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TV Wonder for painless TV recording?
I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder
for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua |
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Mitchua wrote:
I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua Take a look here for a better solution: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,109098,00.asp -- MrToad |
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"MrToad" nospam@nospam wrote in message
... Mitchua wrote: I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua Take a look here for a better solution: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,109098,00.asp -- MrToad I'm really just looking for the card since most come with software to do the recording. I notice that Snapstream uses the Hauppauge cards though. I've heard good things about them. Better than the ATI WOnder? --Mitchua |
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:05:29 GMT, "Mitchua" wrote:
"MrToad" nospam@nospam wrote in message ... Mitchua wrote: I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua Take a look here for a better solution: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,109098,00.asp -- MrToad I'm really just looking for the card since most come with software to do the recording. I notice that Snapstream uses the Hauppauge cards though. I've heard good things about them. Better than the ATI WOnder? --Mitchua I've never owned an ATI Wonder, but have a couple of AIW and prefer my Leadtek Winfast Dlx TV2000XP : http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ion=14-122-132 Dave |
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"kony" wrote in message
... On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:05:29 GMT, "Mitchua" wrote: "MrToad" nospam@nospam wrote in message ... Mitchua wrote: I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua Take a look here for a better solution: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,109098,00.asp -- MrToad I'm really just looking for the card since most come with software to do the recording. I notice that Snapstream uses the Hauppauge cards though. I've heard good things about them. Better than the ATI WOnder? --Mitchua I've never owned an ATI Wonder, but have a couple of AIW and prefer my Leadtek Winfast Dlx TV2000XP : http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ion=14-122-132 Dave Wow that's cheap on newegg. Wish I lived in the States :-) --Mitchua (a Canadian) |
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MrToad nospam@nospam wrote in message ...
Mitchua wrote: I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua Take a look here for a better solution: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,109098,00.asp I was under the impression that the analog tuner cards all converted to mpeg2 for recording. I'm using a digital card, not for the extra channels (mind you, BBC3 had City on last night), but because the signal is already mpeg2 and does not need compressing for recording purposes. It's a good bet that the broadcasters have got better mpeg encoders than a cheap analog TV card. |
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Mitchua wrote:
"MrToad" nospam@nospam wrote in message ... Mitchua wrote: I'm looking for a cheap TV capture card to work as a digital video recorder for my digital cable e.g. I know I'm going to miss a show so I set it to record. Forgetting for the moment the challenge of the digital cable box (I know, I know...I'd only get the analog channels), will an ATI TV Wonder give me reasonably high quality? I have 120GB so MPEG2 compression isn't a must and I have an Athlon Xp 1800+ w/ 512MB of RAM so it should run fine. Pros and cons of USB vs. PCI? I already have a firewire card I use to capture video from my digital camcorder. Can you buy an RCA-to-firewire attachment? Thanks a lot, Mitchua Take a look here for a better solution: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...,109098,00.asp -- MrToad I'm really just looking for the card since most come with software to do the recording. I notice that Snapstream uses the Hauppauge cards though. I've heard good things about them. Better than the ATI WOnder? --Mitchua I believe so yes, they are dedicated capture cards, not trying to "do it all". Google for reviews... -- MrToad |
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