Hybrid tuner recommendations

[thecoolnessrune]

Interface needs: USB, Firewire, or ExpressCard.

Input needs: Coaxial (more is a plus but really only need coax)

Tuner support: (ATSC, NTSC, ClearQAM)

OS support: Windows XP Home, Pro, Vista Home Premium and Ultimate (64 bit Vista support is a must)

It doesn't need a remote, and doesn't need hardware encoding (I encode any important stuff later at my own discretion, dont need h.264 live encoding or anything like that, a simple MPEG 2 container is fine as long as it is high bitrate.)

What do you guys recommend? I was thinking this one but are there any that do the job better for the price?

Thanks in advance.

 

[sivart]

I've been using the one linked below (DViCO) for about a year and it performs great.

http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/HDTV5usb.aspx

Actually lets you do PiP with only one coax connection.

 

[erwos]

If you can add "ethernet" to the interface needs section, the Silicondust HDHomeRun is easily your best bet.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

That would actually be a great selection erwos but I'm afraid it's a bit over my budget, but easily my #1 pick as well.

Since I couldn't swing that, I found a friend on campus with a DViCO FusionHDTV7 USB he was willing to sell for $50! I feel like I won

It's so pretty and pink :laugh:

Thanks a lot all!