What kind tv tuner should i pick?>

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What kind tv tuner should i pick>
Below 100 CDN thanks
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Internal, PCI card. If you want hardware MPEG2 compression
support, get a card that has that too, though it about
doubles the price of the card.
 
kony said:
Internal, PCI card. If you want hardware MPEG2 compression
support, get a card that has that too, though it about
doubles the price of the card.
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And worth every penny!
 
Hauppauge makes the best.
Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner/ Video Capture Card
http://www.softwareandstuff.com/CRD10186.html
$19.99 US
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Ordered mine from them on the 3rd. They shipped the fourth. I received
it the 8th.

Installed it and it works perfect. Has the 878 chip so is said to work
with Linux too. Haven't tried it yet though. Been recording with
Virtualdub from video tape. Haven't tried TV yet.

Quality at least as good as my old ATI All In Wonder Pro 128.

I also have a Matrox G400-TV. Won't record my camcorder videos. Keeps
telling me it's macrovision. Played with it for several hours
changing/upgrading drivers. Tried to locate macrovision patches. May
still be good for TV. Screen graphics look very rich. Just recording
sucks.

Steve
 
And worth every penny!
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Unless you,

A) Want to edit the video, in which case you want a
lossless B)

B) Want a codec other than MPEG2. Why anyone would want
MPEG2 except for playback on a DVD player? Since MPEG2 is
hardly ever offered online anymore, one would tend to want
MPEG4 support regardless, and thus want to capture to this
superior format too to enjoy the space and/or quality
benefits.

On the other hand, hardware MPEG2 is nice for a slimline
HTPC, if you can shoehorn it into the case, OR if someone
needs to capture while simultaneously using the system for
some other (demanding) use. In that respect they are great.
 
kony said:
Unless you,

A) Want to edit the video, in which case you want a
lossless B)

B) Want a codec other than MPEG2. Why anyone would want
MPEG2 except for playback on a DVD player? Since MPEG2 is
hardly ever offered online anymore, one would tend to want
MPEG4 support regardless, and thus want to capture to this
superior format too to enjoy the space and/or quality
benefits.

On the other hand, hardware MPEG2 is nice for a slimline
HTPC, if you can shoehorn it into the case, OR if someone
needs to capture while simultaneously using the system for
some other (demanding) use. In that respect they are great.
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Whats the biggest difference between Mpeg 2 and 4 and if i plan on recording
TV shows with closed captions what card should i go for??
Remember im on a tight budget :)
 
Whats the biggest difference between Mpeg 2 and 4 and if i plan on recording
TV shows with closed captions what card should i go for??
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MPEG2 takes up more space per same quality (or lower quality
per same (storage) space)but uses less CPU/processing. I
don't record closed captions and can't offer anything there.


The cheapest cards are generics based on the old Brooktree
878 chipset, then if you don't like the software that comes
with it you look for something else. Using froogle there
are quite a few choices under
$30,http://www.google.com/froogle?scoring=p&q=video+tuner+PCI
, but I dont' know anything about most of them. You ought
to google for some video capture oriented web forums and ask
there, as they might even have some linked reviews of cards
so you can get a better idea of the software interface,
which could be the largest difference on the low-cost cards.
 
Whats the biggest difference between Mpeg 2 and 4 and if i plan on recording
TV shows with closed captions what card should i go for??
Remember im on a tight budget :)
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If you want to record closed captions, record in ATI's .vcr format.
 
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