Pointless meaning that the selection will be very limited seeing that cable companies expansion of HD channels comes through Switched Digital Video, which Vista does not support.
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Cable card is pointless on a PC until SDV is supported.
If by pointless you mean capable of recording HD video on subscription based cable channels...sure.
Hyperbole is so annoying.
Pointless meaning that the selection will be very limited seeing that cable companies expansion of HD channels comes through Switched Digital Video, which Vista does not support.