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  • #1

    TV Tuner Cards

    Hey all.

    I'm looking to buy a TV Tuner Card for my computer but I don't know diddlie squat about them.

    So I'd really appreciate it if you techies out there, or anybody at all, can give me any advice on good cards out in the market that I can purchase.

    Oh, also if you could please tell me anything that you think I should know regarding these cards. I want to get a good one straight off. Even if its don't buy one. Just make sure you include reasons aswell.

    And yes, we do have TV in New Zealand, in fact we have colour aswell. We're slowly catching up

    Thanks in advance people.
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  • #2
    I thought New Zealanders were too busy with their sheep to bother with such fangled gadgets like TV tuner cards.
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    • #3
      Well we have to have something with which to watch our free to air sheep pr0n now don't we.

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      • #4
        Beats me why don't you get a TV set instead.
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        • #5
          Well, any card that has a bt8xxx chip inside... Don't get one.
          Nothing actually wrong with it, but there are still better ones.
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          • #6
            Beats me why don't you get a TV set instead.
            Because it'll be easier to have it as apart of my computer. TVs are bulky things when you don't have that much room. Plus I'm kinda aiming to make my computer a complete entertainment centre. Also just cause.

            Well, any card that has a bt8xxx chip inside... Don't get one. Nothing actually wrong with it, but there are still better ones.
            Cheers.


            So nobody knows anything at all. My God, I must have found the only topic nobody on 'poly knows anything about. Somebody must have some advice to share.

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            • #7
              I have the ATI TV Wonder and it's good.
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              • #8
                Thank you, one person who actually has a TV card. I'll look into that one on the net a bit.

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                • #9
                  The interference will likely be pretty bad for you on a Bt8x8 chip, especially since you are in PAL land. Well, the interference will be pretty bad for all of the tuners on these cards.

                  You will have better luck with a card that has a Philips chip on it or a Conexant CX2388x chip on it.

                  Good luck.
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                  • #10
                    A better way of getting this done is by having a capture card rather than a TV tuner card. It's the same thing as the tuner card, without the tuner. Run s-video from your VCR or TiVo to the capture card in your computer. This will minimize the interference. Capture cards are dirt cheap here in the States. Don't know about NZ.
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #11
                      http://www.griffler.co.nz/cgi-bin/nz_store/00127.html


                      - Been checking out that tuner card. Looks good. Opinions?

                      Thanks if you reply.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Asher
                        I have the ATI TV Wonder and it's good.
                        I have the same thing and it sucks.... another ATI piece of ****
                        To us, it is the BEAST.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sava
                          I have the same thing and it sucks.... another ATI piece of ****
                          What's wrong with it for you?
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #14
                            Been checking out that tuner card. Looks good. Opinions?
                            Is this based on the bt8x8 chip series rather than the Philips or CX2388x chip series? Also, the price seems pretty steep.
                            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Asher

                              What's wrong with it for you?
                              it doesn't work... it's collecting dust in my closet
                              To us, it is the BEAST.

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