Srsly. WTF. Where is my DIGITAL TV?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Yet another thread on my Sony VAIO LS Series All-In-One PC VGC-LS25E 

 

Multiple sites say it will do HDTV. 

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2107216,00.asp

 

http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-vaio-ls-series-all-in-one-pc-vgc-ls25e-core-2-duo-t5600-1-83-ghz-2-gb-250-gb-lcd-19/specs/

 

But...

 

Am I missing something obvious? Or is the cake a lie and we should not vote for turnip?

[thekeemo]

Wrong driver

Wrong model?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, thekeemo said:

Wrong driver

Wrong model?

Gah! Drivers!  

[VTF5252]

According to https://docs.sony.com/release//specs/VGCLS25E_mksp.pdf

it suports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, NTF5252 said:

According to https://docs.sony.com/release//specs/VGCLS25E_mksp.pdf

it suports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner

Can you put this into words that someone with a dying brain can understand?

[VTF5252]

NTSC

   old anolog

ATSC

   new digital hd

[SImoHayha]

8 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

ah! Drivers!

So does Media Portal allow you to watch T.V using your TV's internal Digital Tuner?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, NTF5252 said:

NTSC

   old anolog

ATSC

   new digital hd

So why can't I see any digital channels?

[VTF5252]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

So why can't I see any digital channels?

Do any TVs see digital channels?

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

2 minutes ago, Ramamataz said:

So does Media Portal allow you to watch T.V using your TV's internal Digital Tuner?

The PC has a tuner in it and I have spent the entire damn day trying to get drivers to work

 

Its supposed to be a replacement to windows media center

[iamdarkyoshi]

2 minutes ago, NTF5252 said:

Do any TVs see digital channels?

 

Yes. Why does the PC only call it an analog tuner?

[brwainer]

What type of digitcal channels are you trying to watch? This tuner supports ATSC, which is used for Over The Air (OTA) digital channels. Channels from a cable company use QAM - unencrypted channels in ClearQAM, and encrypted channels in some other type of QAM which requires a CableCard to view.

[iamdarkyoshi]

8 minutes ago, brwainer said:

What type of digitcal channels are you trying to watch? This tuner supports ATSC, which is used for Over The Air (OTA) digital channels. Channels from a cable company use QAM - unencrypted channels in ClearQAM, and encrypted channels in some other type of QAM which requires a CableCard to view.

Antenna. Local stations. The software and stuff only seem to see it as an analog tuner

[brwainer]

It looks like all the drivers and other software from VAIO are only availble for Windows VIsta, the original operating system. But have you checked whether AverMedia has updated drivers and software for this tuner?

[brwainer]

According this page: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/2_TV_Setup/0_TV_Card_Features MediaPortal does not support AverMedia tuners. And sources online indicate that the tuner in your computer was made by AverMedia for VAIO.

 

EDit: on the MediaPortal forum there are users who have gotten various AVerMedia devices to work - I guess hte wiki is saying hte specific features (DiSEqC, CI) are not supported. But a note on that page does say you need "BDA" drivers - no idea what those are. SInce this appears to be an application specific issue, I recommend asking on the MediaPortal forums for more assistance

[iamdarkyoshi]

11 minutes ago, brwainer said:

It looks like all the drivers and other software from VAIO are only availble for Windows VIsta, the original operating system. But have you checked whether AverMedia has updated drivers and software for this tuner?

I was able to get sony's drivers to work on it (after switching to a 32 bit copy of win7), and it called it a "SLIM Analog Tuner" or something.

[brwainer]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

I was able to get sony's drivers to work on it (after switching to a 32 bit copy of win7), and it called it a "SLIM Analog Tuner" or something.

See my edit above. What I've read so far indicates that some drivers might work in analog mode with MediaPortal but that ATSC support is more picky about drivers.