Pinnacle Studio PCTV cheap in comp usa for $29 after rebate

[geniv]

saw this post from another message board.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=288411

maybe someone wanna pick up one of these thing.

just wondering.

which is better?
the Pinnacle Studio PCTV or the WINTV PCI?

I got the WINTV PCI. both seems to have smiliar features, remote, TV tuner, FM radio.

one thing about my wintv is I got no remote and when watching tv I get interlace/scanline problems with the video so it's pretty aweful.

[Anonymous65]

Both are basically the same card, a tuner with a BT8x8 chip. WinTV have better support, perhaps.
When watching interlaced TV on a non-interlaced PC monitor, you will always get interlace artifacts...

[Arkansas]

Use DScaler for watching TV --> no more interlacing.

[Arepiv]

As far as I remenber, Studio PCTV has the S-VHS connector input whereas the Win TV PCI doesn't.

For good quality captures the S-VHS input is highly recommended.

[dphirschler]

I picked it up. So far great card. What a price!

My previous card did not have a stereo tuner, s-video input, fm radio tuner, or a remote control. This one has all that. And it captures great. It's stable so far. No lockups to speak of.


Darryl