MSI or Sapphire TV Tuner card

[Ryland]

I am looking at Sapphire Theatrix and the MSI Theatre 550Pro. Both are based upon the ATI 550 chipset. I guess it comes down to which company has better support? Opinions anyone? Does anybody have either of these cards?

 

[Capt Caveman]

I have the Sapphire and I got it for only $65 and it has the better software(Beyond TV).

 

[Ryland]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
I have the Sapphire and I got it for only $65 and it has the better software(Beyond TV).

Where was it $65?

 

[Ryland]

bump

 

[Capt Caveman]

Oops. I just realize that I have the Xtasy version. But this version has Snapstream and BeyondTVSE. I got mine at buy.com with a $25 rebate. There is no rebate on it at the moment but about once a month they have a rebate promotion for it.
http://www.buy.com/prod/VisionTek_Xtasy...pStream_PVR_SW/q/loc/101/10409576.html

You also could use froogle or another search each to find the best price.

 

[Ryland]

The Sapphire and MSI cards are $71 at newegg right now. I wonder if thats the cheapest.

 

[Captante]

As far as I know the MSI card (and most ATI cards) are made by Sapphire, so go for the one thats cheaper and/or has better software included.

Edit: Ooops.. one thing to consider is that if the card fails, you'ed be a lot better off calling MSI for warranty service!

 

[kamranziadar]

Well both are nothing as compare to HDTV tunner i am selling with HDTV Decoder, plus its own processor and ram for almost same price for these suckers.

 

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

ive got the MSI becuase I wanted the cheap white control. same price, MSi has the better PC control.. hm MSI!

 

[Ryland]

Originally posted by: Captante
As far as I know the MSI card (and most ATI cards) are made by Sapphire, so go for the one thats cheaper and/or has better software included.

Edit: Ooops.. one thing to consider is that if the card fails, you'ed be a lot better off calling MSI for warranty service!

MSI has the better service? That is the type of info I was looking for!

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
Well both are nothing as compare to HDTV tunner i am selling with HDTV Decoder, plus its own processor and ram for almost same price for these suckers.

I probably would be tempted but I only ahve standard cable. No HDTV at my house.