TV Tuner card

[Rottie]

Which is best TV Tuner card? I am eyeing for ATI TV Wonder VE (I think it is the right brand name) cause it is cheap and I also have ATI Radeon card too. I don't need any fancy features just basic one.

What do you pick?

 

[Axloz]

I can't comment on the ATI cards, but as you said, its the right brand name. The only advice I can give you is stay right away from Lifeview cards and FlyVideo stuff. Absolute crap. I made the mistake of getting one about a year ago and it only annoys me more than anything. Driver problems, tuning problems, you name it! And do you think that lifeview would reply to my emails?? of course not. I think its time I sent them some slightly more abusive ones.

Hope this helps

 

[LoneWolf1]

Take a look at this thread over in the Video Forum. Personally, I chose the AVerMediaTV Studio. I haven't had much time to really put it to the test, but it seems to be running without a hitch.

 

[yg17]

I actually dont recommend getting a TV Tuner card at all. I had one and watching TV and browsing the internet at the same time was impossible. With a real TV next to your computer, you can watch TV and use your computer at the same time

 

[Ziptar]

I have a Hauppauge Win-TV PVR and love it, the hardware mpeg encoder is sweet! However it's not cheap ($200ish). The picture quality is very good and it is stable under XP.

I had the Tried the I/O Magic / CompUSA $40 Tuner, it was not bad, mine had Pinnacle Studio PCTV silkscreened on it.

yg17

TV Tuner card ROCKS! on a dual monitor setup.

 

[LoneWolf1]

<< I actually dont recommend getting a TV Tuner card at all. I had one and watching TV and browsing the internet at the same time was impossible. With a real TV next to your computer, you can watch TV and use your computer at the same time >>

Some of us don't have room for a TV next to our computers. I'ts either one or the other.

 

[RockyMaivia]

I bought a Win-TV USB (which included the radio tuner) from Hauppage about 2 years ago, and I've been very happy with it. You can adjust the size of the television window and move it around the screen so that you can do other stuff on your machine. It was very easy to set up.

I only had one problem with it, and that was when I upgraded the software for it. The quality actually went way down. I got a streak across the top of the picture, and I couldn't change channels when the window was maximized anymore. I ended up reinstalling the old software and that fixed the problem.

Overall, I'd recommend it.

 

[Rottie]

I do have 25 inches color tv but I live in a single apartment and my Taiwan visitor stay at my place watch tv too much and changed channels every 5 minutes.
She usually go to bed early and I stay up late so the tv is too bright for her that is why I am looking at TV tuner.

 

[Rottie]

Thanks for the input I just bought ATI TV Wonder VE today because it is cheap 50.00 and also it has closed captioned (I am hearing impaired) I am not sure about the other tv tuners.

By the way it works just fine and the quailty and features are good.