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windoze9x

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I need a good tv card that is windows media center compatible. It's for my friend who doesn't like the one that came with his sony computer cuase it's doesn't work with much software.

His main concern is quality and compatibility (especialyl with media center). He needs it mainly for capturing vhs tapes to burn to dvd. Remotes and all that junk isn't necessary cause he's got media center for that. I saw a couple ati cards that are made for media center but I remember buying a cheapo ati card (tv wonder ve) and the video quality sucked ROYALLY. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
ATI E-HOME WONDER - $70. i just got one from newegg and it works GREAT, even under Windows XP Pro.

i'm running SageTV (2.0 beta) on it and it kicks MAJOR ass. has on-board Connexant MPEG2 encoder - same one found in Hauppauge PVR-250, and an ATI Theatre 200 chip.

there is no bundled software - only drivers.
 
Ugh...I'd stay away from anything ATI makes with a TV tuner. If someone else had great experiences, fantastic...but I've had lots of problems with them. Bad picture, video capture that's a resource hog, and cwappy drivers. I like these two:

MSI TV@nywhere Master

Leadtek WinFast TV2000 Expert

I have both, and I like them both...probably the Leadtek a bit more.
 
MSI TV @nywhere.... I have one. Great specs, great hardware, you'd be better off writing your own drivers and software. To get the software to work properly, you must install it just right, set settings just right, and the stars must be aligned in a particular pattern.

I'd stay away from this one, unless you really like messing with stuff.

I've heard good things about the Leadtek card though. Its not much more.
 
I have a 9600Pro AIW, and the quality is pretty darn good. The AIW's use the same hardware as the standalone cards, so I say go for it.

If you do decide to go the ATI route, get a little program (literally, it's 50k or so), called Shadowstream from this website http://www.phazonomicron.com/

It's less bloated than ATI's software, easier to use, free, and it has better quality.
 
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