TV tuner cards...

[Kazrath]

I've been a big fan of Nvidia for a long time. I've never went wrong with any of their products. So of course the first place I look for a TV tuner is with them.

The NVIDIA NVTV appears to be in the new OEM Media Center 05 computers but I am having a hard time finding it Retail/OEM purchasable for just the PCI card.

So my question is this: What is a high quality/cost TV tuner card that will be compatible with the specs below?

I run the following:

XP pro
Amd 64 3200+
Asus K8N-E deluxe (Nforce 3)
eVGA -6800GT
WD Raptor2 74GB (10k RPM) SATA
Corsair XMS PC3200 dual Channel 512X2

Current no sound card... using the Nforce 3 chipset.

 

[ViRGE]

The best TV Tuner? It's either the Hauppauge PVR-250 or PVR-350, depending on if you want hardware accelerated decoding or not.

 

[Kazrath]

Thanks,

Anyone else have any other suggestions.

I am looking for best Cost/Quality.

I've never owned a TV tuner card so I've no idea what to look for.

 

[Auric]

I'm keen on the ATI Theater 550 Pro based cards like the Sapphire Theatrix which are due very soon. They should be better than the Philips/Conexant clones and cost around the same. If I had to get one immediately though it would prolly be the PVR-250 (or maybe the AVerMedia M150 which seems the same but only costs $60 instead of $100). The 350 is useless for all but the oldest systems.