vista and TV cards

Stranjah · 5 May 2007 at 12:18

Just wondered if anyone had used a TV card in vista and if so which one?

Ross1234 · 5 May 2007 at 12:32

yes i have. Buy a hauppage wintv 1300 (not media center edition) and download the vista media center drivers for it from the hauppage website (or use wintv that comes with it. Has freeview tv, digital and fm radio

Stranjah · 5 May 2007 at 12:43

thx for the info

Ross1234 · 5 May 2007 at 12:46

it works very well in media center you can pause rewind and record tv. It has an excellent tv guide.

paulhuk2 · 5 May 2007 at 13:27

I've got a Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T card running fine in Vista. I had to download the updated software from the Pinnacle website to get it working as the software supplied on the CD isn't compatible with Vista.

There's also some generic software for watching digital/terrestrial TV, which will work with most cards; http://www.gbpvr.com/pmwiki/

braveheart · 5 May 2007 at 14:05

I used the Kworld PE-310 PCI-Express x1 card that worked fine under Vista x64 -- I tried to used the Hauppauge Nova T-500 and HVR1110 but didnt work so decided I went for Kworld that work in Media Center -- Hauppuage said that thier next new card will be using PCi-Express that will come up this year to replace old PCI card and will support Vista fully included for 64bits as well.

Participant · 5 May 2007 at 14:15

So how do you actually get the cable signal from a digibox to your PC and still be able to change channel etc?

deadeyedic30 · 5 May 2007 at 14:47

Most new TV cards now are digital so you just plug in a suitable ariel and away you go. No need for a digibox, unless its a sky one.