TV card

[Octavarium]

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

 

[Octavarium]

Oh yeah....

I have a spare AGP and PCI slots and one of those small PCI-E slots (is this what they are for...?)

 

[Octavarium]

BUMP!!

Anyone?

 

[Octavarium]

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 *******.

Thats the one which looked most interesting to me....

What sort of problems does it have bbreezeuk?

Any else with any suggestions?

 

[Octavarium]

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)

I think my 7800GT is VIVO - does this mean that i'm already OK for recording VHS/TV progs?

The terratec does not have SVideo/Composite in, and cannot record any analogue TV.

This is a major problem for me as where i'm living currently (until october) does not get freeview...

 

[Octavarium]

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

Sadly i've already tried Freeview (well a mate who lives near by anyway)

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?