which TV card

[unclebob123]

OK guys hopefully someone here can help.

Which TV card do you recomend to run with Vista 64.

It must support atleast a 7 day program guide for scheduled TV recordings.

After reading reviews for various cards, they all seem to have their quirks. Surely there must be a 'perfect' tv card out there?

Thanks

 

[gareth170]

the Compro VideoMate DVB-T750 Digital TV Internal PCI - Retail seems a good card.

 

[wombraider]

Compro cards are dung

I have had several huappage cards and the best is the Nova-T 500 ( dual freeview tuners )

I use GB PVR ( freeware pvr program - awesome ) and use xml radio times to have 14 days of program information.

Donr buy compro you will regret it

 

[gareth170]

personly i think the best card is Teratec Cinergy 2400i DT dual dvb-t pci-e , which i have. it runs great, very clear picture...

 

[carrot1401]

I have had several huappage cards and the best is the Nova-T 500 ( dual freeview tuners )

I got one of these on order from 'another' website so will find out how good they are very soon, I'll post back once I've had a play around with it in both XP and Vista (dual boot woop)

 

[boosfuk]

Hauppauge cards are the safest bet as they are the most common and supported by everything. Use the dual tuner T-500 for DVB (i.e. Freeview) or the PVR-150 for capturing from a set-top-box such as a Sky digibox.
As mentioned earlier GB-PVR is the best PVR software by a mile.

 

[MadMatty]

Both the hauppauge and compro cards work fine within vistas own mediacentre. Its when you use the software supplied with the cards that they turn to crap. Compro software works great apart from sheduling not working at all, and hauppauge own software is just crap full stop and fortunate to be able to use card at all.

 

[ssmacc]

Hauppauge cards are the safest bet as they are the most common and supported by everything. Use the dual tuner T-500 for DVB (i.e. Freeview) or the PVR-150 for capturing from a set-top-box such as a Sky digibox.
As mentioned earlier GB-PVR is the best PVR software by a mile.

Sorry to jump in and double sorry if this is a daft question but does the PVR-150 work with a Virgin box and does it attach to the cable out and work as a pass through or is it the standard analog connection?

 

[skankmaster]

With the Hauppauge digital cards/USB, be sure you can pick up all the channels. Theres a driver problem causing some channels to be not shown - ITV being one of them. A fix is imminent.