no luck with USB: is there one card that is most commonly recommended

[prupert]

Hello

I know that this is a commonly asked question (I have already done a search) but there seems to be no overall recommendation for which is the best DVB-T card to use for GBPVR.

I used the WinTV Nova-T USB Stick fine for a few weeks, but it has suddenly stopped working (and according to Hauppage it is likely a hardware error). I was thinking of moving to a PCI card-based solution, since I always find USB hardware to be a little but unreliable. So I have been browsing the forums to find out the most reliable and most recommended DVB-T card.

I've seen some recommendations of random cards, and some people say that the WinTV-HVR-1300 is fine, but no overall recommendations.

So, I was wondering, if there are any brands of PCI card that produce better and more reliable results than others, or are there any PCI DVB-T cards that people recommend??? If I went for a PCI card that is branded as working with Media Center 2005 a good choice since they are likely more reliable??

All answers welcome???

[sub]

I cant provide any first hand recommendations since we dont use DVB-T here, but it seems like most people are happy with Hauppauge Nova-T PCI devices.

[ACTCMS]

I've got a Hauppauge Nova-T 500 PCI twin tuner card. Supplied WinTV software not up to much, but the card works great with gbpvr...

[prupert]

Yeah, it looks like Hauppauge goes down the best, so I guess I'll go with them (and hope the USB experience was down to the naffness of USB!!).

Funny, I thought that the name GB-PVR meant it was some software initially made for UK users in mind!! Guess not, what is the history of the name, out of interest??

Cheers for replies people.

[sub]

Funny, I thought that the name GB-PVR meant it was some software initially made for UK users in mind!! Guess not, what is the history of the name, out of interest??

Dont ask

Lame I know, but its actually my initials. It was originally going to be a temporary name, but I never got around to changing it.

[cprossu]

I am not sure if it is recommended or not, but I got my Adaptec AVC-3610 working well with both tuners working-

although I am running XP pro, with MCE drivers meant for the HP version of this box (found here)

only thing I haven't figured out is that there is one extra hardware device named "eHome Infared Tranciever" which I can't find a driver for that will install properly....
although in my case it wouldn't help, as I got my 3610 without a remote at a thrift shop-