TV Card of the PC.

what to put an aerial in and watch terrestrial tv?

looked through these and not decided yet?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/TV_Cards.html

only experience ive had with TV cards is that i used to have a Hauppauge WinTV thingy with an older PC, but i never really used it.... probly in the attic or something lol. it worked though. bit useless because the TV was in the same room as the PC hehe
 
Aye she wants it to watch normal tv as she is going from laptop to pc,and i know nothing about these cards :D
 
I have a Hauppauge and the software that comes with it (WinTV) is incredible un-userfriendly. It forgets to load the video every now and again, and occasionally forgets its a TV card and needs the drivers re-installing.

Not a very good card IMO.
 
Looking for a goodish one dont need to be the best,it`s so that my kid can get her tv out of her room and move a pc desk in :rolleyes:

I like the look of the usb one.
 
If u can manage not to take up a usb port, as nowadays u need them for everything!!! (printer, camera, phones, router/modem, flash stick, mouse, keyboard.....etc - n thats just the usfull USB devices)


When i asked i was pointed to the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI Freeview TV Tuner (GX-024-HA) - but this had other surcamstances surounding it so not sure if its the best for just watching. + its digital may be a good or bad thing for u.
 
As long as i can replace the tv of some sort she is happy,as her room is only small and she can`t have both tv and computer in there.
 
ive got the nova-t and theres nuthing wrong with the card itself. The problem is its software is completely pants but use it with mediaportal or mce or powercinema (which is what i use) and its great!

Only prob is its digital only so hard to pick up the channels unless uve got a decent ariel.

The Terratec Cinergy 2400i is supposed to be really good aswell if uve got a spare pci-e slot.
 
Personally, I'm very fond of the Lifeview series of cards- They're based on the same chipset as the rest of the cheap ones, but come with a decent software bundle & the reception seems better than others I've tried. (You must have the latest drivers, the originals were awful)

Only problem is that the decent models can be a pain to get hold of :( (By that I mean the dual tuner models, can seem to find plenty with either analouge or digital only, but not those with both)

-Leezer-
 
Avoid the Pinnacle TV tuners - perfectly good hardware - shockingly bad software in terms of setting it up and badly featured compared to other options.

Also when recording shows you can only watch them in pinnacle.

The Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1100 is supposed to be pretty worthwhile - but is isnt internal
 
Sorry to but in, but stay well clear of the Terratec devices - the tuners even though they are branded as Thomson do not appear to be terribly sensitive :-(

I quite like the Freecom usb stick - the supplied software is no great shakes but it is less prone to noise pickup than my Nebula and you can find BDA drivers that will allow you to use third party TV software.
 
Baron_Samedi said:
Sorry to but in, but stay well clear of the Terratec devices - the tuners even though they are branded as Thomson do not appear to be terribly sensitive :-(

I quite like the Freecom usb stick - the supplied software is no great shakes but it is less prone to noise pickup than my Nebula and you can find BDA drivers that will allow you to use third party TV software.
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With the Beta Drivers the 2400i seems to work well. I mostly use Nova-T's but the 2400i was handy in a PC which at the time didn't have a spare PCI slot and works well.
 
I was looking at similar things but decided against them and got a monitor with a tv tuner built in. I was looking to get a flat screen anyway, and means I don't need to have my PC on to watch tv (as i assume you do with tv cards). Might be worth considering if you're considering a new screen at some point.
 
BigDom said:
With the Beta Drivers the 2400i seems to work well. I mostly use Nova-T's but the 2400i was handy in a PC which at the time didn't have a spare PCI slot and works well.
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Glad the beta drivers worked for you, but I had problems with hardware not allowing XP to start and the Powercinema software not picking up all the available channels even after the upgrade :-(
 
Baron_Samedi said:
Glad the beta drivers worked for you, but I had problems with hardware not allowing XP to start and the Powercinema software not picking up all the available channels even after the upgrade :-(
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I did have problems upgrading, I had to re-install XP to get it to work.
 
Baron_Samedi said:
I quite like the Freecom usb stick - the supplied software is no great shakes but it is less prone to noise pickup than my Nebula and you can find BDA drivers that will allow you to use third party TV software.
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I have this usb freview thing and the software is terrible, can u tell me where to get the third party drivers so i can use it with power cinema 4 thanks
 
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