These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )

"Cueless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message newsavKf.401$(E-Mail Removed)...
> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
> card? )

One from NV is due shortly, like within a week or so. Dual tuners
on a single card.

"Cueless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue
> after another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea
> make a tv tuner card? )

ATI might suck, but certain technologies are that way too. Good
luck.

Cueless wrote:
> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
> card? )
>
>


I have a nVidia 6800GT OC and an ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 and they appear
to work perfectly together. That is a potential option for you...

Cueless wrote:
> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
> card? )

Put a Hauppage WinTV PVR card in my wife's computer as a Christmas
gift... works great for her. A lot less troublesome than my Radeon9800
All-in-Wonder. Only drawback is the lack of a good listings app (the
bundled one supports US broadcasters and cable companies only). Cost me
CDN$100, including remote, and even has an IR blaster so it can control
cable/satellite boxes.



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Matt Ion wrote:

> Cueless wrote:
>> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
>> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
>> card? )
>
> Put a Hauppage WinTV PVR card in my wife's computer as a Christmas
> gift... works great for her. A lot less troublesome than my Radeon9800
> All-in-Wonder. Only drawback is the lack of a good listings app (the
> bundled one supports US broadcasters and cable companies only). Cost me
> CDN$100, including remote, and even has an IR blaster so it can control
> cable/satellite boxes.


A question:

"All-in-Wonders"..do they have a hw-based mpg2-encoder onboard - or is it
always software/CPU based as far as video recording is concerned..

(= a common and important feature on many/most TV cards..)

"Cueless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsavKf.401$(E-Mail Removed)...
> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
> card? )


From everything I've read in the newsgroups and Internet forums over the
years, I would not buy an All-In-Wonder card of any sort. However, other
than that, I really have little to complain about with ATI. My own
experience has been solid.

kalev- wrote:

> Matt Ion wrote:
>
>> Cueless wrote:
>>> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
>>> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv
>>> tuner card? )
>>
>> Put a Hauppage WinTV PVR card in my wife's computer as a Christmas
>> gift... works great for her. A lot less troublesome than my Radeon9800
>> All-in-Wonder. Only drawback is the lack of a good listings app (the
>> bundled one supports US broadcasters and cable companies only). Cost me
>> CDN$100, including remote, and even has an IR blaster so it can control
>> cable/satellite boxes.
>
>
> A question:
>
> "All-in-Wonders"..do they have a hw-based mpg2-encoder onboard - or is it
> always software/CPU based as far as video recording is concerned..
>
> (= a common and important feature on many/most TV cards..)

No, they do not.

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Thanks for the replies. I kind of felt a separate tuner card might be
better.
"Cueless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
> another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
> card? )
>

NightSky 421 wrote:
> "Cueless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsavKf.401$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
>>another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
>>card? )
>
>
>
> From everything I've read in the newsgroups and Internet forums over the
> years, I would not buy an All-In-Wonder card of any sort. However, other
> than that, I really have little to complain about with ATI. My own
> experience has been solid.

I don't have a problem so much with the card, it works well... it's the
damn crappy flaky MMC software and the lame-ass system-hogging GuidePlus
app they bundle with it.


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