OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

[John Bennett]

[ukvac] OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

Does anyone have one of these? I'd just like to know if they're any
good and if someone has one that they're really pleased with, if you
could throw me a model number it'd be appreciated.

Thx

TJ




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[Guests]

[ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

Hi Tony,

There are some good reviews and opinions here: http://www.tv-cards.com

I've got a cheapy generic one that's perfectly adequate, but Hauppage
ones appear to have good reviews.

Cheers

Tony

 

[guddler]

RE: [ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

Don't buy the Pinnacle jobbie that is badged as Hewlet Packard on PC World
shelves. Yes, it's only £29, but yes, it's pretty crap! I bought one and
never really used it.

It'll receive TV pictures, but that's about yer lot. No sensible video
capture or anything like that.

Hauppage are basically the defacto standards makers just like Creative were
(maybe still are?) in the sound card world.

Beyond that I don't really know much about them. It was always one of those
things that I'd managed to convince myself that I wanted but when I got one
it was a bit of a case of what the hell am I gonna do with this thing and
why did I bother!!

Was quite handy when I was doing a load of Xbox hacking though as it meant I
wasn't hogging the living room TV all the time. Then I remember we have
picture in picture so I didn't need to hog it anyway - DOH!

Martin.

 

[arcadeheavenuk]

[ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

had a Hauppage in my PC, pants, picture quality is very grainy - this
was a few years ago so it may be the pc didn't have enough balls.

Dont bother with the USB ones either again Hauppage, tried one on my
laptop, complete waste of time.

buy a cheap TV instead

 

[John Bennett]

RE: [ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

Similar problems here too... Hauppage are notoriously bad for drivers
(at least they were last time I tried to use their hardware) - opting
for proprietary codecs instead of common ones, etc.



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[John Bennett]

Re: [ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

Thanks Tony - I'll go and have a good gander.

Thanks to all for the feedback .. obviously they're not just the plug and
play dream I was hoping for!

Tony

www.killercabs.com
Arcade Game Cabinets



DATA Imported from archives: originally posted by TJ (tony@djhalo.com)

 

[Guests]

[ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

if anyones interested a have a box of tvcards going cheap



DATA Imported from archives: originally posted by andy (suicide_c@hotmail.com)

 

[John Bennett]

Re: [ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

Are you selling just the whole box or individually? Also what make are they?

Thx

Tony

www.killercabs.com
Arcade Game Cabinets



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[Guests]

[ukvac] Re: OT: PC TV Tuner Cards

various makes/models can trade you 1 or the lot make me an offer off list



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