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heezer7 · 05-27-02, 10:42 PM

What does eeryone think the Best TV Tuner Card is? It has to be stereo sound.

WayneDolesman · 05-27-02, 11:48 PM

I have an ATI TV Wonder PCI.. and it doesn't work with my GeForce 2 card.. nor did it work with a GeForce 3.. It DID work with an ATI Radeon card.. gee imagine that!

All TV Tuners should support Stereo sound. Stereo sound should come in through the coax cable.. that's what you hook into the back of the TV Tuner card.. assuming your sound card Supports 2 channel Stereo Sound (god I hope so, unless you have like an ISA SoundBlaster 16bit!), the you should be good..

Just be wary of the ATI Cards.. mine doesn't work with GeForce cards.. but if you have an ATI vid card, then no biggy.

heezer7 · 05-28-02, 11:04 AM

anyone else? I have a Hetrcules 3D Prophet 4500 so it may or may not be a problem.

Cisco Kid · 05-28-02, 11:11 AM

I am using a Happauge Win TV Tuner capture card with a Radeon 7500. It does everyting I need and it was cheap.

No probs with it, can not really use it much now as I have gone to satellite and unless I add a second receiver to my home I am stuck viewing the same channel the primary receiver is tuned into.

Cisco Kid

Mpegger · 05-29-02, 03:36 AM

I like my IO Magic PC PVR card. Its actually a Pinnacle card but for a MUCH lower price. The decoder on it for the sound is only mono, but I can bypass the decoder and just run a stereo wire from my VCR to my sound card and let it capture audio that way. Thats how alot of current software capture cards capture audio anyway. They just decode the TV signal audio internally, and pass it onto the sound card for it to record. It'll work with any video card that supports video overlays, and thats practically all modern vid cards.

Mike K · 05-29-02, 03:15 PM

I have a Hauppauge Win TV FM GO card. I've had it since December and it is the best card I have ever used. I've also had an All-In-Wonder 7500 and the tv is sometimes choppy. I had a tv next to the computer(both with cable tv) and the tv was working normally. I vote for Hauppauge. If you get my model you also get FM radio. Mine was $90 but I bought that in store so I'm sure you can find it cheaper online.

BigRed · 05-29-02, 05:53 PM

I have the Hauppauge WinTV Theater. and it basically kicks ass. It has FM, TV, RCA inputs, and a Remote.
I have it hooked up so i can watch TV, Listen to the radio, and i have a VCR hooked up into it so i can watch old tapes and stuff on the computer

(also got it hooked up so i can record stuff to tape through the tv out on my radeon and audio out from the audigy).
This was the single, BEST purchase I ever made for my computer

.
I got mine for $100 new on ebay.

PressureCooker · 05-29-02, 06:35 PM

I use a TV Master...

I bought it about 4 years ago and have used it on 98, ME, 2000, and now XP. You can scale the screen to any size, sometimes I use it in a window, sometimes I scale it to 1600x1200 which is full screen for me. You can snap to many standard picture formats or snap to AVI. I think I paid about $40 when I got it. It also comes with a remote control

Look here for more details.

parkan · 05-29-02, 07:03 PM

I use an ATI TV-wonder ( I blieve they are renaming the line to something else at this point). I have had some trouble with the original software under win2k and it just doesnt work under winxp, but 3rd part apps like cyberlink's powervcr work ok. I only use it to record startrek anyway

05-27-02, 10:42 PM	#1
heezer7 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Out looking for ET... in IL, USA	Best TV Tuner Card What does eeryone think the Best TV Tuner Card is? It has to be stereo sound.

05-29-02, 03:36 AM	#5
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05-27-02, 11:48 PM	#2
WayneDolesman Member Join Date: May 2002	I have an ATI TV Wonder PCI.. and it doesn't work with my GeForce 2 card.. nor did it work with a GeForce 3.. It DID work with an ATI Radeon card.. gee imagine that! All TV Tuners should support Stereo sound. Stereo sound should come in through the coax cable.. that's what you hook into the back of the TV Tuner card.. assuming your sound card Supports 2 channel Stereo Sound (god I hope so, unless you have like an ISA SoundBlaster 16bit!), the you should be good.. Just be wary of the ATI Cards.. mine doesn't work with GeForce cards.. but if you have an ATI vid card, then no biggy.

05-28-02, 11:04 AM	#3
heezer7 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Out looking for ET... in IL, USA	anyone else? I have a Hetrcules 3D Prophet 4500 so it may or may not be a problem.

05-28-02, 11:11 AM	#4
Cisco Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Port Moody BC "West Coast Canada"	I am using a Happauge Win TV Tuner capture card with a Radeon 7500. It does everyting I need and it was cheap. No probs with it, can not really use it much now as I have gone to satellite and unless I add a second receiver to my home I am stuck viewing the same channel the primary receiver is tuned into. Cisco Kid

05-29-02, 03:15 PM	#6
Mike K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago, Illinois	I have a Hauppauge Win TV FM GO card. I've had it since December and it is the best card I have ever used. I've also had an All-In-Wonder 7500 and the tv is sometimes choppy. I had a tv next to the computer(both with cable tv) and the tv was working normally. I vote for Hauppauge. If you get my model you also get FM radio. Mine was $90 but I bought that in store so I'm sure you can find it cheaper online.

05-29-02, 05:53 PM	#7
BigRed Caffinated Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Mount Vernon, WA	I have the Hauppauge WinTV Theater. and it basically kicks ass. It has FM, TV, RCA inputs, and a Remote. I have it hooked up so i can watch TV, Listen to the radio, and i have a VCR hooked up into it so i can watch old tapes and stuff on the computer (also got it hooked up so i can record stuff to tape through the tv out on my radeon and audio out from the audigy). This was the single, BEST purchase I ever made for my computer . I got mine for $100 new on ebay.

05-29-02, 06:35 PM	#8
PressureCooker Registered Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New York	I use a TV Master... I bought it about 4 years ago and have used it on 98, ME, 2000, and now XP. You can scale the screen to any size, sometimes I use it in a window, sometimes I scale it to 1600x1200 which is full screen for me. You can snap to many standard picture formats or snap to AVI. I think I paid about $40 when I got it. It also comes with a remote control Look here for more details.

05-29-02, 07:03 PM	#9
parkan Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: I am omnipresent	I use an ATI TV-wonder ( I blieve they are renaming the line to something else at this point). I have had some trouble with the original software under win2k and it just doesnt work under winxp, but 3rd part apps like cyberlink's powervcr work ok. I only use it to record startrek anyway