TV Tuner Card [Archive] - Zeropaid Forums

RACKnRAIL

January 23rd, 2005, 08:13 AM

I am returning an external Pinnacle PCTV USB2 TV tuner today. I was very disappointed at it's performance. It kept crashing every time I tried to record anything. The worst of it was Pinnacle's hidden $5 online charge if you want mpeg 2 format capability. I do not recommend buying this unit. So, my question is what is good. I was thinking about ATI's tuner card, but there are so many choices now that I can't decide. I do prefer external as I'm running out of PCI slots.
Thanks...

the great one

January 23rd, 2005, 08:20 AM

I have a hauppauge tv tuner card,and it's never given me any problems!

RACKnRAIL

January 23rd, 2005, 08:24 AM

I have a hauppauge tv tuner card,and it's never given me any problems!
Is it external?

shawners

January 23rd, 2005, 08:34 AM

Hey rack and Rail!! HOw you been and what you up to now dayz =)

crackerjacker

January 23rd, 2005, 08:42 AM

I have a winhauppage tv tuner card, i havent really use it, but i higly recommend u get a ati all in wonder tv tuner card.
ati is the best for this type of thingie
on the other hand u can buy a usb tv tuner card too. *from that winhauppage company*

if i had to choose
definitely go with ati
cheers

Auggie2k

January 23rd, 2005, 09:00 AM

whats the best one to get for a laptop? I'm looking in to get a really good one but is my cpu speed ok for one... its a 2.4 Ghz P4?

MushroomheadXIII

January 23rd, 2005, 09:07 AM

I have an internal pinnacle pctv stereo. I can not run it together with my webcam because theyre both capturing devices. I webcamed with a friend, he saw my tv.

RACKnRAIL

January 23rd, 2005, 10:56 AM

Hey rack and Rail!! HOw you been and what you up to now dayz =)
Great! Same old, same old...ya know? I was wondering if you would ever return to the land of ZP. It's good to see you back!

RACKnRAIL

January 23rd, 2005, 10:58 AM

I have a winhauppage tv tuner card, i havent really use it, but i higly recommend u get a ati all in wonder tv tuner card.
ati is the best for this type of thingie
on the other hand u can buy a usb tv tuner card too. *from that winhauppage company*

if i had to choose
definitely go with ati
cheers
I am leaning towards ATI, but I don't need the all in wonder since I already have 128 mb graphics.

SanDiegoKid

January 23rd, 2005, 11:29 AM

You could get the plain 'ol TV Wonder http://www.ati.com/products/tvwonderve/
It's the AIW without the 3D.

Rack, is that Pinnacle online charge a one-time thing for a serial? If so, I know Pinnacle Studio 9, which is you know, around... has the same thing. Maybe it would work for you.

RACKnRAIL

January 23rd, 2005, 11:45 AM

You could get the plain 'ol TV Wonder http://www.ati.com/products/tvwonderve/
It's the AIW without the 3D.

Rack, is that Pinnacle online charge a one-time thing for a serial? If so, I know Pinnacle Studio 9, which is you know, around... has the same thing. Maybe it would work for you.
Thanks, but I've looked for that already. The one I needed was PCTV USB2 mpeg2. It is only a one time charge, but for the price of the tuner, you'd think it would be included.

diabolical ernie ku™

January 23rd, 2005, 02:23 PM

whats the best one to get for a laptop? I'm looking in to get a really good one but is my cpu speed ok for one... its a 2.4 Ghz P4?

ATI ok too much money Hauppage is best I think db401not sure or pvr350 you google it dont remember. I have Hauppage records in xvid and is nice no problems for a year. Install had problems with software!

My friend has atiallinwonder 9800 and likes it.

I think ati way is to much$ forget ati and save money

yes 2.4 is plenty cpu just fine! memory helps as usual

americanbitch

January 23rd, 2005, 02:44 PM

i use hauppauge tv go tuner card with fm radio it works very good but mine is only to watch tv i don't think i can record with it. i combined with a streamzap remote control i'm very happy no problems at all.

the great one

January 23rd, 2005, 02:59 PM

Is it external?

Mine is internal,but they sell all kinds!

shawners

January 23rd, 2005, 04:05 PM

www.newegg.com doesn't have one that fits your need friend =) Good to see you havent gone too far from zp land as well!

SanDiegoKid

January 24th, 2005, 12:02 AM

It's time to digress to camp fires and moss.

Technology = chainsaw.

RACKnRAIL

January 24th, 2005, 08:53 AM

It's time to digress to camp fires and moss.

Technology = chainsaw.

It does where I live...in Sooke BC. I would be willing to bet more people own chainsaws than computers.

btw, I picked up an ATI tuner for very cheap. It had been out of the box and the store manager gave it to me for $100 cn. It does everything I wanted it to. I can now back up all my VHS to DVD, which I have been wanting to do for a long time.
Thanks to all! Your opinions and expertise is appreciated.

Mels_Smileys45

January 24th, 2005, 09:09 AM

I use an external DVDxpress to record anything I want to DVD or my hard drive. Needs usb 2.0 and the quality is outstanding.

infringer

January 24th, 2005, 10:02 AM

Get the Plextor M402U you can capture direct to divx, Mpeg4, Mpeg2DVD, Mpeg2SVCD, Mpeg1, Mpeg1VCD...

Basically you can capture to any format you wish and at good quality as well.

Owned and tested without error this thing produces beautiful captures and it uses an onboard hardware encoder.

Buy it man you will not be disappointed though a bit pricey if they woulda had this sucker out a while back I woulda saved a lot of money...

I have owned about 9 differnt capture devices nothing has even come close to what this offers for the price hell I even owned the 400 dollar dazzel units two of them and they are junk compared to this.

Plextor M402U

www.plextor.com (http://www.plextor.com)

Buy it man just buy it!

-infringer-