40$ to buy tuner for PC, any suggestions

[cableguy44]

Just curious on what yall recommend for tuner for 40 bucks.

 

[capricorn]

If you can stretch that to $44 (shipped), I'd look at this Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe. I put one in my daughter's machine for college. Cut down on having to have a separate TV, VCR & DVD player. (Downside was I had to buy her a DVD-RW drive so she'd get some of the stuff she just couldn't delete off of the hard drive. It works good as a DVR [like Tivo], too. Too good. She's on her second year with that setup.)

 

[peacemaker1ps]

Do not get ATI tv tuner, I have one and it sucks.
I am also looking to get leadtek winfast soon to replace ATI one.

 

[cableguy44]

yeah i am looking at that card and the asus 90-c1v76f-quay. I know asus is quality manufacturer,is leadtek. and what card would you go with.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: cableguy44
I know asus is quality manufacturer,is leadtek.

Yes

 

[BHeemsoth]

I just bought the Leadtek to operate as a pvr and a second tv in our dorm room. The quality is very good for a sub $50 card, and when you combine the built in PVR software with the free services of titantv.com, you have a very easy to use tivo type system.

The only thing i reccomend is that you pick up additional hard drives if you plan on doing alot of recording, since each hour uses about 3gb of space in mpeg2 format.

-Brian

 

[MadOni0n]

What do i need to get to run tv on my computer? a tuner card and what else? What are the advantages?

 

[thejackal1]

Originally posted by: capricorn
If you can stretch that to $44 (shipped), I'd look at this Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe. I put one in my daughter's machine for college. Cut down on having to have a separate TV, VCR & DVD player. (Downside was I had to buy her a DVD-RW drive so she'd get some of the stuff she just couldn't delete off of the hard drive. It works good as a DVR [like Tivo], too. Too good. She's on her second year with that setup.)

I have that same one and it works pretty good.

 

[LAVAB84615]

i have the leadtek too and it works great. if you want a little better quality you could get the "expert" versoin, but that costs a little more [~$52.00 shipped at newegg]...

 

[caivoma]

what is the different between the expert and regular version

 

[LAVAB84615]

the 'deluxe' edition usues a Fusion 878A(8 bit) video decoder, and the 'expert' uses a CX2388X(10 bit) decoder which means that you will have a little better quality with the latter...

 

[MadOni0n]

can anyone give me some links on what you need to setup your comp as a tv? what you have to get,etc. sorry, im completely new to this but it sounds like a good way to save room and be able to easily record shows.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: MadOni0n
can anyone give me some links on what you need to setup your comp as a tv? what you have to get,etc. sorry, im completely new to this but it sounds like a good way to save room and be able to easily record shows.

You'll need an antenna and some means of getting sound. I used my rooftop antenna and I already had an AV receiver and speakers. Any computer speaker system would do. I have two of the Winfast cards mentioned, guess I'll sell one or both because I now have the MyHD 120 HDTV card, which is relatively very expensive, but relatively cheap compared to many other HDTV tuner/recorder solutions. The picture quality, however, is very outstanding compared to the Winfast cards because it does digital TV (both HD and standard), in addition to the analog TV you get with the Winfast cards. But the MyHD card is almost $300.

However, the Winfast card (I have the Deluxe) is pretty good for what it is and very reasonable. It changes channels about 10 times faster than the MyHD card, and the software is pretty intuitive in comparison and works nicely. There's a huge thread in Hot Deals, you can check out: Link. It also does FM and pretty well.

 

[caivoma]

I got one of those cable deal from comcast. Digital cable, is that mean that the card wouldn't work with digital cable ?

 

[heartsurgeon]

Do not get ATI tv tuner, I have one and it sucks.

i have three of these, and they work great.

i run them with Dscaler...

17" Samsung LCD - looks great
20" 2000FP Dell LCD - looks great
20" 2001FP Dell LCD - looks great

depending on the "sale" or "rebate" got these for anywhere from $9 - $29!!

for the price, i very happy. they work fine, the picture is plenty good.

 

[Nessism]

Originally posted by: MadOni0n
can anyone give me some links on what you need to setup your comp as a tv? what you have to get,etc. sorry, im completely new to this but it sounds like a good way to save room and be able to easily record shows.

I just installed a Leadtek Expert card yesterday. Install the card in a PCI slot, attach the cable TV cable to the back of the card, connect the TV card to the sound card with a cable, install the software, and done.

Works great. I haven't learned all the tricks but it seems real slick.

Ed

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Nessism

Originally posted by: MadOni0n
can anyone give me some links on what you need to setup your comp as a tv? what you have to get,etc. sorry, im completely new to this but it sounds like a good way to save room and be able to easily record shows.

I just installed a Leadtek Expert card yesterday. Install the card in a PCI slot, attach the cable TV cable to the back of the card, connect the TV card to the sound card with a cable, install the software, and done.

Works great. I haven't learned all the tricks but it seems real slick.

Ed

It is wonderful. But it does not accommodate digital TV.