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Quality of TV tuner cards

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czech09

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Any of you have this? Is the quality less than that of a regular tv set (considering a card for about $50 or so)?
 
I have a leadtek tv2000xp deluxe I think, horrible software/drivers

I actually just bought a Hauppage PVR-250 from someone on here
 
czech, i've read in a few forums that if you hook up a ps2/xbox to the inputs on a TV card, you'll end up with "controller lag" because it takes a second or two for the stream to be encoded and buffered to the HD before being displayed.
 
Originally posted by: Raduque
czech, i've read in a few forums that if you hook up a ps2/xbox to the inputs on a TV card, you'll end up with "controller lag" because it takes a second or two for the stream to be encoded and buffered to the HD before being displayed.
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:QI didn't know that... what about VIVO?
 
Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: Raduque
czech, i've read in a few forums that if you hook up a ps2/xbox to the inputs on a TV card, you'll end up with "controller lag" because it takes a second or two for the stream to be encoded and buffered to the HD before being displayed.
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:QI didn't know that... what about VIVO?
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wow, i didn't know that either.
 
Originally posted by: Raduque
czech, i've read in a few forums that if you hook up a ps2/xbox to the inputs on a TV card, you'll end up with "controller lag" because it takes a second or two for the stream to be encoded and buffered to the HD before being displayed.
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i have a 6 year old tv capture card and i use it to play xbox on my monitor...works fine w/o any noticeable lag

(i use dscaler to display it)
 
Originally posted by: Raduque
czech, i've read in a few forums that if you hook up a ps2/xbox to the inputs on a TV card, you'll end up with "controller lag" because it takes a second or two for the stream to be encoded and buffered to the HD before being displayed.
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No longer an issue. Most if not all PCI or ATI AIW cards render the video immediately. You will still experience this lag with USB2.0 and Firewire capturing devices though.
 
Originally posted by: eelw
Originally posted by: Raduque
czech, i've read in a few forums that if you hook up a ps2/xbox to the inputs on a TV card, you'll end up with "controller lag" because it takes a second or two for the stream to be encoded and buffered to the HD before being displayed.
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No longer an issue. Most if not all PCI or ATI AIW cards render the video immediately. You will still experience this lag with USB2.0 and Firewire capturing devices though.
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That's good to know. I read it about the Hauppage cards (150/250/300/500).
 
I have a Hauppauge PVR500.
I think the picture looks different than tv, but I've become used to it. The lcd accentuates the piss poor quality of the tv broadcast here.
I'm going to be hooking up our xbox to this machine soon, and I don't expect any lag.
 
some cards like my 8500 AIW stream the video to the TV software from the input
other cards like my Hauppauge 150 write to the HD first and stream from there. i can tell there is a lag there because it is a few seconds behind a normal tv broadcast. im not sure if this would introduce controller lag or not. i do know there was none with an NES and the 8500 AIW
 
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
...other cards like my Hauppauge 150 write to the HD first and stream from there. i can tell there is a lag there because it is a few seconds behind a normal tv broadcast. im not sure if this would introduce controller lag or not.
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Have the same card, and think there is a slight delay.....

Originally posted by: shilala
I think the picture looks different than tv, but I've become used to it. The lcd accentuates the piss poor quality of the tv broadcast here.
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Yup, unless you have digital cable...quality sucks!
 
I am using a Hauppauge WinTV 2000 for several years with a 17" CRT and the quality is as good as any regular tube TV.

I think I paid about $50 or so about 3 or 4 years ago.
 
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