Best TV Card App?

[Reefa]

I've got a Freecom DVB-T USB stick and the supplied software really sucks so I gave PowerCinema a try but have had a load of problem with both version 4.0 and 5.0. 4.0 crashes after a few minutes every time and 5.0 records into a hidden folder whether you have Time-Shifting enabled or not. Shoddy software.

What would you guys recommend?

 

[Energize]

I've heard dscaler is good.

 

[n3x]

mediaportal

 

[Andre]

GBPVR - free, and packed full of goodness

 

[boosfuk]

Another vote for GB-PVR - has the features, support and most important of all is so stable.

 

[Jimmy1983]

Another vote for GB-PVR - has the features, support and most important of all is so stable.

Can you use this software with any PCI tv cards? my father has power cinema but has a few problems with it.

 

[Andre]

as long as the TV card has BDA drivers, then it will work with GBPVR

Plus, if it is not currently supported, then the forums are superbly helpful - a solution will be found

 

[Reefa]

GP-PVR looks brilliant! I'll give that a try, highly configurable as aposed to these shoddy plug and play programs which have more bugs than The Temple of Doom.

Thanks peeps!

 

[Meatball]

Not really a TV app, but Vista MCE is very good imo .

 

[Jimmy1983]

as long as the TV card has BDA drivers, then it will work with GBPVR

Plus, if it is not currently supported, then the forums are superbly helpful - a solution will be found

How do I find out if the card has BDA drivers?

 

[MarcLister]

GBPVR - free, and packed full of goodness

So I could use GBPVR instead of the DigiTV that Nebula provide?

How do I find out if the card has BDA drivers?

Look on the manufacturer's site and see if the drivers are known as BDA drivers. The Nebula site refers to them as BDA drivers.