Well, I guess it depends on what you're actually using it for. I have a PVR-USB2 for my laptop, and it works OK. I have the Sapphire Theater 550 chipset in my main MCE box. The picture quality is pretty good, probably the best of the MCE tuner cards. (Almost as good as my standalone series 1 TIVO.) The Hauppauge cards run a close second though, and I would strongly suggest checking out the PVR-500. It gives pretty good video quality AND two tuners, which is a great feature.