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| 451034 | 2006-05-01 08:45:00 | I want a cheap TV tuner card to capture video and to occasionally watch TV on my PC. I have narrowed my options down to four choices. LEADTEK DV2000 WINFAST TV/FM TUNER PCI INTERNAL :confused: SBT-TVFM PCI Capture Card :confused: MSI Exteral TV Tuner Box VOX USB 2.0 Pixelview PlayTVPro2 - TV Tuner Card Any advice about the pros and cons of these cards would be appreciated. I have found reviews on some of these cards. But some do not seem to have any reviews on the Internet :confused: . Gary |
GaryW (10329) | ||
| 451035 | 2006-05-01 08:50:00 | The Leadtek range has very good PVR software (killer infact),Never heard of the second one, and I have a personal bias against everything made by MSI. Personally I would be looking at a card with an intergrated hardware mpeg encoder. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 451036 | 2006-05-01 09:22:00 | I agree with Metla, get a TV Tuner card that has hardware mpeg encoding because it makes a huge difference in CPU usage when watching or recording something. Would also stay away from MSI Vox USB2.0 because if it's anything like their TV@nywhere PCI cards then it will be crap. I just got myself a Hauppauge PVR500MCE Twin Tuner card to go into my bitsa PVR machine. It has hardware mpeg encoding and can record 2 different channels at the same time and still use less than 50% CPU on a Sempron 2400+. I'm using Media Portal as the interface to record TV. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 451037 | 2006-05-01 13:19:00 | What do the different chipset tell about the quality and the features of a TV Tuner card. Is a card with a Conexant chipset better than one with a Philips? then there are all the confusing numbers that go along with the chipset name such as: Conexant BT-878 or BT878A or CX23881 Philips TDA8275 or SAA7114 or SAA7135 Does USB and PCI make a difference to the TV\Video capture quality? As a poor student :nerd: I have a price limit of $85 and of course I want the best card I can get for my money!!!! Any opinions about whether I should buy a TV Tuner from TradeMe or from a shop |
GaryW (10329) | ||
| 451038 | 2006-05-01 13:28:00 | The 878 chipsets allow you to hax0r sky :D | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 451039 | 2006-05-01 21:56:00 | I have the Leadtek TV 2000 XP RM. RM = Remote. About $75 from www.ascent.co.nz Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 451040 | 2006-05-01 22:05:00 | I have the Leadtek TV 2000 XP RM . RM = Remote . About $75 from www . ascent . co . nz Trevor :) What do you think of the "video capture? sound? tv?" quality of this tuner? :confused: |
GaryW (10329) | ||
| 451041 | 2006-05-01 22:17:00 | PCI would be better than USB for capturing video . The Leadtek Deluxe and Expert tuners are good . Never had a prob with them . Video capture is good . The recorded video, is just as clear as a DVD . Once its been burned to DVD . (Or even in Mpeg format) . So, is the sound . The program these tuners come with, are good enough . Lets u record whatever program, then burn it to dvd . Or burn directly to DVD . I recorded all of Live 8, with the Deluxe tuner here, and then cut it up and burned it to dvd . And recorded Def Leppard a few weeks ago . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 451042 | 2006-05-02 02:52:00 | What do you think of the "video capture? sound? tv?" quality of this tuner? :confused: Oem Computers in Manukau City, Orcland had it for $60 inc GST, ex deliv . Only none in stock . |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 451043 | 2006-05-02 03:30:00 | I would definitely recommend the Hauppauge cards, either a PVR-500 (2 tuners) or PVR-150 (1 tuner) are good stuff. | Antmannz (6583) | ||
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