TV Tuner without lag for gaming

[jotns]

Well I have a 7800gt I was using as a TV tuner and I used to have a usb avermedia TV tuner, but I never could play console games with them due to the lag. Is there any improvment in using VGA TV tuners?

 

[dekard]

Well I have a 7800gt I was using as a TV tuner and I used to have a usb avermedia TV tuner, but I never could play console games with them due to the lag. Is there any improvment in using VGA TV tuners?

The problem is the analog to digital conversion. It is a time consuming process. If you pick up an analog tv-vga convertor you'd not have any lag.

 

[kleptophobiac]

It's not the ADC that takes the time, it's the MPEG2 encoder that needs a full buffer to run. Simple software based cards have very little or no perceivable lag. They drain CPU though.

 

[IDversusEGO]

www.x2vga.com has the best solution for playing consoles on a PC monitor

 

[Intel1317]

you could take the hauppage 150mce and run the registry hack on it. That is what I did to allow realtime play.

 

[Sinclair]

Just recently redid my HTPC box, picked up a ATI TV Wonder Pro for this exact use. S-Video from the game systems to the ATI and displayed with Dscaler. Looks much better then when it ran directly to the projector's crappy deinterlacer.

 

[tristan792]

i have an x800xt aiw in mine and experience no lag.

 

[wassi]

I recently picked up the ATI TV wonder USB 2.0, for watching TV. I find the TV and the software to run a bit sluggish. Does this have something to do with it being USB? Will a PCI tuner be faster?

System specifications
Amd 2800+xp @ 1.8gh
Asus a7v8x mobo
512 mb ram
Geforce 5600 fx 128mb
40 gig hd (17 gigs free)

Thanks for your help.