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can someone recommend a decent TV card?

I want to be able to:

- Watch Digital/Freeview
- Record one channel and watch another
- Burn programs/tv shows to DVD
- If possible record old VHS tapes to HDD/DVD

Any suggestions - i've looked on OcUK but I'm not sure what does what!

Cheers
 
HI there,

I am also looking for a card with the same features and didn't get much feedback, I was thinking about this one:

Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT DVB-T TV Tuner (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-000-TT)

It does appear to have the features we are both looking and some others and uses the little PCI-Express slot :)

I didn't really want to spend more than £50 but this card does look the dogs ******. ;)
 
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im also look for a card with the same specs as you 2 but the teratec has driver issues and does not seem to work very well as a lot of people on this forum have said
 
DazedNFuzed said:
HI there,

I am also looking for a card with the same features and didn't get much feedback, I was thinking about this one:

Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT DVB-T TV Tuner (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-000-TT)

It does appear to have the features we are both looking and some others and uses the little PCI-Express slot :)

I didn't really want to spend more than £50 but this card does look the dogs *******. ;)
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Thats the one which looked most interesting to me....

What sort of problems does it have bbreezeuk?

Any else with any suggestions?
 
The terratec does not have SVideo/Composite in, and cannot record any analogue TV.

I am currently using one with GB-PVR with hardly any problems (mostly gbpvr related) using the latest beta drivers.

Ideally, you want one of these and a cheap analogue TV card - or if your video card is VIVO, then you are sorted for recording from old VHS... the only problem being if the VHS tapes are macrovision encoded, then most of the better capture cards will not allow you to capture the content (they are copy-protected)
 
Andre said:
The terratec does not have SVideo/Composite in, and cannot record any analogue TV.

I am currently using one with GB-PVR with hardly any problems (mostly gbpvr related) using the latest beta drivers.

Ideally, you want one of these and a cheap analogue TV card - or if your video card is VIVO, then you are sorted for recording from old VHS... the only problem being if the VHS tapes are macrovision encoded, then most of the better capture cards will not allow you to capture the content (they are copy-protected)
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I think my 7800GT is VIVO - does this mean that i'm already OK for recording VHS/TV progs?

Andre said:
The terratec does not have SVideo/Composite in, and cannot record any analogue TV.
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This is a major problem for me as where i'm living currently (until october) does not get freeview...
 
Octavarium said:
I think my 7800GT is VIVO - does this mean that i'm already OK for recording VHS/TV progs?



This is a major problem for me as where i'm living currently (until october) does not get freeview...
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You will be fine for capturing VHS, with the proviso that macrovision-enabled tapes may not be recordable (note: this is a feature of the hardware/drivers that prevents this - not just me trying to cover my back.)

If you have a reasonably powerful machine (2.5GHz Celery or 2500+ XP) then a cheap, £10 TV card would enable you to capture analogue TV until you are Freeview-enabled.

First, though, I would try and get from a high-street store (one where you can take it back upto 16 days later if not suitable ;) ) a Freeview box and see if you can actually get a freeview signal - as a few people in non-freeview areas are able to get a signal
 
Octavarium said:
Thats the one which looked most interesting to me....

What sort of problems does it have bbreezeuk?

Any else with any suggestions?
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as far as i know its only the driver thats wrong with it and their is supposidly a new BETA driver which fixes the problem althogh i was not convinced it does from what people have told me, i was also interested in this card but people on this forum told me to steer clear of it and get the nebula tv card
 
Andre said:
You will be fine for capturing VHS, with the proviso that macrovision-enabled tapes may not be recordable (note: this is a feature of the hardware/drivers that prevents this - not just me trying to cover my back.)

If you have a reasonably powerful machine (2.5GHz Celery or 2500+ XP) then a cheap, £10 TV card would enable you to capture analogue TV until you are Freeview-enabled.

First, though, I would try and get from a high-street store (one where you can take it back upto 16 days later if not suitable ;) ) a Freeview box and see if you can actually get a freeview signal - as a few people in non-freeview areas are able to get a signal
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Sadly i've already tried Freeview (well a mate who lives near by anyway) :mad:

I think i'll get a card which does both analougue and Digital as i'm off to Uni in October (will have freeview).

Whats the concensus on the best card for both A & D, preferably with two tuners?
 
LEAVE the Terratec on the shelf!

At the moment its a lovely piece of hardware but the software sucks :-(

I tried the new driver - its no longer beta and it still stutters, can't find all the available channels and eventually falls over.

Additionally I tried the software for the X2 product and the software found all my channels but still would not record well.

Also, I am sure that the card conflicts in either PCIE slot of my machine making booting into XP impossible.
 
People's experiences are indeed varied with the Terratec, and hopefully it is only software issues (easier to sort). But I would also caution against getting one at the moment, despite using one myself reasonably happily.
 
My Compro DVB 300 works badly... but i think that's because i have a pants 3 year old system that's sevearly retarded! it does everything well but does it slowly and with constant crashing. but there's nothing it cant do really, i have my X box running through it too.... (yes i know what a stupid idea that is) but even doing everything is never enough
 
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I love the Lifeview dual tuner series of cards. Occasionally, QC seems to be a little hit & miss (I've had one broken aerial socket), but the cards themeselves are a lovely peice of kit, and seem to have very decent signal pickup.

My thoughts anyway.

-Leezer-
 
leezer3 said:
I love the Lifeview dual tuner series of cards. Occasionally, QC seems to be a little hit & miss (I've had one broken aerial socket), but the cards themeselves are a lovely peice of kit, and seem to have very decent signal pickup.

My thoughts anyway.

-Leezer-
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can you post a link to the manufacturers website and that model
cheers
 
Hiya,
This is the main internal selection of cards:
http://www.lifeview.com.tw/html/products/internal_tv/internal_tv_solutions.htm

This is the model I currently own:
http://www.lifeview.com.tw/html/products/internal_tv/flydvbt_duo.htm

I also used the Cardbus variant for 6 mths (Just sold in the MM), and again this was a very nice card if a little hot-running.

Mileage on finding these cards will vary, haven't seen the PCI-E version around full-stop, and only a few places stock the PCI version. For reference, I paid £50 for mine nearly a month ago.

Cheers

-Leezer-
 
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