Looking at getting a TV card... are there any I should stay away from?

[Spoooon]

Or should I just stay away from them in general?

Abit KA7
256
Radeon DDR
Win98

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[Noriaki]

I have an ATi TV-Wonder and it's awesome.
It has some seriously painful Win2000 drivers, but in Win98SE it rocks

If you plan to use Win2000 then stay away from it, but you said Win98 so I highly recommend it.

Edit: Actually I've heard that the newest beta drivers for the TV-Wonder in Win2000 work pretty well for everything except video capture. But I've never personally tried them.

 

[Spoooon]

Cool, because that was the card I was thinking of. I saw it at Best Buy for 30 bucks.

 

[randomlinh]

I have the pinacle Studio PCTV. Nice card, and works in 2k perfectly.

 

[Broadkipa]

I too have a Pinnacle Studio PCTV card and it worked straight out the box, this card is at the lower end of the market but I am well pleased with its perfomance. I am running it in Windows Me.

 

[Noriaki]

The Pinnacles are nice cards from what I've seen. I like the TV-Wonder because it can record to MPEG directly. I don't think the Pinnacle can, someone please correct me if I'm wrong here....however the Pinnacle is still an excellent choice as well.

 

[Revenge786]

While where on TV cards, where can I find a REAL CHEAP and GOOD TV card ??