2 TV Tuner cards help to chose which one to buy.

[Vasilii]

I'm planning on buying TV Tuner card, I consider 2 choices I can't make up my mind which one?

Sapphire Theatrix 550PRO or PowerColor Theater 550PRO

Which one is better? I know both of them are on ATI chipset, the "?" is,
is there any reasons to chose one over another?

I plan to convert VHS/camcoder to DVD format.

[SHS]

There both are 100% the same hardware hell even the remote are the same in fact the only real chose one over another is same maybe with included in the software suite which are carp any way.

[manthing]

also, i may be wrong, but i've read somewhere that all the 550 pro cards are analog only. can someone confirm this? maybe there is a way of doing a digital-to-analog conversion?

[Lothar1974]

I had a Xtasy Theater 550 Pro and it was horrible! The picture quality was no where near my old ATI 9700 AIW. I bought the ATI 550 Elite addition on sale for $100 and the picture quality is really good. The software sucks that came with it though, I am using Beyond TV 3. A guy from work also has this tuner and is coverting vhs, he said the quality is very good, not sure what software he is using. Heres the product link for the ATI Elite if you are interested. Good Luck!

Link

Lothar1974

[Vasilii]

Heres the product link for the ATI Elite if you are interested. Good Luck!

Link

Lothar1974

ATI Elite costs almost twice the price of Sapphire Theatrix 550PRO,
so I have ordered Sapphire Theatrix 550PRO I hope it's as good as ATI Elite.

[SHS]

That odd Lothar1974 when Xtasy Theater 550 Pro is the same as ATI 550 Elite sound like to me you have a bad card.