Edit(7/18/07): Price keeps dropping...in stock at geeks for $29.99 now Link: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=32500&cpc=SCH
Edit(6/13/07): Card appears to be back in stock at geeks.com for $33. I have been using two of these for 3 weeks now with gbpvr...they have been working great!
Edit(5/16/07): Appears to be in stock other places for ~$40. See this thread: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=26694
Edit(5/10/07): Appears to be out of stock now
FYI
Geeks.com is selling the TwinhanDTV ATSC (D+A) PCI Smart TV Tuner (Model 3250) for 34.99 +S/H. I used the coupon code DEALWORKER for 10% off, bringing it to $31.49. Shipping for me was $8 for one, and I ordered two cards and shipping did not change. Link: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=32500&cpc=SCH
My understanding (though I do not have one of these yet) is that is has a digital and an analog tuner in it. From forum searching, it looks like the digital side works with GBPVR, but not the analog side (I do not think it has an onboard mpeg encoder). There is mixed information whether or not it does QAM. It also looks like it is a full height pci card, so it might not fit in some of the small form factor boxes.
It looks like people have used this card successfully with GBPVR. It comes with a IR remote, but from what I can tell from forun searching, people have not had much luck with Twinhan remotes.
There is a thread discussing this deal on slickdeals:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=508951
When I get these in and working (hopefully) I will report back. Note: I am only interested in the digital tuner for OTA...I have no plans to mess with the analog tuner.:mad:
Edit(6/13/07): Card appears to be back in stock at geeks.com for $33. I have been using two of these for 3 weeks now with gbpvr...they have been working great!
Edit(5/16/07): Appears to be in stock other places for ~$40. See this thread: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=26694
Edit(5/10/07): Appears to be out of stock now
FYI
Geeks.com is selling the TwinhanDTV ATSC (D+A) PCI Smart TV Tuner (Model 3250) for 34.99 +S/H. I used the coupon code DEALWORKER for 10% off, bringing it to $31.49. Shipping for me was $8 for one, and I ordered two cards and shipping did not change. Link: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=32500&cpc=SCH
My understanding (though I do not have one of these yet) is that is has a digital and an analog tuner in it. From forum searching, it looks like the digital side works with GBPVR, but not the analog side (I do not think it has an onboard mpeg encoder). There is mixed information whether or not it does QAM. It also looks like it is a full height pci card, so it might not fit in some of the small form factor boxes.
It looks like people have used this card successfully with GBPVR. It comes with a IR remote, but from what I can tell from forun searching, people have not had much luck with Twinhan remotes.
There is a thread discussing this deal on slickdeals:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=508951
When I get these in and working (hopefully) I will report back. Note: I am only interested in the digital tuner for OTA...I have no plans to mess with the analog tuner.:mad: