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tv tuner card doubts
Name: majo Date: October 27, 2007 at 12:37:48 Pacific OS: Win 2K upgrading to win X CPU/Ram: 400Mhz PII 392MB Ram, 80 Product: Dell Dimension V400
Comment:
I want to record tv shows on my desktop. I´ve been searching online for TV tuner cards but as I keep searching I really don´t know what to buy. Hope someone might help me here with these questions:
- Can anyone recommend a good affordable TV tuner card for my desktop?
- Can someone tell me the pros and cons of internal and external TV tuner cards?
- If I get a USB tuner card, will my system support it?
Name: aegis Date: October 27, 2007 at 13:02:54 Pacific
Reply:
I have inexpensive Hauppauge and Aver video cards and they both work very well. But I purchased separate software for recording, because the software that came with them was not flexible enough for me.
I recently purchased a $30 USB box (a USB 2.0 TV tuner) and I haven't got it to work yet. It crashes the system.
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Response Number 2
Name: majo Date: October 27, 2007 at 13:31:17 Pacific
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aegis, what software did you buy? what do you mean by "not flexible enough"?
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Response Number 3
Name: RTAdams89 Date: October 27, 2007 at 13:57:20 Pacific
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What are you tryign to record/view. Basic cable? Over the air HD TV? Cable HDTV?
-Ryan Adams http://ryanadams.blogsite.org
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Response Number 4
Name: aegis Date: October 27, 2007 at 14:02:51 Pacific
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I purchased Cyberlink's Power VCR II, because it had more options to select the quality and size of the recorded file. It also has an option to automaticly record at a time you select.
If I was to purchase a program now, I would like to have one that records either DIVX or XVID. I convert all my videos to one of those formats these days. The files are much smaller and still have pretty good quality.
Excellent points by RTAdams89. You will need an HD tuner to record HD.
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Response Number 5
Name: majo Date: October 27, 2007 at 14:20:12 Pacific
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I'm trying to record basic cable (my fave tv shows and sports games).
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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill Date: October 27, 2007 at 14:34:08 Pacific
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The only HD available right now is for use with an over the air antaenna. Non that will work with any HD cable.
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Response Number 7
Name: rhawk7938 Date: October 27, 2007 at 15:11:28 Pacific
Reply:
I use a Hauppauge PVR 150 PCI card, it works very well and it's affordable.
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