Do I need a differant tuner card or is the trouble somewhere else?

[sofasurfer]

I have WindowsXP with a KWorld Global TV Terminator modelTV7131PCI TV
Card.
I don't get a lot of channels that my other tv gets (using antenna).
Also, the frequency fine tuner doesn't improve the fuzzy channels.
When I fine tune, it goes from viewable state to black screen with no
noticable differance in between.

Do I have a crappy card or can I expect the same from a differant one?

This one cost me about $35. Doesn't have onboard video card. Do you
recommend a differant tuner card? Whats my best bet from about the
same cost?

Anything esle I should know?

Thanks...

 

[Barry Watzman]

Sounds like a crappy tuner card. If you want to buy a new card, I'd
recommend the Hauppauge 150 series. Keep in mind that any tuner that
you buy today will be useless in a couple of years (broadcast of NTSC
standard television will end in February, 2009).

 

[Tom Lake]

Sounds like a crappy tuner card. If you want to buy a new card, I'd
recommend the Hauppauge 150 series. Keep in mind that any tuner that you
buy today will be useless in a couple of years (broadcast of NTSC standard
television will end in February, 2009).

Only free air analog broadcasting will cease. Cable TV will still have it
available.

Tom Lake

 

[Barry Watzman]

To the extent that cable systems will be free to do so at their own
option, you are potentially correct. However, I think that in practice
you will find that NTSC will disappear very quickly on cable systems as
well.

The deadline for the manufacture of ANY products (not just TVs but also
any kind of VCR or DVD recorder) with analog only tuners is next week.
The quality difference is huge, and prices have come WAY down, 56" inch
1080p sets have been sold by Best Buy for $1,749 (and really more like
$1,500 with various available discounts and rebates) and it's continuing
to drop. Standard Definition TV, even on cable systems, is going to die
surprisingly fast.

 

[Bob]

Sounds like a crappy tuner card. If you want to buy a new card, I'd
recommend the Hauppauge 150 series. Keep in mind that any tuner that
you buy today will be useless in a couple of years (broadcast of NTSC
standard television will end in February, 2009).

ATSC(Digital)/ NTSC/QAM
DVICO FusionHDTV
MyHD MDP-130