Niles Standish wrote:
> I have an All in Wonder 8500 which works OK--does not tune channels that
> are "digital"--i.e. Channel 100 and higher--you need a regular Cable box
> for
> those. I would recommend a separate ATI tuner card for normal TV or a
> look at the Hauppage for high-def
Uh, check the revision date on the latest drivers for the Hauppauge HD
boards. They haven't been updated in a year and a half. If you want HD
the "MyHD" board is currently considered to be the "hot setup". The Dvico
Fusion, which is simply an HD tuner on a board with a BT8X8 chip and does
the decoding in software, is cheap and works if you have a good
signal--it's also starting to develop some third-party support.
But none of the HD boards are on the supported hardware list for
snapstream--if you want that kind of application that supports HD then
"MyHDTV" for Windows or "MythTV" for Linux would be better bets--note that
for Linux you need an HD board with Linux drivers and there is only one on
the market, fortunately the price is reasonable for an HD board.
> if you want to use/upgrade your regular
> video card separate from the TV card--used to be that the AIW cards were
> not the fastest ones, but I think the 9800 AIW is the same as non-AIW now,
> is that
> right? Me personally, I'd probably go the AIW route again.
The 9600 AIW is faster than the 9600 Pro I understand but not as fast as the
XT, the 9800 AIW is the same speed as the Pro but again doesn't match the
XT.
>> I am looking for a good TV Tuner Card. I find a page at SnapStream
>> Media that lists a lot of different TV Tuner Card manufactures
>> <http://www.snapstream.com/Products/Products_PVS3_SysReq.asp>:
>>
>> Adaptec VideOh! Media Center (USB 2.0)
>> ASUS TV880
>> ATi All-In-Wonder Radeon family
>> ATi TV Wonder family
>> ATi Rage 128 PRO family
>> ATi Rage 128 family
>> Avermedia AverTV Stereo (PCI)
>> Hauppauge WinTV-PVR250
>> Hauppauge WinTV-PVR350
>> Hauppauge Win-TV GO FM
>> Hauppauge Win-TV Go (PCI)
>> Hauppauge Win-TV Go Stereo (PCI)
>> Hauppauge Win-TV Radio
>> Hauppauge Win-TV USB
>> Hauppauge Win-TV USB Pro
>> IO/Magic PC PVR - Personal Video Recorder
>> LifeView FlyVideo 98 (PCI)
>> Nvidia Personal Cinema New (AGP)
>> Nvidia Personal Cinema Original (AGP)
>> Osprey - 100 PCI (using Conexant BT8xx chipset drivers)
>> Pinnacle PCTV (PCI)
>> Pinnacle PCTV (USB)
>> PixelView Xcapture (PCI / using new Conexant 2338x chipset)
>> STB Systems (PCI / using Conexant BT8xx chipset drivers)
>> TerraTec Cinergy 400 TV
>>
>> Does anyone know which ones are good and which are crummy cards?
>> My objective is to make the highest quality possible DVD's of my
>> favor TV programs.
>>
>> Sam
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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
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