Would this card enable me to record from my tv, etc?

[peter762033]

Heres a link to the card

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1813499037.114466...ned&tabIndex=1

the tv i have currently got lets me watch tv aswell as use it as my monitor, so i dont need it to watch tv.I need it to record the tv, would this beable to do it?

[guns1inger]

Yes, but only analogue. I'd look for a digital TV card instead.

[peter762033]

wats the difference between analogue and digital?

[guns1inger]

Apart from image quality, less effort may be required to capture if you can grab the transport streams from the broadcast, instead of having to encode them yourself on the fly. If you can afford a high def card, the image quality will be much better than you can get from an analogue card.

[peter762033]

ok, which card would u reccomend from this list

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1046832819.114466...&show_all=true

[guns1inger]

I would be asking these questions int he Digital TV forum. You will hopefully get responses from posters in the UK who can tell you what works well and what doesn't.

[peter762033]

MODS CAN U MOVE THIS THREAD TO THE DIGITAL TV SECTION PLZ, I WAS TOLD TO ASK THX

[Baldrick]

moviiiiiiing.

[peter762033]

thx

so anyone got any suggestions?

i was looking at the second one on the list, would this give good quality?

[peter762033]

i think this one looks good

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1792745759.114468...8&tm=undefined

would this beable to record from another tv or a ps2?

[peter762033]

Anyone?

[marshalljames]

i think this one looks good

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1792745759.114468...8&tm=undefined

would this beable to record from another tv or a ps2?

You should check out the capture card section of this site.
yes that will record TV but isn't very reliable(audio sync problems).And at 70 quid or $140 is way overpriced for an old card like the 150.(at lest a5 yr old card?)
At the risk of being shot I would check out the ati all in wonder.

[peter762033]

the ati all in wonder is way out of my price range, i was thinking more like 20-70

[edDV]

If you are tuning to an analog broadcast, I recommend a tuner card with hardware encoding like the Hauppauge PVR series. These will encode the analog broadcast to MPeg2 in hardware and won't load the computer.

If you are tuning a digital TV broadcast, it is best to capture the digital stream directly with a DTV/HDTV capture card for best quality.

[edDV]

the ati all in wonder is way out of my price range, i was thinking more like 20-70

Reconsider your budget if necessary to get hardware encoding. You won't like the performance of a non-encoding card and will end up buying another anyway.

[peter762033]

im not sure wether im watching analogue or digital?Could u reccomend one from the list, theres a link a little further up the page