Which TV tuner ?

[tin10]

Which TV tuner

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Ok guys, I am about to get satellite installed, and its going to be ran into the computer room, where I am at now. Its DirectTv, and it is a digital signal. I want to be able to watch TV on my computer, which I know is possible, and I want to get a decent tv tuner card, like the PVR-150 bundle. If u care to suggest a different, cheaper tv tuner, please by all means do, because I MAY do some recording, but it will mostly be just for watching tv.However, I have a few questions:

**How will it run on the system below

**How will it look on the Hyundai L90D+(the 8ms LCD found here ) compared to a regular TV set. I am not talking a HD widescreen TV, I am talking a Sanyo 27" Flat screen found here , its a decent TV, and the picture is really nice IMO.

Any help here will be more than useful!

 

[SynthDude2001]

Are you intending to get the TV signal from the satellite dish....? As far as I know, no PC TV tuner provides for a way to do this.

Edit: Unless you just want to run video and audio cables to the TV tuner's video in ports and still use the satelitte set-top box for the actual tuning.

 

[tin10]

Of course, it will come from the reciever

Let me say this again, from signals in the sky, to my satellite, into my reciever, then into my computer via tv tuner

 

[JackBurton]

The PVR-150 is a nice card, and your system will have no problems with it. Get it.

 

[tin10]

but what about the leadtek card I put in my OP, I really dont want to spend $100 on that card

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: tin10
but what about the leadtek card I put in my OP, I really dont want to spend $100 on that card

WinTV-PVR 150MCE - No remote for $75

WinTV-PVR 150 - With remote for $99

The 150 with or without a remote is better than the Leadtek. Get it.

 

[imported_JohnC]

I've been watching some TV on my L90D+, though with a pretty old/crappy tv card. It has a low resolution, so when I watch full screen it'll look somewhat fuzzy/blurry, but the colours are great and I don't see any ghosting or motion blur from the LCD.

I'd say it looks pretty good, tho I can't really compare it to a regular TV. My roommate's TV is also kind of old/small.

 

[airfoil]

Look no further than the Hauppauge PVR150 MCE, If in the market for a dual tuner (record one channel while you watch another), then get the PVR500 MCE.

If you dont want the MCE versions (which are fully compatible with XP), then you could coould get the regular PVR150/500, each of which ship with a remote control.