Tv Tuner

[Adam Warren]

hey! i was looking for a good tv tuner, i never thought of getting one which was integrated into my video card what i bought the computer, os now i need one which is seprat. any ideas, i dont want to pay much more then 100 canadian!

 

[Cromewell]

heres a bunch of tuner cards but not many are under $100 http://www.ncix.com/search/?quicksearch=tv+tuner
heres some more http://www.canadacomputers.com/video.html#tv

 

[Adam Warren]

is there any thing more specific i can get, thanks for the help cromewell but i was wondor if anyone had one? its hard to tell which of these are good, the reviews are so 50 50.

 

[Yeti]

What do you want to use it for? ie do you want a plain tuner or a DVR?

 

[Adam Warren]

I want to be able to watch and record tv on my computer, but i want a good pic, and a remote

 

[Yeti]

Well, there's two routes you can go - a TV tuner card which can be set up as a soft PVR (uses your CPU) or an actual DVR card which has an onboard MPEG2 encoder (more expensive). I have the tuner card that's linked and it works well for recording; I don't really watch TV on it at all.

 

[djsmoisin]

hey bro!
i bought one yesturday, and sofar, so good.
Im able to connect my Gamecube up and see full featured graphice as on ym TV screen.
also, with the ability to play FM radio and Cable TV, also comes with a remote.


all for the cheap price of $36CDN
Cant beat that nowhere

PRODUCT INFO:

Description
- TV Tuner Card with Remote Control

Features
- TV Tuner, Video Conferencing Read and Full Motion Capture card with Remote Control.
- FM Radio Function (Optional)


TV Standards
- Support NTSC, PAL, SECAM, PAL M and PAL N Video Signals.

Specifications
- Compatible with leading image editing softwares.
- Supports continuos AVI file capturing up to 30 frames per second and single frame snapshot.
- External Input source including composite video via RCA jack and S-Video via 4-pin Mini-DIN connector.
- Compatible with H.324 / H.323 compliant video conference software.
- Do not require passthrough cable to connect the VGA cards feature connector or loopback cables to connect the VGA card's monitor output.
- Supports upto 125 channels.​

More At: http://www.mercury-pc.com/products.php?productid=97

 

[Adam Warren]

allright, thanks guys, i think i may just get a cheap one for 50 bucks, theres a good selection on tigerdirect so i may just go there. thanks!