Anyone try the MSI TV@nywhere TV Tuner MS-8876?

[vulcan4d]

I'm interested in a TV capture card. Most of the high end stuff is either too expensive or built into video cards. I heard this TV capture/tuner card is suppose to be good, capturing very high quality video. I'm looking for something to capture SVCD quality. It probably doesn't support 480x480 capture but there is always a way around this, like for instance using 3rd party software. A similar work around was done for the ATI TV capture cards, but I don't like them.

So to those who tried it, how is the capture quality? I havn't seen any reviews for this, but I would love to see a screenshot of the capture so I could compare the quality with some other cards I have seen.

[spiderman2k1]

There's Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 and 350 ATI and Dazzle. I use the Dazzle 2 and I love it. If you want the Dazzle 2 go this this website http://stop.at/dazzle2 to check if it work's on your mother board

[vhelp]

hi valcan4d,

Don't forget.. that "high quality" will depend on the source you feed into
the card i.e., from lowest to highest.. Anttena vs. Cable vs. Satalite vs. DVD

If you're searching for a card for highest quality, and are planning to use
w/ either Anttena or Cable, you may be slightley dessapointed. Wont really
matter how high a resolution you go either. If your source is crummy, so
will your captures - no matter what resolution.

So given the above, even an ATI-TV Wonder or WINTV-GO card will do
just fine. I've used both, and they have given me good captures as well
as noisey captures pending a few hardware related issues i.e.,

Motherboard vs. Chipset vs. House-hold related influences and Environment etc.
-- -- -- -- Fig. A -- -- --

Well, after 2 plus years of wrestling w/ many capture cards, and
trying many cards I finally stopped at the ADVC-100. The DC10+ comes
in at 2nd. All everything else pretty much produces some form/level of
Noise in your captured source. And, the level of Noise will depend on Fig. A

But in your case, as a begginer, an ATI or WINTV or other capture card in
the $100 or less range will do well for you.

You only next hurdle will be working out the Motherboard/Chipset/IRQ issues
with these cards.

Good luck w/ any card you choose.
-vhelp