TV Tuner cards

Blitzer · Post by **Blitzer** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:54 pm

I can highly recommend this one Astro

http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion ... 11969.html

Dell are selling them for about $1350 atm. A little more pricy, but well worth it

AstrO · Post by **AstrO** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:20 pm

Blitzer wrote:I can highly recommend this one Astro

http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion ... 11969.html

Dell are selling them for about $1350 atm. A little more pricy, but well worth it

That's a lot of $$$$

Not sure I want to spend that much, I was thinking 700+ was a lot.

AstrO · Post by **AstrO** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:55 am

If I buy one of these Dell 2405FPW 24" LCD's and get a FusionHDTV DVB-T how will it look and run on my PC? What is the TV picture quality like at this size?

Specs:
Athlon64 3200+ (2GHz nForce 3 Ultra)
1gig dual channel ram (Corsair)
Albatron GeForce FX6600GT (AGP)
400gig Harddrive space (80gig, 120gig & 200gig all WD)

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:04 am

The more I read about that 24" Dell, the more I want it. Stop mentioning it!!!

I have a 22" philips CRT, it's great and I can use my 3D glasses while playing (not working with LCDs), but man I'd like to have that space when working...

Blitzer · Post by **Blitzer** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:59 pm

AstrO wrote:If I buy one of these Dell 2405FPW 24" LCD's and get a FusionHDTV DVB-T how will it look and run on my PC? What is the TV picture quality like at this size?

Specs:
Athlon64 3200+ (2GHz nForce 3 Ultra)
1gig dual channel ram (Corsair)
Albatron GeForce FX6600GT (AGP)
400gig Harddrive space (80gig, 120gig & 200gig all WD)

The picture quality is excellent in high definition. Watching Aus Idol the other night, you can see the makeup on peoples faces etc.. It's very good. I've only noticed 1 drawback so far - While watching bathurst on Sunday, when the positions scrolled along the bottom of the screen, it blurred a bit, almost un-readable as it tried to refresh really fast. Apart from that, the picture quality & colour is excellent. Watching a DVD on it is fine. There is more than enough room to have a full web browser page open & a TV box off to the side. Or have 2 full browser screen's open at 1 time. It's the best thing I have ever bought for my PC so far

Gusto · Post by **Gusto** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:41 am

Yeah, I have no idea why they have scrolling positions in the V8 broadcasts. The way its done by ITV in F1 is much better. And the position updates before the ads, they're like onscreen for two seconds, giving you enough time to read the first three and miss the other three. Channel Ten still has a lot to do to improve their broadcasts (True 1080i in all cameras is an idea

).

AstrO · Post by **AstrO** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:33 pm

Ok I didn't get the 24" Dell but I did get the tuner card and it rocks. The LCD I ended up buying was the Samsung SyncMaster 930BF (4ms) and it's a very nice LCD.

Post by **Bauer** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:00 pm

i knew there was a thread on this somewhere. Thought Id bump it so one of the admins could move it to the tech forum. Some good thoughts for those looking into a tv card.

Post by **Cutter** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:07 pm

Done.

Post by **Bauer** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:01 pm

ok im back from my trip to the big smoke and i have come home with a tuner card. Dvico pci

thank you to all for the advice, which is why i went looking for this thread earlier

Sarsippius · Post by **Sarsippius** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:30 pm

I haven't seen a dvico to compare with but I recently got a Digital Now card, the DVB-T Pro for $140 and it's very good. Made by an Australian guy and the price also includes express post, had it in Darwin in a couple days.
I didn't see much point in spending the extra for a dvico and apparently most people with a dvico card use the digital now software anyway, also the guy who makes them is active in the DVB forums.

Post by **Bauer** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:39 pm

I didn't see much point in spending the extra for a dvico

from what I have read and seen, you are probably quite right

however, Dvico was the only brand I could find locally

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:03 pm

The Digital Now ones are good. but usually more expensive that DVICO.

Good buy Sarsi.

Ultraview is a good alternative too.. its a OEM DVICO basically.

AstrO · Post by **AstrO** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:53 am

Anyone using the new FusionHDTV 3.3 official version yet, if so is it any good?
In the updates it says that the subtitle function (for Aust) is working now, can anyone confim if it is?

Post by **Bauer** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:59 am

AstrO wrote:Anyone using the new FusionHDTV 3.3 official version yet, if so is it any good?
In the updates it says that the subtitle function (for Aust) is working now, can anyone confim if it is?

am using 3.3 but since i only got my card yesterday, i dont have anything to compare it too

and for your benefit I turned subtitles on and it worked. Did it not before? or is that not what you meant

AstrO · Post by **AstrO** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:58 am

Bauer wrote:am using 3.3 but since i only got my card yesterday, i dont have anything to compare it too

and for your benefit I turned subtitles on and it worked. Did it not before? or is that not what you meant

I have never been able to get subtitles to work... maybe it was just me.

nneeooww · Post by **nneeooww** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:38 pm

Hey all - just bought myself a dvico dual digi tuner for me htpc - just wanting to know if you guys use the software provided with the card or are there any better out there?
looking at webscheduler for recording - but what about just viewing live tv etc?

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:06 pm

Webscheduler is awesome...

Try media portal for viewing + various HTPC functions

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/home/

gav0 · Post by **gav0** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:12 pm

iv got a TV@Anywhere card...does teh job

nneeooww · Post by **nneeooww** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:17 pm

pixelboy wrote:Webscheduler is awesome...

Try media portal for viewing + various HTPC functions

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/home/

proggie is pretty nice... - pitty now i have no signal, i was getting channel seven for awhile there.
might need to get a new aerial while im at it.

Also i was reading about some software capable of stream video from the tv tuner card across a network. Anyone had any experience with something like that?