> Well that would actually be good news if it were true.. My goal is to
> get
> another PC for the living room and a better tuner card. The card says
> ATSC
> on the front and is advertised as ATSC capable.. The TV software gives
> you a
> choice of scanning for NTSC or ATSC channels. When watching I can choose
> between ATSC and Analog TV among other sources. When watching TV the
> display
> indicates resolution - 720p, 1080i, etc.. I'm fairly convinced it can
> tune
> ATSC channels... I'm getting multiple feeds as I do with my HD TiVo and
> other ATSC tuners.. 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, etc..
>
> I just recorded 19 seconds of TV with the included Aver-somethign software
> and the file properties show 1280x720.. and it's 35 MB .. It's better
> quality than MCE..
>
> It's not the card.. It's MCE..
>
> I'm wondering why would I want to use Microsoft's solution when it's not
> performing as advertised and I am unable to get help with it.. ?
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> I was wrong you are completely correct since 2GB per hour is SD
>> resolution
>> as compared to 8GB per hour for HD. There is no doubt that VistaMC is
>> capable of recording ATSC HD.
>> However, from the following link I found that you have a hybrid
>> analog/DVB-T
>> tuner card and therefore it will not receive any ATSC channels. I
>> suspect
>> that you are just recording the normal SD channels.
>>
>>
http://www.hardware.info/en-US/productdb/bGVkaZiWmJLKY8g/viewproduct/AverMedia_AverTV_Hybrid_NanoExpress/#>>
>> "Bryan" <Bryan[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:315C53B2-5B3B-4D50-8DC0-35C90B16D982[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks.. That's what I've read however I don't buy it.. Lot's of
>> > speculation and theories but no offical word about this.. The file
>> > size
>> > is
>> > nowhere near what would be required to record 1 hour of HD content.. I
>> > believe MCE is downconverting the recordings to SD. I get 2GB for 1
>> > hour
>> > of
>> > video and this is consistent with 480p recordings.. Unless Microsoft
>> > steps
>> > up and addresses this issue I'm going to conclude that MCE is incapable
>> > of
>> > recording HD content.. TiVo, BTW, looks fantastic... except it takes
>> > a
>> > very
>> > long time to get the content from the TiVo to the PC.. But the
>> > quality
>> > is
>> > much better than MCE so far..
>> >
>> > Bryan
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Curious" wrote:
>> >
>> >> AFAIK it is a bug in the creation of the file properties the creation
>> >> of
>> >> which were apparently never updated since the first release of MC.
>> >> "Bryan" <Bryan[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3348CA6C-1538-4E72-9E89-C895B68536C0[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> > I've just recently started toying with MCE and have discovered an
>> >> > issue
>> >> > that
>> >> > appears to be widely reported on the internet but no one has a
>> >> > answer
>> >> > or
>> >> > solution.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have an Avermedia HC82 Express Card ATSC tuner. It works well
>> >> > with
>> >> > MCE..
>> >> > I am receiving HD content via OTA Broadcast antenna. I have a
>> >> > newer
>> >> > laptop, wsxga display, Core2Duo processor, 4GB ram..
>> >> >
>> >> > When I record a show, which works fine, but then look at the file
>> >> > properties
>> >> > of the recording it always says 704x480. This is not HD.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've been through the MCE settings many times and my monitor is set
>> >> > to
>> >> > the
>> >> > laptop display WSXGA (1680x1050) and the recording quality is set to
>> >> > BEST.
>> >> > The content I am receiving is HD and it looks great however the
>> >> > recorded
>> >> > videos are not. One hour of video is 2GB.. (another indicator this
>> >> > is
>> >> > not
>> >> > HD ).. I expect 1 hour of 720p or 1080i content to be around 5GB.
>> >> > Most
>> >> > posts I've found agree with this.
>> >> >
>> >> > Most references to this problem I've found state this is a bug with
>> >> > Windows
>> >> > and that the videos are not actually 704x480 but that there's a
>> >> > problem
>> >> > with
>> >> > how Windows reports the video resolution of it's own recordings.
>> >> > But
>> >> > there
>> >> > is no real definitive answer to this yet and no information in
>> >> > MSFT's
>> >> > KB
>> >> > (not
>> >> > surprising) about this problem.. 2GB file for 1 hour video is not
>> >> > HD
>> >> > quality and is more in line with the 704x480 resolution being
>> >> > reported.
>> >> >
>> >> > Why doesn't Windows MCE record in true HD? How can I get MCE to
>> >> > record
>> >> > true HD?
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a HD TiVo and when I transfer HD recordings to my PC using
>> >> > TiVo
>> >> > desktop, one hour of 1920x1080 content is 5GB..
>> >> >
>> >> > I had planned to scrap my TiVO and go with a MCE/Extender solution
>> >> > but
>> >> > with
>> >> > this bug I am reluctant to rely on MCE to be honest with me.. ;)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Bryan
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>