good tv tuner card?

[hduong]

I'm in the market for a reletively cheap and good tv tuner card. any suggestion? I'm think of the ati tv wonder. thanks

[touser]

hey there hduong i have the ati tv wonder and personally think it is horrible..i just recently bought the Pinnacle studio PCTV Pro and love it! it has both t.v. in and out,great quality, fm reciever, and a remote control! it was $89 from fry's and i sure you can find it cheaper online..hope this helps

[Zuck Gou :)]

Try the TV-Wonder from ATI

Will go nicely with the Radeon

[ticktack]

grab the Hauppauge Theatre and you can find all that is available on those normal TV set with this card

[ShadowFolder]

i have pinnacle pctv rave, with new great drivers (5.10)
new drivers comin' with 2 fields interlaced and noise filters! :cool:

if you have enough $ and wanna hi-quality tv/video capture card,
just buy it :)

[Dieni]

Hi there, I am too looking to get one myself, and like you I am undecided which one to get.

What do you think of the Huappage WinTV

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Dieni
Hi there, I am too looking to get one myself, and like you I am undecided which one to get.

What do you think of the Huappage WinTV

I use the Win TV Tuner capture card by Happaugge and it meets my needs, there is better but for more $$. Mine only cost $50 canadian (bout $32 US)

cisco kid

[h0mersimps0n]

I first bought my Hauppauge WINTV PCI back in 1998. That card still works EXCELLENT and always has. Last year I gave it to my parents and bought the PCI theatre with the 6-speaker surround. Hauppauge has excellent customer service, wonderfully built hardware and above average driver support.

Hauppauge has been in the business for a while and they are my strongest recommendation...

P.S. I hear the USB versions are stinky, stick with the PCI cards...

[trey_w]

i got a question, i too have been considering a tv tuner card...

But i do not have cable, but i will be getting it soon...

Anyways, i have the Sound Blaster Audigy with external drive bay..
it has video inputs and outpust
If i had a VCR conencted to it, could i get just tv from the built in tv tuner inside the vcr???

Would it take any special software...

i also have a S_Video on my Video card

thanks...

[h0mersimps0n]

I see what you're saying and your ideas are intriguing but first and foremost you need:

1.) An s-video IN on the back of your video card (Most are s-vid OUTs)

2.) An s-video OUT on the back of your VCR to go TO your video card

3.) really excellent video card drivers because I would have not the foggiest idea what software would accept a video-in feed on your vid card...

Can't hurt anything to try that before you spend the bucks on a TV tuner, specially if you don't have the moola...

Remember what you are losing by doing this though. Wierd issues with what sound channels go where, only able to change channels from the VCR (which used to be a good thing till hauppauge started included remotes), and probably won't be able to capture video or resize or anything with the s-vid feed from your vcr.

Try it, let us know!

[trey_w]

i see what your saying..

The video card only has Video-out