TV tuner cards for PC [Archive]

arj127

11th January 2009, 13:42

I'm thinking about having a new PC built and want to include a tuner card so i can save programs etc to my hard drive.
Has anyone got a tuner card allready and can give me some advise/info on them. I will be putting in a 512mb video card, the computer should be about 2.5Gb 2 core processor. Will this be enough??

This is the tuner card i am thinking of putting in: http://www.atech.co.nz/p.aspx?103054

Cheers

bungbung

11th January 2009, 13:49

I have been using a pair of Hauppage cards to record analogue tv for about four years using SageTV as a front end.

Your card choice looks ok, I would research the DVB-T compatibility to ensure this card can record Freeview HD. Try geekzone for more info.

arj127

11th January 2009, 14:14

I have been using a pair of Hauppage cards to record analogue tv for about four years using SageTV as a front end.

Your card choice looks ok, I would research the DVB-T compatibility to ensure this card can record Freeview HD. Try geekzone for more info.

Sorry, i should also have said that i have a normal (non HD) freeview receiver thats works off a sat dish, haven't really got any hd gear yet (except the tv in my lounge). So i will be feeding the card via a coax (vhf) and a rg6 sat cable.