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PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128 PCI + remote
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| Topic: | PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128 PCI + remote This thread has 4 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Saturday February 5, 2005 at 10:52 |
heda_p Lurking Member |
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My current setup is
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Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (Evaluation) (SP1)
Athlon 2000 Processor
A7n8x deluxe rev2.0 motherboard
512 DDR Ram
17" Viwesonic monitor
PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128 PCI + remote (This TV works only in WinMe & Win98, Thus useless for me) Using AGP card 4X Capabilities.
Normal keyboard
Samsung Combo drive
Cretive inspire 4.1 speakers.
160GB Seagate Sata + 120 Gb Samsung pata + 60GB Western Pata
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PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128 PCI + remote is not supported on winxp & win2003/2000 servers. Only graphict drivers are working...
Can I use atleast remote of PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128 PCI in windows XP or windows2003, officially this is not supported...
If yes then which software or driver I need to install...I want this remote to remotly PLAY DVD on my comp
Thanks...
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Prakash
IBM, India |
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| Post 2 made on Sunday February 6, 2005 at 06:07 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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If the remote's drivers were a separate installation, then even if they're for win9x they *might* work. If it was some all-in-one installation... might be more trouble than it's worth.
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| OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday February 8, 2005 at 18:25 |
heda_p Lurking Member |
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I know, but using TV tuner in win2k3 is anyway a problem as nobody supports that....
For me this is mandatory to use win2k3....I just want a way to control all the software from my couch and enjoy dvd's
In a process to find a right alternative...
Thanks...
Prakash
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Prakash
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| Post 4 made on Friday February 11, 2005 at 00:17 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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Might not be much you can do with that particular video card. As I understand it, the remote's receiver plugs into the video card and so is heavily dependant on drivers for that card... might be simpler to get some other PC remote or a video card designed for use with 2k3.
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| OP | Post 5 made on Saturday February 19, 2005 at 14:57 |
heda_p Lurking Member |
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Okay guys....Finally settled on Pinnacle PCTV stereo.....it took 10 minutes to start up and running....
It tunes all of my channels very well....70% of them are as clear as it comes on TV. (My old card Pixelview is tuning around 80% channels only when I use in winme OS)
Recording is fantastic in vcd quality....no issues...no sync problems. (havn't tried other options)
Best part is it's running fine on windows enterprise server 2003 with SP1 (This is officially not supported by pinnacle, though it installed like a charm) Conclusion is if it can work on win2k3 than will work seemlessly on winxp and win2k, it's generally the users inedequate knowledge which create problems....
PCTV driver was of 5.9 version...so no updates required on top of this
And yes remote reception is just great, much better than my previous remote (pixelview).
Installed ChrisTv also and it detected all the channels fine....no issues (cause the drivers are WDM drivers, after all they have to support media center 2005)
Pinnacle has stoped promoting PCTV pro/plus & previous models (got a mail from them suggesting to go for pctv stereo)
PCTV vision software is pretty good for normal tasks...
My suggestion, if your expectation from a tv tuner is not very high than this will impress you very much... and yes very comfortable to use also...
In india market this is one of the best available TV tuner..I can say...
Finally price 2300/---
I am happy and now looking for next upgrade a 21" monitor...let me know your suggestions/deals...
My current setup is
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Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (Evaluation) (SP1)
Athlon 2000 Processor
A7n8x deluxe rev2.0 motherboard
512 DDR Ram
17" Viwesonic monitor
PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128 PCI + remote (This TV works only in WinMe & Win98, Thus useless for me) Using AGP card 4X Capabilities.
Normal keyboard
Samsung Combo drive
Cretive inspire 4.1 speakers.
160GB Seagate Sata + 120 Gb Samsung pata + 60GB Western Pata
Pinnacle PCTV Stereo
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A big thanks to you all for making me best available decision...
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Prakash
IBM, India |
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