Good External TV Tuner?

[Lawler]

Hey,
I have some money lying around [birthday money ] and i have been looking at some external tv tuners. I'm pretty new to htpc's so im not sure what is really good out there or not. I dont really want to go internal but thats still an option [i dont know why i dont want internal but i would perfer external if the quality is just as good as internal.] budget is around 100 bucks USD. I've been looking at this kworld external the most and ive heard that theres a pretty good viewsonic one out there also. Kworld external
How good is that / are there any better products in my price range [~$100].

Also, would it be beneficial for me to upgrade my sound card from a SB Audigy LS to say a M-Audio Revolution 7.1 M Audio
or other equivilent sound card?

Thanks a lot
-Lawler

 

[IDversusEGO]

I would go with one of these by reputation...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=15-116-627&depa=0

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-144-504&depa=0

I have never used a USB tner, so I don't have first hand experience. These two products have gotten typically decent reviews as far as I know.

 

[Ver1tas]

i'd stick with the products IDversusEGO suggested if you are set on getting a usb one. personally i got a external tuner that doesn't require my computer to work at all and i run it on a second monitor http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=COMP2VGATV&mt=Z

you could try the viewsonic external box.

 

[ambientZ]

I have a Hauppauge Wintv-pvr usb2 i like it. This is different than the one that was linked from newegg. Its got the same mpeg2 encoding chip that the pvr250 board does. You won't be able to use this for console gaming -- too much lag, but for tv its great.

 

[Lawler]

How good is this leadtek tuner? its a little expensive [rather spend a little less but its fine] http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-122-213&DEPA=0 ???

thanks for the help

-Lawler

 

[TSS Modder]

sorry to resurrect a semi-old thread, but could someone recommend a good external, preferably bus-powered, USB 2.0 tv tuner thats capable of playing games? the one that i have has about a 2 sec lag time, and i need a tv tuner for trips to play my PS2, GC, and N64 on.

if you have any personally exp and can honestly tell me that its game-capable, thatd be great. my budget is 100$ or under.

edit: nvm. i think that the tuner directly above would work out great. but if anyone has any less expensive tuners w/ the same performance, id be glad to take their recommendations!