Can you get hd channels through windows media center

Question

i have a tv tuner card and i get all the signals and like have a guide and using it instead of a digital cable box and have my laptop plugged into my tv but i cant get any of the hd channels on my laptop like i do on my tv is it because i dont have the qam tuner

Answer 1

You need a QAM tuner. Call you're cable provider and ask if you can get HD channels over QAM or CableCard. If they say QAM then you need to go and buy a QAM tuner. If you need one, you can buy one at http://hauppauge.com and look up the HVR-950Q