tuner card

silvafish · 26-November-06, 02:04 PM

Well, I'm building a computer for my room and i need a good tuner card to watch tv and record shows etc. So, any advice would be good.

MLiV · 26-November-06, 02:12 PM

what kind of tv do you have?

silvafish · 26-November-06, 04:52 PM

uhhh, well, i'm going to be using the monitor...the purpose of a tuner card.

killert · 26-November-06, 05:15 PM

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MLiV · 26-November-06, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silvafish


	uhhh, well, i'm going to be using the monitor...the purpose of a tuner card.

I shouldve'd been more specific. Theirs high definition cards and regular cards. Are you looking to do something in high def?

TiZakit · 26-November-06, 06:05 PM

I had the ATI TV Wonder... the first one... stay away from it.

I upgraded to a Theater550 based card. Performs smoothly for me, even under vista. Works nice with Windows Media Center.

Link:
MSI MS-8621-010 TV Tuner Low Profile PCI Card - Retail at Newegg.com

I have the PCI-E 1x version though, I would imagine they would be the same.

Hibiki · 26-November-06, 06:07 PM

Hauppauge 1062 WinTV-PVR-150 MCE Kit Tuner Card - Retail at Newegg.com

-It can control sattelite or cable boxes using its IR transmitter.
-It has a hardware MPEG-2 encoder.
-Its TV decoder is up there with the best non-HDTV tuners.
-It doesn't need to attach to your soundcard with some kind of cable.

I would also recommend using VirtualdubMod or Virtualdub MPEG-2 to compress recordings with XviD and Lame. You could also remove unwanted commercials.

killert · 26-November-06, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiZakit


	I had the ATI TV Wonder... the first one... stay away from it.

Dont like it, how come?
I love mine

TiZakit · 26-November-06, 06:15 PM

Once I looked at live tv or even its S-video input, I was not able to get anything but static out of the card but static till a restart.

killert · 26-November-06, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiZakit


	Once I looked at live tv or even its S-video input, I was not able to get anything but static out of the card but static till a restart.

Hrmm, mine always works fine

TiZakit · 26-November-06, 06:22 PM

Well, I got mine from TiDude, so maybe he jacked it up.

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26-November-06, 02:04 PM		#1 (permalink)
silvafish Apex Tech Fanatic	tuner card Well, I'm building a computer for my room and i need a good tuner card to watch tv and record shows etc. So, any advice would be good.

26-November-06, 02:12 PM		#2 (permalink)
MLiV You want news, you got news!	Re: tuner card what kind of tv do you have?

26-November-06, 04:52 PM		#3 (permalink)
silvafish Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: tuner card uhhh, well, i'm going to be using the monitor...the purpose of a tuner card.

26-November-06, 05:15 PM		#4 (permalink)
killert Apex Tech God	Re: tuner card [Tweaknews] - ATI ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 9000 PRO VIDEOCARD - Page 1 Radeon 9000 Pro All in wonder.. its AGP and Old but its a great card.

26-November-06, 06:05 PM		#6 (permalink)
TiZakit Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: tuner card I had the ATI TV Wonder... the first one... stay away from it. I upgraded to a Theater550 based card. Performs smoothly for me, even under vista. Works nice with Windows Media Center. Link: MSI MS-8621-010 TV Tuner Low Profile PCI Card - Retail at Newegg.com I have the PCI-E 1x version though, I would imagine they would be the same.

26-November-06, 06:07 PM		#7 (permalink)
Hibiki Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Re: tuner card Hauppauge 1062 WinTV-PVR-150 MCE Kit Tuner Card - Retail at Newegg.com -It can control sattelite or cable boxes using its IR transmitter. -It has a hardware MPEG-2 encoder. -Its TV decoder is up there with the best non-HDTV tuners. -It doesn't need to attach to your soundcard with some kind of cable. I would also recommend using VirtualdubMod or Virtualdub MPEG-2 to compress recordings with XviD and Lame. You could also remove unwanted commercials. Last edited by Hibiki; 26-November-06 at 10:47 PM..

26-November-06, 06:15 PM		#9 (permalink)
TiZakit Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: tuner card Once I looked at live tv or even its S-video input, I was not able to get anything but static out of the card but static till a restart.

26-November-06, 06:22 PM		#11 (permalink)
TiZakit Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: tuner card Well, I got mine from TiDude, so maybe he jacked it up.

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