TV Tuner Suggestions for Converting VHS tapes and recording TV

[I just want to say one thing]

Hey everyone, I'm researching tv tuners to put into my system (Asus A8N-E, AMD FX53, WIN XP SP2), but I've been running into some walls.


I want to be able to store all my VHS tapes onto my hard drive, and to record shows or football games when I want to (not at the same time).

In my search, I've looked into the Hauppauge PVRs (the 550, and the 150) and the Theater 550 cards. Not to mention other cards that support HDTV.

But for each card I always see complaints about driver issues, OS compatability, and quality. I really want to get the Hauppauge 550, but I heard it screws up with paired with an ASUS board, and the Theater 550 cards.

For my needs and setup, what would you suggest?

Thanks

 

[nole1fan]

I like PVR-150. Yes, there are issues with driver, but drivers on their website do support PVR-150 card well. I have two of them, and I am pretty happy with the quality. I have used that card to convert VHS into DVD and minidv into DVD.

I will be glad to assit you if you need additional help.

 

[I just want to say one thing]

Thanks for the reply, I'm leaning toward that choice. But I see on Newegg, there are a lot of different types of 150s and these 2 are the cheapest..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116633
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116620

Is there anything that I should know about the different types of PVR 150s?