2007-04-06, 02:57 AM
Probably this has been covered, but the wiki listing doesn't get into comparative performance and my search of the past two months' posts here hasn't turned up a previous thread that's quite on point.
I'm a TV tuner novice, though I've now read a lot of reviews and specs. I'm looking for the best technical/visual performing PCI-E/PCI tuner card for a powerful/recent WinXP PC, US installation. Cost is not part of the ranking. I have a tower-mount HD-rated directional antenna signal, but no cable or satellite.
Goals:
Single tuner at a time, analog broadcast plus digital broadcast at 720p/1080i
Off-air captures are recordable to DVD
Fast channel switching
FM tuner OK but not needed
Full compatibility with GBDVR, of course
Some possibilities:
AVerTV Combo PCIe (unknown performance?)
ATI Theatre 650 Pro (2 seconds to change channels? happiness in the same box with an nVidia 7950GX2?)
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 (off-air recordings not compatible with DVD standard, per their specs page?)
Others?
I'm a TV tuner novice, though I've now read a lot of reviews and specs. I'm looking for the best technical/visual performing PCI-E/PCI tuner card for a powerful/recent WinXP PC, US installation. Cost is not part of the ranking. I have a tower-mount HD-rated directional antenna signal, but no cable or satellite.
Goals:
Single tuner at a time, analog broadcast plus digital broadcast at 720p/1080i
Off-air captures are recordable to DVD
Fast channel switching
FM tuner OK but not needed
Full compatibility with GBDVR, of course
Some possibilities:
AVerTV Combo PCIe (unknown performance?)
ATI Theatre 650 Pro (2 seconds to change channels? happiness in the same box with an nVidia 7950GX2?)
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 (off-air recordings not compatible with DVD standard, per their specs page?)
Others?