Why can't you get one of the Hauppage HDTV USB device. From what I read,
they can received Analog and Digital. The one with the cable coax connection
should work.

And if you look around you can get one of those type devices for around $50.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote:

>  not sure about your area, but comcast where I live is going to transition
> their channels above channel 27 to digital transmission over cable on
> October 13th, requiring their digital box to view those stations. ( The
> digital channel transmission takes less cable bandwidth than the current
> analog channels, and they intend on using the newly re-gained bandwidth for
> on-demand and other pay based content.
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>  I currently have a WinXP based Media Center PC with tuner card and I'm
> gonna loose the ability to view stations above channel 27 when they make the
> switch.  I don't know if there's a 'cable card' version of tuner available
> that would work for this now ...
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>  Erik Goldoff
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> *IT  Consultant*
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> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
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> *From:* G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:08 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* [OT] web -> HDTV
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> My wife and I are looking at a Samsung 40" HDTV (UN40B7000 probably) and
> I'd like to be able to easily toggle into various web channels now
> available.
> Anyone already doing this? What is the easiest (and most spouse friendly)
> way to do it?
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> I have Comcast for both TV and Internet, and I'm open to dedicating a PC to
> the job.
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> Gregory Waleed Kavalec
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> What matters?...
> Only the flicker of light within the darkness,
> the feeling of warmth within the cold,
> the knowledge of love within the void.
>  — Joan Walsh Anglund
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