TV Tuner card

[Tosh McCaber]

I'm looking for recommendations for a good TV tuner card that they you have been satisfied with? How many bells and whistles do I need?

I don't want to spend over the top, but I want to make sure that I've got something up to date, that I won't be replacing next year.

Thanks in advance.

[goates]

I have an ATI TV Wonder Pro with Remote, but I got it because it was cheap. The Hauppage series are very popular and are good quality. Unless you have HDTV in your area, you only need a standard analog tuner. I'm not sure if all cards work in all regions though, so make it works with PAL or NTSC as appropriate.

goates

[Background Noise]

If you are talking about a desktop/internal card I can recommend (from experience) hauppauge's cards both analogue and digital. Digi one gets all freeview channels and allows HD recording in dig quality and is easy to use/install etc.

Just got an Artec T1 for a laptop. Good picture but poor software and having difficulty updating it.

[BigEndBob]

Avoid Pinnacle, i've had one for 4 years, pctv rave. Normally works ok tv mode but record keeps getting sound sync. problems, but see their forums on their site for common problems.