Tv card for pc

robowen

Hello Techies !!
Just wanted to know if THIS Tv card is any good

I know nowt about this kind of stuff, just need to know if its value for money or can I get something else thats better for the money

Thanks for looking !

rob

T4i

Hauppauge is a good choice. I've nver had a problem with them and they offer good support.

T4i

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004VU5G/pricerunner-21/ref%3Dnosim/202-8459518-8432600

£30 inc delivery if you dont live near a pc world. Its at a good price though.

robowen

albertross wrote:

If you are in a freeview region, I'd get a digital TV model, this is at the bottom end of Hauppauge's range, and only does mono TV sound, and analogue channels.

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_hvr900.html

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/prod_digital.html

I'm glad you showed me this one .....a mate of mine said to get a digital one...so I suppose he meant a card to receive digital channels as well.

Think these are about £68

Is there one that does digital freeview and sky tv too ?

rob

nads

As has already been suggested, you are best of witha digital tv card. SKy TV is not possible using just a tv card but Telewest (but not ntl) apparently is, but it has to be a certain type of tv card. I think it needs to be a conexant chipset: http://www.chris-tv.com/cards.html

Definately get yourself a digital card with a normal aerial socket and a coax socket.

Edit: Best site out there for TV Card stuff:

http://www.tv-cards.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=12107&highlight=sky, I have a own leadtek.com tv card which still works grand.

wonderfullife_2

Hi
Have you looked at the usb ones, don't know if their any good though, but their was a thread awhile back about the usb ones.
FREECOM DVB-T USB Stick With Remote Control Unit

http://kryton.clickandbuild.com/cnb/shop/directusbstore?op=catalogue-products-null&prodCategoryID=44

Hope this helps

robowen

Have been looking at this card but not sure of my pc is good enough

I've got an AMD athlon xp 2400+ 2.00GHz 512MB ram.
I think the card requires a pentium 3

rob

bunking_off

albertross wrote:

This one is cheaper, but the aerial is a bit small (you need a good signal for freeview). You should be able to get the Hauppauge cheaper if you shop around.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?FRE-25451

The freecom card has an aerial socket on it so you can use a better aerial and bin the diddy one that comes with it.

nads

Does the freecom one require any sort of installation from the usb stick? Would be great to use at work!

sco0ter

Freecom needs its TV viewer installed to work.. I got one of these a week ago and its been great. Freecom is actually a renamed Yakumo.

robowen

sco0ter wrote:

Freecom needs its TV viewer installed to work.. I got one of these a week ago and its been great. Freecom is actually a renamed Yakumo.

can you plug a video camera into it ??

rob