PCI Tv Tuner Card

Some have pointed to that brand as being good. Currently I saved on cost by going with the AVerMedia 1500 tv tuner/fm/video capture card seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100008

So far the results have been good here with this being the 3rd model used in the last 3 or 4 cases built hhere. Your input souurce and cables/connections will also play an important role in having good results. The better the grade the better the overall results will be.
 
PC eye - I think that card is basically on the same PCB as the PVR-150... It sure looks like mine! It's actually the PVR-150 MCE edition.
 
What...? I was just saying the board layout was similar to what you first posted. I thought it was the same at first but I didn't directly compare the two until now. But, even though they are slightly different, it does look like they both use the same chipset and all...
 
I couldn't answer you on that. :confused: But that wouldn't be any big surprise. I simply picked out the MCE only model at the second link. The first will run both XP and MCE 2005. The only disappointment I've seen with AVerMedia's cards was the lask of NeoDVD that usually comes along with the Ultra TV software package. You simply set the length of time for captures and could monitor the input through a small window. :(
 
With the Ultra TV here the screen captures themselves are at 720x480. With the screen maximized it appears about but not quite as high as the desktop here. You'll find that video generally uses inbetween sizes rather then what is the standard desktop settings of 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and higher.

Actual the resolutions will also vary depending whether the video was created in NTSC or PAL. Resolutions can go from 620x400, 646x486, 768x576, 800x480, 848x480, and upto 1200x800 when capturing. On dvd video in mpeg II format you would see 740x480 and 720x480 for NTSC as well as 704x576 and 720x576 for PAL,
 
So if you where to capture video to your computer then burn it to a dvd disc, would it be in good clear quality if you watched it on your tv?
 
When burning to disk here(dvd, vcd) there are three levels of quality to choose from depending on the size of a video. The best setting will always maintain the highest degree of quality. The one thing will can see a video degraded is the blank media used. Different brands are known for being far more suitable. The format the video is in if captured can make a difference since converting from one format to another can see signal loss at times even if only minor.
 
I'm not familure with those cards Pc_Pimp, however i do have a Compro DVB-T300 which has been great (although i just changed over to Windows XP 64bit and they aren't releasing the x64 drivers untill next month)

Check out their cards here
 
Links don't work, but by the title, it should be the MCE and plain editions. Differences should simply be one has RCA jacks on it, the other simply has a headphone jack for audio input.
 
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