Kworld TV Tuner

[hoodoo]

Has anyone used a Kworld brand TV tuner. I am looking into this one:

http://www.kworld.com.tw/products/pr.../vs-ltv883.htm

It states MPEG 1/2/4 compression and it is only $55 from TigerDirect.com. I don't have the money to spend on a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 so I am looking at other options. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Enzo]

This card does not have hardware encoding. That's not absolutely necessary but the card is also not on BTVs supported list of tuners....

http://www.snapstream.com/Products/P...ompatiblecards


You would be better off buying a ATI TV Wonder VE for US$49 direct from ATI. At least its supported.

[hoodoo]

I really would like to get a card with hardware compression, and I have checked the drivers at the Kworld site and they use BTWINCAP, which Snapstream is compatible with. I believe the card will work, just not sure of the quality.

If I do decide to go software compression, will there be a big difference in video quality or is it just a PC performance issue?

[Terminal]

I think you would be better off buying a Hauppauge tuner myself, WINTV. Of coarse the optimum would be a PVR250. It seems to me that most people on here that have a hard time getting BTV going are using a ATI card. Maybe it's just me. Also I originally was using a ATI Radeon 7500 for TV out and the quality was awful. I am much happier with the Nvidia FX-5200. This is my opinion and your mileage may vary.