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TV tuner/capture card for PC

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This might be a little bit OT but hopefully will fit good enough here.

My question is about what equipment to use but:
First I will describe what I want to do:

I want to be able to record tv programs into editable files on my PC.

I want the setup to be only a pc and what ever equipment it needs,
tuner, capture card etc.

No external tv involved but will have a Directv model: D12-100 box as
the source of tv signal provided thru my plan with Directv.

This whole thing is an effort to be able to watch msnbc, cnn news
programs with the massive onslaught of commercials removed even if I
have to hand edit them.

Just want to watch my shows in a little bit of peace.

I guess it may seem a little extreme but I really, really have learned
to hate commercials... to the point I can't even watch the news
anymore.

In case anyone wants to mention that msnbc already has its news shows
online:

I know about and use those; but they have had their own commercials
added.. some of them so loud as to actually hurt when they suddenly
come blasting on.  And nearly all of them are nearly as annoying as
the ones used on tv. Maybe a bit shorter or fewer.

Also msnbcs' videos are not so easy to record with the mostly junko screen
recorders available.

I've looked at a few things like:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1140961-REG/hauppauge_1577_colossus_2_pcie_video.html

Its pretty pricy... but looking more and more worth it as my passion
against commercials grows.

Its' Video encoder is listed as Magnum H.264 ... does that fall into
mp4?

I have an oldish (version-10) of Vegas and the current Premier Pro
supplied with the Adobe Cloud suite of tools.

Is `Magnum H.264' a format that will be readily edited by those NLE's?

But also it was not clear if more equipment (a tuner?) is required. It
does sound like it in the writeup under `overview' link.

Can anyone suggest equipment for this task that would require only a
`Directv' source box. (I mean beyond the PC with whatever add ons
suggested)

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TV tuner/capture card for PC Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> - 2017-11-08 17:50 -0500
  Re: TV tuner/capture card for PC Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2017-11-09 05:14 -0500
    Re: TV tuner/capture card for PC Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> - 2018-02-12 09:08 -0500
      Re: TV tuner/capture card for PC Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-02-12 10:47 -0500
      Re: TV tuner/capture card for PC not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2018-02-12 22:01 +0000
  Re: TV tuner/capture card for PC not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-11-10 22:17 +0000

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