best TV card?

[JDawg]

What does everybody out there think is the best TV tuner card? I currently have an ATI TV Wonder VE and am trying to figure out if I can get a better picture quality from a better tuner card.

[RobertH]

2 words:

pvr 250

ok an acronym and a number but hell. It is the best damn output you will get short of getting an hdtv signal and finding someway of dumping it directly to your harddrive

a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 but round here we call them pvr250's

[ptaylor]

I second that! I have an 8500DV that I was using, and it was no where near as good as my new pvr250.

Paul

[cmasters]

Software encoding simply can't compete with hardware. Hauppauge 250.

[acadman]

Robert,


You seem to be the resident expert around here. What about the WinTV Digital model 697? Does anyone know how I can get the Comcast digital cable channels or do I need to hook up through my digital cable box? Is the PVR205 still the best overall?

Thank you.

Originally posted by RobertH
2 words:

pvr 250

ok an acronym and a number but hell. It is the best damn output you will get short of getting an hdtv signal and finding someway of dumping it directly to your harddrive

a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 but round here we call them pvr250's

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[RobertH]

SS doesnt support ANY digitial tuners, if you want to record from digital cable you will have to hook the cable box upto a regular tuner or a hardware tuner (pvr250/350/ adaptec videoh) see the support page:
http://www.snapstream.com/Products/P...VS3_SysReq.asp

and then use one of the ir blasters or a serial cable to control the channel changing on the cable box

[beyond]

SS doesnt support ANY digitial tuners, if you want to record from digital cable you will have to hook the cable box upto a regular tuner or a hardware tuner (pvr250/350/ adaptec videoh) see the support page:

This is what I do.. .getting the IR Blaster's to work is a little tricky with some boxes, ie mine.. heh.. I have a motorola DCT2000 digital cable box.. ends up that it's Bit Rate is an odd one, at 489 (which is one u have to actually find, as it's not published) I'd recommend using HE Remote, the author Bob is a great guy, who is more than willing to help out his users as well.. (thanks bob! )

[DanielS]

I second that as I also have the IR200 and the Motorola DCT2000. HE Remote is (nearly) FLAWLESS with this setup. I say nearly because I did miss a few channel changes when my IR200 was 5 feet away. Since I added a serial port extension cable, my remote is 2 inches from the Cable Boxe's receiver, and I haven't missed a change since.

HE Remote rocks!!! I will definitely be making a donation to its author.

[dragin33]

Would anyone recommend the PVR 350 over the 250... I know snapstream doesn't support the hardware decoding right now but for future support i was wondering if you all think it would be worth it?

[RobertH]

It might be a good feature but I wouldnt get your hopes up for it too soon, I remember it being said it was on a list but wasnt anywhere near the top

[Ronald Pierce]

Just an FYI - picked up a PVR 250 at Circuit City today - $149 w/ $50 of rebates for final price of $99.

See Circuit City here...
http://tinyurl.com/ih22

- Ron