TV Tuner/REcorder

CharmPeddler · 02-06-2007, 12:51 AM

i'll soon have cable internet at my house and would like to be able to watch and record the cable programs. im looking for some help on cards (ext or internal) that people know of that are good, and some tutorials. maybe even some software names for the tuning and recordeing.

p.s. i pretty much want to use my computer as a tivo.

thanks !

heyman421 · 02-06-2007, 12:56 AM

i use windows media center, and it works great.

it's even compatable with dual tuner cards, so you can record two shows at once, or watch one show while recording another.

just make sure the card you get has the philips tuners, and not the samsungs, or you'll be really disappointed.

Also make sure the tuner has onboard video compression, whether it be divx or mpeg2, or it'll be a huge resource hog, and you'll most likely drop more frames than you capture.

CharmPeddler · 02-06-2007, 01:29 AM

thanks for the info man, here is what im looking at so far. let me know what ya think.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815116633

heyman421 · 02-06-2007, 01:44 AM

that's exactly what i have, but my board is made by asus.

Very nice cards, and onboard mpeg-2 compression, like i was talking about, all for a reasonable price.

CharmPeddler · 02-06-2007, 01:49 AM

sounds great, thanks for the help man. preciate it

02-06-2007, 12:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
CharmPeddler Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 338	TV Tuner/REcorder i'll soon have cable internet at my house and would like to be able to watch and record the cable programs. im looking for some help on cards (ext or internal) that people know of that are good, and some tutorials. maybe even some software names for the tuning and recordeing. p.s. i pretty much want to use my computer as a tivo. thanks ! __________________ Dell XPS M1710 17" Wide Screen (used as a Tower) Logitech G15 Keyboard, and MX1000 Laser Mouse Monitor: Chimei 22" WideScreen 800:1, 5ms CPU: 2.16GHz,T7400 Intel Core 2 Duo 4MB Cache RAM: 2GIGs DDR2 667MZH GPU: 512MB GeForce GO 7950GTX HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA "Screw tech support..... This is what CF.com is for......" ~bumblebee_tuna http://www.speedtest.net/result/223551258.png

02-06-2007, 01:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
CharmPeddler Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 338	thanks for the info man, here is what im looking at so far. let me know what ya think. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815116633 __________________ Dell XPS M1710 17" Wide Screen (used as a Tower) Logitech G15 Keyboard, and MX1000 Laser Mouse Monitor: Chimei 22" WideScreen 800:1, 5ms CPU: 2.16GHz,T7400 Intel Core 2 Duo 4MB Cache RAM: 2GIGs DDR2 667MZH GPU: 512MB GeForce GO 7950GTX HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA "Screw tech support..... This is what CF.com is for......" ~bumblebee_tuna http://www.speedtest.net/result/223551258.png

02-06-2007, 01:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
CharmPeddler Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 338	sounds great, thanks for the help man. preciate it __________________ Dell XPS M1710 17" Wide Screen (used as a Tower) Logitech G15 Keyboard, and MX1000 Laser Mouse Monitor: Chimei 22" WideScreen 800:1, 5ms CPU: 2.16GHz,T7400 Intel Core 2 Duo 4MB Cache RAM: 2GIGs DDR2 667MZH GPU: 512MB GeForce GO 7950GTX HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA "Screw tech support..... This is what CF.com is for......" ~bumblebee_tuna http://www.speedtest.net/result/223551258.png

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02-06-2007, 12:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	i use windows media center, and it works great. it's even compatable with dual tuner cards, so you can record two shows at once, or watch one show while recording another. just make sure the card you get has the philips tuners, and not the samsungs, or you'll be really disappointed. Also make sure the tuner has onboard video compression, whether it be divx or mpeg2, or it'll be a huge resource hog, and you'll most likely drop more frames than you capture.

02-06-2007, 01:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	that's exactly what i have, but my board is made by asus. Very nice cards, and onboard mpeg-2 compression, like i was talking about, all for a reasonable price.