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TV Cards - What to get?


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Just built a monster rig and delayed getting a TV tuner card...

Really want to know what you all think is the "best", in terms of features / quality

Happauge? ATI? Avermedia?

It appears the Happauges are the most widely used...

I would like it to have HD and digital tuning capability for future compat.

As far as PCI vs PCIx - doesn't really matter

Is the Gemstar guide still being used? Or do these newer cards have something bigger and better, so to speak?

I remember I had an old Gateway with a tuner card and it used that guide (updated over the net)

yes, it's been a while!

I would love to dualboot to Mtyhbox / MediaPortal / etc. if possible, as well

gotta love it

Edit:

Found this - http://www.msfn.org/board/HD_TV_Turner_Cards_t103026.html

Still would like to know about the Guide thing...

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Though it doesn't support OTA HD, I'd suggest taking a look at nVidia's Dual TV. I have it in my htpc (until I make the plunge for FiOS) http://www.nvidia.com/page/dualtvmce.html

One of the great things is that it's a dual tuner in a single PCI slot (1 coax in with an internal splitter) which was a big thing for me. Picture quality seemed better than the ATi AIO 9800 Pro I had before, and it worked as advertised with XP MCE.

hauppage is as others had described, a great lineup of cards

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