wood k8...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:32 AM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? There's supposed to be a law through Congress to mandate described programs, first in larger markets, then eventually everywhere! - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:36 AM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. From my experience tv tuners will carry this signal if it exists. However, most cable providers and local networks don't carry the SAP feed or if they do it's used for different languages and not description. Not that there are many things described anymore. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be in the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio, the software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software side is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do this now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak just to see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal on. Will the included software with this thing, assuming any still work in XP, be able to at least give me enough properties about the channel to verify the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell if TVSpeak will be a good investment for that purpose? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Vicky, I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available at the same distance. Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader
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Well, it is part of it, I mean, that's partially why I jumped in when it first came up, because I wanted to get started on doing my homework on all things I need to know to build my home theater PC when WIN 8 is out. I just wanted to figure out if putting a TV toner in the PC was still worth it. So yeah, this is in a sence part of the idea. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:59 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? How does discussion of accessible home theater fit with all of this? That is a discussion I would like to be a part of too. There are so many of the systems that are totally unaccessible that all you can really do is have a sighted person set it up for you because of all the menus and choices that need to be set and we can't access them. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:45 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, I know. If there where a Media Center list then maybe. But that's the thing I'm interested in too. Watching cable TV on the PC. Specificly it would be a Dell XPS-8300. What I'm interested in knowing is will it still work. But see the problem is you have to then start talking about the different carriers, Comcast, ATT Verison and the like. That's where Tom said it's too deep. I kind of knew it all along, but if you want to find out what I want to find out, you have no choice but get into it that way. But yeah, I got the point though, Audio is the main point on this list, but even then you can go too deep. I had to or at least I felt it was wiser for me to take my discussion about HDMI audio with Dain off list because we were going to discuss graphics cards for a bit. I figured that might be a little too much. But yeah, let's see what Tom says, but a Windows Media Center kind of list would really be where this discussion really belongs I guess. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed
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Bret, would you and Hamit send me your emails in a written out form and anyone else who wants to continue this topic? I'll then try to keep everyone in the loop. Vicky Vaughan email: vrvaug...@mailzone.com Thanks to anyone who wants to wade in on this! Vicky - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Well, mine is hamitcam...@gmail.com. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:16 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Bret, would you and Hamit send me your emails in a written out form and anyone else who wants to continue this topic? I'll then try to keep everyone in the loop. Vicky Vaughan email: vrvaug...@mailzone.com Thanks to anyone who wants to wade in on this! Vicky - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Well, let's see what he says because I'ed love to see if it can still be donwe and how. But yeah, that's my thing, how doible is tit still? How good does it work? Stuff like that. But yeah, let's see what Tom says then. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Vicky, I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available at the same distance. Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Yeah, I know. If there where a Media Center list then maybe. But that's the thing I'm interested in too. Watching cable TV on the PC. Specificly it would be a Dell XPS-8300. What I'm interested in knowing is will it still work. But see the problem is you have to then start talking about the different carriers, Comcast, ATT Verison and the like. That's where Tom said it's too deep. I kind of knew it all along, but if you want to find out what I want to find out, you have no choice but get into it that way. But yeah, I got the point though, Audio is the main point on this list, but even then you can go too deep. I had to or at least I felt it was wiser for me to take my discussion about HDMI audio with Dain off list because we were going to discuss graphics cards for a bit. I figured that might be a little too much. But yeah, let's see what Tom says, but a Windows Media Center kind of list would really be where this discussion really belongs I guess. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
How does discussion of accessible home theater fit with all of this? That is a discussion I would like to be a part of too. There are so many of the systems that are totally unaccessible that all you can really do is have a sighted person set it up for you because of all the menus and choices that need to be set and we can't access them. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:45 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, I know. If there where a Media Center list then maybe. But that's the thing I'm interested in too. Watching cable TV on the PC. Specificly it would be a Dell XPS-8300. What I'm interested in knowing is will it still work. But see the problem is you have to then start talking about the different carriers, Comcast, ATT Verison and the like. That's where Tom said it's too deep. I kind of knew it all along, but if you want to find out what I want to find out, you have no choice but get into it that way. But yeah, I got the point though, Audio is the main point on this list, but even then you can go too deep. I had to or at least I felt it was wiser for me to take my discussion about HDMI audio with Dain off list because we were going to discuss graphics cards for a bit. I figured that might be a little too much. But yeah, let's see what Tom says, but a Windows Media Center kind of list would really be where this discussion really belongs I guess. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm interested, but I want something that makes shows on cable accessible and that seems to be farther away than access to local TV. I would agree that there is a lot of interest, and I understand how it might be contriversial on a list primarily geared to the discussion of audio. The problem is that I wonder how many folks would subscribe to a list that only delt with discussion of the topic we are talking about. My guess is that it would take a lot of publicity to get may people. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:41 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. I'm still very interested in this topic and wish we could discuss it further. I know it's a little out-of-the-scope of things on this list but I think people are interested in this topic like myself. So I beg Tom to let us delve in to this. I myself am tired of paying over 130 bucks for these services for 75 percent of it to be inaccessible. If I'm the only one that feels this way than I'll bow my head and not mention it again. thanks bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:23 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yeah, this right. You need a TV toner that you can put the Comcast card into. I forgot about this. But when I talked to them, they said it should work just fine like it use to. Again, if you all want to go deeper, which I would want to, E-mail me off list because when you get into things like Comcast and the like, I guess we are going beyond the scope of the list. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I
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Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be in the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio, the software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software side is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do this now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak just to see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal on. Will the included software with this thing, assuming any still work in XP, be able to at least give me enough properties about the channel to verify the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell if TVSpeak will be a good investment for that purpose? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Vicky, I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available at the same distance. Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hi. From my experience tv tuners will carry this signal if it exists. However, most cable providers and local networks don't carry the SAP feed or if they do it's used for different languages and not description. Not that there are many things described anymore. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be in the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio, the software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software side is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do this now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak just to see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal on. Will the included software with this thing, assuming any still work in XP, be able to at least give me enough properties about the channel to verify the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell if TVSpeak will be a good investment for that purpose? Thanks. - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Vicky, I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available at the same distance. Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done on the Set Top Box. What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on what computer? Many thanks for any help! Vicky - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from
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What cable carrier do you have? Or are you just getting just the regular over the air channals -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary King Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Discussing cable carriers, television channels etc. is not pertinent to the PC Audio list. Please keep posts audio related. Thank you, Tom To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Cool man. Then, please E-mail me the answer off list whom ever I asked thatA? I don't remember who it was. Thanks once again for letting me know Thom. I like when people let me know when I've gone too deep into something, I tend to do that, and I kind of knew it would happen. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:18 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Discussing cable carriers, television channels etc. is not pertinent to the PC Audio list. Please keep posts audio related. Thank you, Tom To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Mary, I got the AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit from AMAZON.COM. It's a USB tuner, and it includes a short extension cable. I also bought the remote for use with Media Center that was mentioned on the same page. It turned out to have a lot more buttons than I need or want. I may not use it. Windows 7 installed the drivers for the tuner, and then it was just a matter of setting up Media Center. No software came with the tuner, and none is needed if you use Media Center. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9:32 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi Gary, Thanks for the report on your Win7 experience. I'm going to install the NVDA screen reader, as I have heard good things about it, and it does seem to offer some things that the other guys don't, and the price is right. What kind of tv tuner did you get? I'm debating whether to get the upgrade to the Dell, if that's what I end up buying, or to get a usb stick add on. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hi. Not arguing here just wondering why we've had this topic several times before and there wasn't any issues untill now. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Tom t...@pc-audio.org To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:18 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Discussing cable carriers, television channels etc. is not pertinent to the PC Audio list. Please keep posts audio related. Thank you, Tom To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Most of the messages on this thread were addressing a consumer electronics product. The specific message I replied to was asking about cable carriers that has nothing to do with audio. Tom ** Message From: Brett Boyer ** Hi. Not arguing here just wondering why we've had this topic several times before and there wasn't any issues untill now. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hello tom is there a list where this topic could be better talked about on? I don't want to get kicked off the list but I would like to talk about this further. thanks HankOn 12/11/2011 4:59 PM, Tom wrote: Most of the messages on this thread were addressing a consumer electronics product. The specific message I replied to was asking about cable carriers that has nothing to do with audio. Tom ** Message From: Brett Boyer ** Hi. Not arguing here just wondering why we've had this topic several times before and there wasn't any issues untill now. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- website: http://fivedollarfreedomplan.com/throwawaymoneylcphs5.html personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hanksmith5 Klango: hanksmith Skype: hank.smith966 Amateur radio call sign: ke7ief check out my Youtube video of a song I recorded in Nashville Tennessee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqut5Bi3e7A also you can find my youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/hanksmith2011 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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I used Comcast and WMC and was able to change channels on my computer keyboard. I had an IR device that plugged into the cable box that provided the comunication between it and my computer. I expect to set up my Windows 7 computer the same way. If there are any differences, I'll tell the list. Vicky- Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus
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Okay cool. Thanks. But yeah, I know you could do it before, it's just how does one do it now? Well, let me and the list know how it goes then. This will decide if it will be worth spending the extra money on a TV tooner or not. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9:28 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I used Comcast and WMC and was able to change channels on my computer keyboard. I had an IR device that plugged into the cable box that provided the comunication between it and my computer. I expect to set up my Windows 7 computer the same way. If there are any differences, I'll tell the list. Vicky- Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org
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Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hi Gary, Thanks for the report on your Win7 experience. I'm going to install the NVDA screen reader, as I have heard good things about it, and it does seem to offer some things that the other guys don't, and the price is right. What kind of tv tuner did you get? I'm debating whether to get the upgrade to the Dell, if that's what I end up buying, or to get a usb stick add on. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hello swhere do you get the ir device at? Hank On 12/10/2011 7:27 AM, vrvaug...@mailzone.com wrote: I used Comcast and WMC and was able to change channels on my computer keyboard. I had an IR device that plugged into the cable box that provided the comunication between it and my computer. I expect to set up my Windows 7 computer the same way. If there are any differences, I'll tell the list. Vicky- Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living
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Very cool. It was like a whole new world for me, not just to record at will but to look at what was on tv and decide if I'd like to see it. Maybe I'll get away from this att stuff and get real cable again. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:52 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak the necessary information. Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to change channels. I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the recording features next. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hello Brett, this is Interesting stuff. I have been looking for some kinda software to watch television here in the UK, but it seems a dedicated TV tuner card is the best way to go. I'm sure there are software packages to allow you to watch live television on computer systems, but I do not know of any such programs myself. Just for the record, I have Sky satellite TV, Billy -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: 09 December 2011 01:41 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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That's what Windows Media Center does, you use the computer as a TV. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hotscot72 Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 3:15 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hello Brett, this is Interesting stuff. I have been looking for some kinda software to watch television here in the UK, but it seems a dedicated TV tuner card is the best way to go. I'm sure there are software packages to allow you to watch live television on computer systems, but I do not know of any such programs myself. Just for the record, I have Sky satellite TV, Billy -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: 09 December 2011 01:41 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio
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Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio
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why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio
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Thanks anyway Brett, back to the drawing board, Billy -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: 09 December 2011 19:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Yah, but would you say it's any easyer or harder than the XP one? Or hav you not listened to the 2 pod casts that Larry did on blind cool tech? I mean, from what you're saying, I guess it's about the same. Right? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info
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I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner, hooked it up to my incomming cable, and had a sighted friend help me with setup. It worked so unbelievably well. Now that I am living in California we have att u-verse so I cannot use my media center and I'm forced to memorize menus and such with the stupid cable box. I feel I should only have to pay a small percentage of this damn bill because I can't access more than half of the features. Anyway sorry for the rant. I guess the answer is no, but I really hate one word or one line answers. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock
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Maybe I'm missing something here, (and I may be veering slightly off-topic with this comment, but it would seem to me that (if one is on Comcast Cable; then if it really is so that you _must_ put your television (or whatever device you're using to pick up the signal), you'd have no way to hear the stereo audio; at least that's how it used to be! For the only _real_ way (as far as I know) to have true stereo for your television is to use your audio inputs and outputs (channel 3 or 4 just won't work (at least it didn't used to! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? To be honest I have not listened to them. I talked to a few people on this list a couple of years ago and per there suggestions I went off and bought a usb tv tuner
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Tom I don't know what you r talking about. I've never heard of a tv not being in stereo on channel 3 or 4. bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:35 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Maybe I'm missing something here, (and I may be veering slightly off-topic with this comment, but it would seem to me that (if one is on Comcast Cable; then if it really is so that you _must_ put your television (or whatever device you're using to pick up the signal), you'd have no way to hear the stereo audio; at least that's how it used to be! For the only _real_ way (as far as I know) to have true stereo for your television is to use your audio inputs and outputs (channel 3 or 4 just won't work (at least it didn't used to! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you
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Hi Tom. Our cable company had cable boxes that put stereo through the coax connector. Unfortunately the VCR didn't do this, so to hear stereo from it I had to hook the composite plugs to the stereo or TV. Have a good day, and don't work too hard. GO CATS! Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY kmi...@windstream.net To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Oh they're in stero all right, Atleast on my Grand ma's TV they are. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 7:36 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Maybe I'm missing something here, (and I may be veering slightly off-topic with this comment, but it would seem to me that (if one is on Comcast Cable; then if it really is so that you _must_ put your television (or whatever device you're using to pick up the signal), you'd have no way to hear the stereo audio; at least that's how it used to be! For the only _real_ way (as far as I know) to have true stereo for your television is to use your audio inputs and outputs (channel 3 or 4 just won't work (at least it didn't used to! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 6:53 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm not sure, but see the thing is well at least with Comcast is that they take over the TV. Here is what I really have to find out, well, any of us that use Comcast do any ways if we want to use WMC. Actually, this would even apply even to TV speak. Yeah, because even the little basicable box that they give you for basic channals that looks like an ice creem sandwitch does it too. Is using WMC with their survice even doable at all? See, you must keep the TV or in this case WMC on channel 4. Or as far as WMC goes at least in theory you would, and there fore only the box changes channel. Let me make this cympler now that I think about it. You know what this is like? It's like when you use to use a VCR. But now imagine it taking over everything. So sorry to get long winded, but here is the end result. I guess, you could watch TV theoretically, but how do you tell WMC which channel to record from should you want to record? Because you see you must keep it on channel 4, if you change it, you get nothing. You must change channals with the box, and only the box. At least, that's how it works with TVs anyways. So, I don't know. Like I said, I mean to call and ask them when I'm about to get a new PC whin Windows 8 comes out. Or do any of you that may also use Comcast want to volunteer? If so, thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? why don't they make a device that some how bounces the ir signal off the cable box so all you can do is put the tv tuner on input1 or av input then use the computers keyboard to control the box using the devices that bounces their signal? I mean is my idea so far out there or does something ixist? Hank On 12/9/2011 3:42 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: I'll call them when I go to get my new Media Center PC whin Windows 8 comes out. But yeah, thanks for keeping me posted. This started last April, it was when you had to go digital since the channals went digital. Remember whin they got rid of annaloge TV, that's when it happened. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 4:17 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Hi. Oh boy sounds like a pain in the you know what. Anyway u might try googling something like comcast and windows media center. You will see older posts but if u know when they started this new thing there will probably be some forums that discuss somewhere out there. Good luck and if i here anything about it I will pass it along. Like i said i'm using att and since the you-verse signal comes through ethernet there is know way to get it to work with the pc. hth bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: Hamit Camposhamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:02 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Ah okay then. Just wandered is all. Yeah like I said before, I'm going to have to ask Comcast if this will work with them any more since you don't really control the TV any more. You put the TV on channel 4, then you have to call them and program it with the box and you control everything from the box's remote supposedly. It doesn't always really work though. -Original
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What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Mary, No, I haven't tried to set up Media Center, since I don't yet have a TV tuner. It's pretty much a one-time thing though, so I'm sure I could get some help with it if I need it. I've heard it's accessible after it's set up, and it's free! Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- website: http://fivedollarfreedomplan.com/throwawaymoneylcphs5.html personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hanksmith5 Klango: hanksmith Skype: hank.smith966 Amateur radio call sign: ke7ief check out my Youtube video of a song I recorded in Nashville Tennessee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqut5Bi3e7A also you can find my youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/hanksmith2011 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Thanks, Gary. I do have sighted help, so if it is a one-time set up, then I will spring for the tuner card if I end up getting the machine. I wonder if there is anybody on this list who has either the xps15 or 17, and if you can comment on speaker placement. I read a review last evening by an unhappy owner of the 17-inch model, who was unhappy because the speakers are apparently near the front, and his wrists covered them while he typed. None of the reviews for the 15-inch box have referred to poor speaker placement, so I'm just curious. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Woops, I forgot this the PC Audio list. Sorry, I had the wrong list on the mind. Well then, may I ask, how deep is too deep? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- website: http://fivedollarfreedomplan.com/throwawaymoneylcphs5.html personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hanksmith5 Klango: hanksmith Skype: hank.smith966 Amateur radio call sign: ke7ief check out my Youtube video of a song I recorded in Nashville Tennessee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqut5Bi3e7A also you can find my youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/hanksmith2011 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Supposidly, you do nothing with the box it self. You just use WMC like you would your TV. I was afraid it would come to this, this is what I now have to find out from Comcast though since now they don't want you controlling your TV with it's own remote. You got to keep it on channel 4, and just use the box's rmote. But what does this mean for thoughs of us that want to use WMC? Are these new boxes usible with it? I just didn't want to go into this this far since it's getting off topic. This has nothing to do with Win 7, and all to do with Comcast and the like. I knew that this would come up though, but Marry may or may not have to worry about it depending on how her TV provider works things. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- website: http://fivedollarfreedomplan.com/throwawaymoneylcphs5.html personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hanksmith5 Klango: hanksmith Skype: hank.smith966 Amateur radio call sign: ke7ief check out my Youtube video of a song I recorded in Nashville Tennessee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqut5Bi3e7A also you can find my youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/hanksmith2011 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Yep, that's what I hear too. Just as a reminder, if you guys want to hear how to watch TV and record TV with it, Larry Scutchan did a podcast in 2005, and another one in 2006 on blind cool tech. I would take a listen to thoughs. I know it's XP Media Center, but from what I've heard, they may still be relevant. Pluss Microsoft has a lot of documentation about it on their site. It's all over the place, but it can be found. Saddly they got rid of the videos that came with Vista which showed you how to hook the toner up, how to set it up and everything. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary King Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:53 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, No, I haven't tried to set up Media Center, since I don't yet have a TV tuner. It's pretty much a one-time thing though, so I'm sure I could get some help with it if I need it. I've heard it's accessible after it's set up, and it's free! Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Hi I have used media center with windows 7. Once set up it is perfect! I mean perfect! First of all, you get to have a guide like the sighted folks. Your channels go down the left side of the table. When you want to see what's on that channel simply hit right arrow and each show is listed. You can get more info about a show, or if it's on right now just enter to go to that channel. And you can see the whole line up for a few days by using your right arrow. I was amazed the first time. To think how cool it would be to have it like that on a real tv. The program is very usable by both jfw and window-eyes. The record settings, the recorded shows, even the online tv stuff! I think that 245 dollar program is really not worth the money. IMhO bb Brett Boyer Audio Production and voice over http://brettboyer.voices.com Brett Boyer's Big Bag of Goodies! Check out my radio show at my new home: http://www.mushroomfm.com/brettboyer every Monday 5 o'clock eastern 2 o'clock pacific Listen to the Shroom live! http://listen.mushroomfm.com:8760/listen.pls - Original Message - From: vrvaug...@mailzone.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
From what I've heard, it should be. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of vrvaug...@mailzone.com Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:50 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? When I had my XP, with USB TV tuner card, and was using Windows Media Center, I could either use Page up to go up a channel number or Page down to go down a number. I also could just type in the number to go to it directly. I am hoping that windows 7, will be as easy to use. Vicky - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Are you changing topics because I don't understand the question. With a TV tuner card connected to your PC, you would change channels using some media software on your PC. I think Windows Meda Center has been mentioned on this list, but there are other options, such as Beyond TV. I'm not sure anymore what the accessible options are. I'm not sure what the options are with respect to controlling your set top box, satellite box or cable box from your PC. On 08/12/11 10:04, Hank Smith wrote: hello how do you control the sat top box or the cable box with the computer as far as changing channels etc? Hank On 12/8/2011 7:59 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: You just need a TV tuner card. I know you can get internal cards and external USB attached cards. You just plug an antenna, cable or whatever into them. On 08/12/11 05:24, Howard Traxler wrote: What kind of hardware does one need to do TV whether cable or over the air? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: Mary Ottenmaryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion Listpc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I'm thinking about purchasing a Windows 7 laptop, one of whose optional add ons is a 50 dollar tv tuner card. I have never used Win 7 but am interssted in the Del xps for its superior audio and wondered if anybody has any experience with the accessibility of tv via these add on tuner cards and, I would assume Windows Media center or whatever they call it under Win 7. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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People keep telling me it's easy. The only hard thing I here is the set up. I want to do this too with either a XPS laptop, or a XPS desktop. I want this kind of lap top. The 17 intch one. Please be sure to tell me more about it off list at hamitcam...@gmail.com when you get it. So any ways, Larry Scutchan did some Media Center pod casts on www.blindcooltech.com in 2006. Now this does mean that it'll be Windows XP, but I should think that the process of watching TV with Media Center should be some what the same. At least from what I here it is any ways. The only problem will be if you're using Comcast because of the way they do things. But we can talk more of this off list if you want, but this is one of the things I have to find out. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 6:15 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm thinking about purchasing a Windows 7 laptop, one of whose optional add ons is a 50 dollar tv tuner card. I have never used Win 7 but am interssted in the Del xps for its superior audio and wondered if anybody has any experience with the accessibility of tv via these add on tuner cards and, I would assume Windows Media center or whatever they call it under Win 7. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I do not know if you are aware that there is a product sold by Code Factory and distributed in the U. S. by Handy Tech North America - www.handytech.us called PC Speak. This software will work along with your TV tuner to give you access to all of your local on air TV channels. So far as I know they still do not support cable or satelite TV, but do make access to all of the on air HD stations in your area completely accessible. - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 7:38 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? People keep telling me it's easy. The only hard thing I here is the set up. I want to do this too with either a XPS laptop, or a XPS desktop. I want this kind of lap top. The 17 intch one. Please be sure to tell me more about it off list at hamitcam...@gmail.com when you get it. So any ways, Larry Scutchan did some Media Center pod casts on www.blindcooltech.com in 2006. Now this does mean that it'll be Windows XP, but I should think that the process of watching TV with Media Center should be some what the same. At least from what I here it is any ways. The only problem will be if you're using Comcast because of the way they do things. But we can talk more of this off list if you want, but this is one of the things I have to find out. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 6:15 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm thinking about purchasing a Windows 7 laptop, one of whose optional add ons is a 50 dollar tv tuner card. I have never used Win 7 but am interssted in the Del xps for its superior audio and wondered if anybody has any experience with the accessibility of tv via these add on tuner cards and, I would assume Windows Media center or whatever they call it under Win 7. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Please respond to the list, as I would also like to know how it works for you. Thanks much! Vicky - Original Message - From: Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:38 PM Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? People keep telling me it's easy. The only hard thing I here is the set up. I want to do this too with either a XPS laptop, or a XPS desktop. I want this kind of lap top. The 17 intch one. Please be sure to tell me more about it off list at hamitcam...@gmail.com when you get it. So any ways, Larry Scutchan did some Media Center pod casts on www.blindcooltech.com in 2006. Now this does mean that it'll be Windows XP, but I should think that the process of watching TV with Media Center should be some what the same. At least from what I here it is any ways. The only problem will be if you're using Comcast because of the way they do things. But we can talk more of this off list if you want, but this is one of the things I have to find out. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 6:15 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm thinking about purchasing a Windows 7 laptop, one of whose optional add ons is a 50 dollar tv tuner card. I have never used Win 7 but am interssted in the Del xps for its superior audio and wondered if anybody has any experience with the accessibility of tv via these add on tuner cards and, I would assume Windows Media center or whatever they call it under Win 7. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Well, like I said, WMC works well enough from what I've heard. The only reason I didn't bring up PC Speak is because of what Dave said, and that's that it won't work with cable. Pluss I wasn't sure what you wanted to do. As for me, I'll stick with WMC until PC Speak does work with cable perhaps. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:15 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Mary, You can enjoy TV Speak for the low, low price of $245. It is sold in the United States by Handy Tech North America. Makes Media Center in Windows 7 look pretty good, even if setup is difficult. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I'm strictly interested in over the air, not cable or satellite. The xps laptop seems to have a tv antenna built in to it, if I'm reading the Del site correctly. So a tuner card add on looks like a cheap way to get access to local tv. I'm trying to find a better description of the keyboard on the 15 and 17 inch laptops. One review I read seemed to indicate the 17 has a full keyboard including numeric pad, which could be an advantage. But the big attraction of the this laptop are the jbl speakers and subwoofer built into the bottom somehow. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Yeah, that's what I've read too, that this is their loudest and clearest laptop. But like I said, I think but ton't quote me the laptop it self is off topic so when you get it please E-mail me off list so we can really talk about it in deapth. But to answer what you said, okay then, I guess PC Speak might be just fine for you then. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 10:24 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? I'm strictly interested in over the air, not cable or satellite. The xps laptop seems to have a tv antenna built in to it, if I'm reading the Del site correctly. So a tuner card add on looks like a cheap way to get access to local tv. I'm trying to find a better description of the keyboard on the 15 and 17 inch laptops. One review I read seemed to indicate the 17 has a full keyboard including numeric pad, which could be an advantage. But the big attraction of the this laptop are the jbl speakers and subwoofer built into the bottom somehow. Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary? Mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
That was the name of it, TV Seak. Sorry. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary King Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 10:20 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Mary, You can enjoy TV Speak for the low, low price of $245. It is sold in the United States by Handy Tech North America. Makes Media Center in Windows 7 look pretty good, even if setup is difficult. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine? Interesting, David, and thanks for the info on the Code Factory product. I'd like to find something that works with a screen reader rather than having to buy a separate application just to get tv access, but it is worth looking into, I suppose. mary To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
