best TV tuner card available. ???

[blazerazor]

What's the best Tv Tuner card to get for going to a HDTV or PC for output?
Want it for doing tivo like stuff, no games.
I was going to get a ati tuner cause thats all I know, but am I dont want a half@ss gaming card/half@ss tuner combo. Whats 'the' one to have for Turning old asus P3 into a media pc.

 

[UnklSnappy]

This one MDP-120
I use an MDP-120 along with a DVICO Fusion HDTV3 for Tivo-like time shifting.

A good rundown of current cards, HDTV card buyers guide Long but full of info.

 

[MDE]

Don't get an ATI tuner card, the picture quality is bad and the Multimedia Center software is buggy.

 

[Schadenfroh]

see these threads

apparently im crazy for thinking ati has buggy tv card software

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[sumrtym]

Love my AIW. No problems here. Every system is different though because of differenct components / quality and software.

 

[blazerazor]

Thx for the lead, will follow it when I get home tonight. Im looking to get a good tv Only card for around $150.
I got a sapphire 9500np L-shaped oem model from last sept (i saw slip), for trade up front. now I gotta fill my half. And he just said he just wanted "a Tuner Card, I'm not a gamer". So I want to get him the best thing I can for his HDTV movie room. But the remotes a must, cause there's NO place for a keyboard in his den.

 

[mamisano]

Look into the Hauppauge PVR-250 and 350. Many of the HTPC software packages are designed for them, and many other TV-Cards are clones of them.

www.htpcnews.com has a recent write-up on it.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: UnklSnappy
This one <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Video/mdp120.asp">MDP-120</a>
I use an MDP-120 along with a <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Video/fusion3.asp">DVICO Fusion HDTV3</a> for Tivo-like time shifting.

A good rundown of current cards, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=207262">HDTV card buyers guide</a> Long but full of info.

Wow thanks for that excellent link.