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I have Windows 7 Professional. I just bought a Hauppauge dual tuner card. It says I can install WinTV or use Windows Media Center. Which is better/has better support for all cable streams? What have you used in the past? I tried searching for this but found no comparisons.

Please don't answer in a subjective way -- this isn't really a subjective question. Does one have more features/better support?

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I have one too! Definitely use Windows Media Center (WMC) but don't forget the IR remote control TSR (it lives in your systray) if you have a hand held remote control and want to use it with your Hauppauge TV card. You don't need to install the entire WinTV application from Hauppauge to get IR remote control functionality either. Just download the IR remote application from Hauppauge (or from the install CD) and install it either before or after you've configured WMC. If you install Hauppauge's bundled WinTV and then use WMC you'll probably be wondering why you ever thought Hauppauge's app was even worth a try. Just use WMC and the remote control software.

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Thanks, I just discovered that IR app. But also thanks for the advice about WMC being way better. – NickAldwin Aug 26 '10 at 4:42
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I like Windows Media Center for DVR type functions seems to work pretty well in Win7.

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