Tuner / Capture card for Windows 2000 Pro?

Looking for recommendations for a TV tuner/Capture card that will work on Windows 2000 Professional. Bonus points for *nix support. This will almost certainly be the last M$ O/S that I use. Something like VMware is also a possibility.

My initial input will be Comcast coax. I have two PCI and one PCIEx1 slots available.

I had one of the Leadtek Winfast 2000 cards. It worked, but I was under-impressed. I have been looking at the Hauppauge PVR 150 but the supply seems to be drying up.

Hardware wise I have an AMD 3600 running at 2.85GHz CPU/2GB of 950 DDR2 RAM/900 HTT. Using a 1680x1050 LCD. I'll get more disk space if needed.

Thanks!

For older support, you'll probably need an older card. Hauppauge PVR-150 will work under 2000 and *NIX. It's analog-only, however, so forget direct-to-wall after next February.

There may be some current digital cards that will work under 2000 that show only back to XP support, but I can't begin to guess which would.

Jon said:

For older support, you'll probably need an older card. Hauppauge PVR-150 will work under 2000 and *NIX. It's analog-only, however, so forget direct-to-wall after next February.

There may be some current digital cards that will work under 2000 that show only back to XP support, but I can't begin to guess which would.

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That's only true for OTA. Cable operators such as Comcast will still be using analog long after the OTA changeover to digital. Because the OP plans to use a Comcast line for input, they should be fine with an analog tuner for at least a while.

My suggestion is also the PVR-150. It is widely supported making it an excellent choice for an analog tuner.

If you want digital / HD capability (either an ATSC or QAM tuner) then something like a Hauppauge HVR-1250 or a FusionHDTV7 Gold RT from DViCO would work. The FusionHDTV7 Gold RT definitely supports Windows 2000 which can be verified on this page. However, it is a lesser known tuner and I can't speak to how compatible or not it is. The Hauppauge HVR-1250 on the other hand I know is widely supported, but I doubt it works with Win2k.

Oh wow...I didn't realize that it was only affecting the broadcast stations that were analog. Now I don't understand the huge fuss (except for those that aren't on cable, of course).

In that case, DVICO are nice...I have one myself. It was just not very VMC-friendly.

Thank you Jon. Twice. VMC?

Thank you as well doublejack. Wondering which of these cards performs better.

I'll probably get a converter box as I have one of the $40 cards and might need one in the future.

I use the PVR 150, As far as recording and playback, I love it, I am however not impressed with the actual tv function, Could be my LCD, I honestly don't know, Anything I record and then watch on my DLP looks very nice though. I am using XP though with Purevideo.

Thanks Scott. My principal use will be watching TV. Something to consider with the 150.

VMC=Vista Media Center, which you state won't be applicable to you

Thanks Jon!

Great replies so far. Anybody know of a dual tuner card for WIN2K?