TV Tuner Cards

[t0rek]

Hey, I want to know about the best TV Tuner Cards in the marketa, also about the ones that are cheap and good at the same time. I also want to know about the compatbility with Nvidia graphic cards and with Windows XP

[Slougi]

Again, I recomment Hauppauge. They have very solid drivers, good support, and excellent iq.

[t0rek]

Hauppauge? Strange brand but I am interested, Slougi could you post their website and where to get it cheap?

[Eagle]

Again, I reccomend Hauppage, or if you want something good but inexpensive, go with Phoebe Micro.

[Reznor007]

Get basically any PCI TV card that uses the Bt848, 849, 878 or 879 encoder chip. Hauppage WinTV is a good one.

Then go to www.dscaler.com and check out their (totally free) program. It provides an outstanding image, better than ANY other TV card software.

[crhylove]

yeah, i've been using virtual dub, but i'll try that!! thanx!!

rhy

(oh, and my PCI averTV card rules)

[crhylove]

update: wow! dscaler is amazing!!! now if it would output divx!!

rhy

[AlphaWolf]

I heard digital TV cards are getting cheap. Far better than using a standard capture device, no analog conversion at all, and no encoding necessary.

[Eagle]

Originally posted by AlphaWolf
I heard digital TV cards are getting cheap. Far better than using a standard capture device, no analog conversion at all, and no encoding necessary.

The problem is most cant capture analog, so if your channel is not broadcasting in HDTV or simulcast then your screwed, not to mention your external devices like VHS.

[AlphaWolf]

Doesn't have to be HDTV, just digital broadcast, which most local broadcast stations already are broadcasting a duplicate standard definition digital feed, if not HDTV. Go check your local broadcasters websites, usualy they say if they are broadcasting a duplicate digital feed yet.

Course, some of us select few have the hardware necessary to extract mpeg data from digital satelite broadcasts, so it doesn't matter in our case :P