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PCI PVR card for use with Dish Network DBS?
I'm looking for a good video capture card to use as a PVR to record TV
programs onto my hard drive to play them back later through my A/V receiver and 32" flat screen TV. Most PVR cards I've looked at have no audio INPUT. Those would work OK for analog cable recording, but not recording off of satellite. For recording from Dish Network, I will need to use composite or S-Video video plus analog or digital stereo audio from connections on the back of the satellite receiver. Note that I have considered Dish Network's own PVR solutions and ruled them out. If I can't make a PVR out of a PC, I'd rather stick with my trusty VHS format VCR. I need a good card with: - PCI format expansion card (prefer internal rather than external) - Analog video inputs, both composite (RCA) and S-Video. These two inputs can share one connector with an included adapter, if necessary - Analog AUDIO input - Analog audio output - Remote control - connector for remote control sensor, and the remote control sensor itself (obviously) - Good software for time-shifting. When I say "time-shifting", I mean schedule recordings to run while I'm asleep or not at home so I can watch TV programs later. I don't mind paying for the software separately, but I want software that works WELL with whatever card I buy, without any extra "fiddling" with firmware, updates, etc. I technically don't even need a TV tuner in this card, though I imagine whatever card I buy will probably have one. OK, does this card exist? -Dave The system I intend to use for this has the following rough specs., though I can change anything if necessary to make this happen: AMD XP2500, 1GB Ram, Geforce4MX440 video card with TV out, nforce2 chipset mainboard, 50GB of free hard drive space (was thinking of picking up a new hard drive just for video recording, eventually), Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card, Windows XP Pro. |
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