Can I run two of these cards to give 4 tuners in media center ?
1819419
I currently run two of the 2250s in my PC. I have Windows 7 x64, use Windows Media Center to record shows, and I have two XBOX 360s I use as media extenders. It works fine.
1819420
If you're using Media Center with Windows 7 or 8 it should work. The limit I think is four of each type of tuner (analog, QAM, ATSC, etc.). With two 2250s Media Center should show as having four analog and four digital tuners. I have a Hauppauge 1250 and a 2250 installed in my PC and they show up as having three analog and three digital tuners in Media Center.
1819421
I suspect that it is impossible to know without trying it. You can always return items to Amazon I think. Good luck.
1819422
I am pretty sure Media Center will be your limiting factor, so you're better off researching MSKB on that. From my experience, setup in Media Center is a bit of a pain and it tries to automate the process - poorly. From the included software you may have better luck, but that limits what you can do with media extenders like Xbox.
1819423
I don't know anything about Media Center but if you are using Beyond TV then definitely yes you can run two of these cards and have 4 functional tuners regardless of what operating system you are using.
1693624
I don't thank that you could use this one for what you are trying to do.You would need a splitter that would go from (1) source in and send it to 2,3 or 4 out, as would the # VPHDMI04 is a4 way for 4 tv. sets from one computer. Using HDMI cables you could see the computer on all 4sets. you would not have control at the 4 sets. The computer would be the only place that you could control all 4. AT Amazon.
183172
Probably not. If you're referring to setting the cards up in SLI mode.. I believe you would NEED to have 2 cards of the exact same model. I've never bothered with SLI, so I'm not positive, but from what I've heard, having the same cards is essential.
1761953
Yes, easily. You need no special cables or software, just a video card with 2 outputs. If a video card has 2 outputs, the normal drivers will support 2 monitors.
548416
I haven't tried using more than one card. but I would imagine it should give each media card inserted a designator letter to access via your PC. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
35006
It is possible I think to run one card on a 460 supply, I have 1250 power supply and am running 2 cards.
1218073
run it through a splitter, OR get an external mixer with multiple outs. thx!
25481
Nope. I suggest grabbing a gigabyte ga 78lmt-usb3 if you're not planning on running 2 cards. Best bang for your buck
1006543
Yes you can. Running them in parallel is best for your setup. Make sure you have a gain knob installed as well so that you can easily adjust your output level.
1663638
3 separate pc's concurrently. Remember if you are recording a show and watching another you are using 2 tuners. Make sure all tuners are programmed correctly as well. I went a year without being able to use one until I discovered I had one of my tuners configured for HD air antenna source and not cable tv.
902895
Yes you can. Just make sure to account for other hardware as well. I've seen this card go up to around 120 watts under load.
907386
yes u can as long as u kno how to do it that is....i ran up to 3 monitors with the help of that same vid 2 runing off the vid card and 1 strate from the tower itself so yeh u can run 1, 2 or 3 if u like.
784333
Yes- The (any) tuner card is hard drive agnostic - all it does is dump the data to whatever drives are set up by WMC. Mine is in a Win7 HTPC running media center quite happily. From the PC perspective you *should* be good as most recent BIOS can handle larger drives but make sure you have enough power being supplied and try not to daisy chain too many drives on one sata power cable
1765055
I can't say for sure since I returned mine. However I would find it doubtful. Frankly if you are looking to make a "media center" with multiple drives connected I think you will be much happier with a small inexpensive PC connected to your TV than you would with this device. The Homesync is not at all ready for prime time imo. Very clunky and severely limited at this time, compared to what a real media center pc can do (say running XBMC).
1589563
I am able to play everything I have on high settings with the installed card. I think there is an extra power supply for those cards that need it, but you would have to check the other motherboard specs to make sure it would be compatible.
1252752
only if you need to connect more than 4 directv tuners. One line per tuner i.e. not DVRs take one line and DVRs need 2 lines
25999
yes u absolutely can. i have 2 of these card running 4 monitors but before i bought my second card i was running the 4 monitors on the single card