- Mar 31, 2003
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In about a week and a half ill be moving into my college dorm. Instead of getting a TV for the dorm, im taking me desktop PC. So we decided to get a TV Tuner Card.
Right now i am stuck between 2 cards:
Powercolor T55E-O03
This one uses the ATI Theater 550Pro chipset and is PCI-E. So i know it is top notch.
However, i noticed that all the upscaling makes the pictures look grainy on computers (We have a Hauppauge PVR-150 at home) and i began looking at this:
ATI HDTV Wonder
I know this one is essentially the same only it is HD. Are there any drawbacks to getting the HDTV Wonder over the THeater 550. (I heard something about the HD card lacking MPEG2 Acceleration)
Can someone just clear this up for me. The cable will be a standard Coax cable coming into the dorm from a wall outlet. No cable receiver or anything so ESPN and a few others would be the only HD channels we will get.
-Kevin
(The monitor we will be using is a Dell 1905FP, and it is connected to an EVGA 7900GT; PC is in sig)
Edit: I just found the ATI card for 69.99 After MIR, so money isn't a factor between the two anymore
Right now i am stuck between 2 cards:
Powercolor T55E-O03
This one uses the ATI Theater 550Pro chipset and is PCI-E. So i know it is top notch.
However, i noticed that all the upscaling makes the pictures look grainy on computers (We have a Hauppauge PVR-150 at home) and i began looking at this:
ATI HDTV Wonder
I know this one is essentially the same only it is HD. Are there any drawbacks to getting the HDTV Wonder over the THeater 550. (I heard something about the HD card lacking MPEG2 Acceleration)
Can someone just clear this up for me. The cable will be a standard Coax cable coming into the dorm from a wall outlet. No cable receiver or anything so ESPN and a few others would be the only HD channels we will get.
-Kevin
(The monitor we will be using is a Dell 1905FP, and it is connected to an EVGA 7900GT; PC is in sig)
Edit: I just found the ATI card for 69.99 After MIR, so money isn't a factor between the two anymore