TV Tuner fuzz

[dudesmn]

I will soon be purchasing my first TV Tuner. Im looknig for an internal PCI that can also encode.

My Price range is about $100, maybe $120.

Im looking to record programs and things like that.

i looking for good shark quality.

What do you guys recommend?

[lennyt]

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html

I have been using the WinTV-PVR-150 from Hauppauge with excellent results. It has a built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder which does not drain your CPU. Also I would look at SageTV or SageTV Recorder on the software end for recording to PC.

[dudesmn]

is this one anygood?

http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/Products/DualDigital.aspx

I dont trust the Hauppauge one too much. It would be great if youd post up a screenshot from one of your recorded videos.

[edDV]

You need to decide between analog NTSC or OTA digital capture. Consult www.antennaweb.org to find your local digital stations (direction, power and distance). DVB-T won't do you any good in the USA. You need an ATSC tuner. Fusion makes one. So does Hauppauge.

OTA NTSC will end in Feb '09. NTSC will continue to live on the lower cable channels.

You still need analog inputs if you intend to use a cable or satellite tuner box. When you have that you still need onboard analog to MPeg2 encoding.

The ideal Swiss Army tuner card would have one or two ATSC tuners, an NTSC tuner with baseband analog input plus hardware MPeg2 encoding. It would also optionally have one or two cable QAM tuners to direct tune clear locals on cable.

The Hauppauge HVR-1600 fills the minimum ATSC + NTSC (with MPeg2 encoding) spec but lacks QAM capability.

[SHS]

Yup the best of both worlds is the WinTV HVR-1600 for no
As for Clear QAM capability it coming but it most likey be later this year.

[dudesmn]

Well i just grabbed a 1600 over the weekend.

The softwae that comes with it blows, but im trying out beyond TV.

the picture looks fuzzy, but thats how all the Tvs in the house look except for the one thats connected to the box.

Is there a way i can fi this fuzz?

I was planning on getting an amplifier.
maybe this one?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7152788&st=amplifier&type=product&id=1110266394546