Best HDTV tuner for PC based PVR?

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  • storello
    Junior Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 18

    Best HDTV tuner for PC based PVR?

    My goal is to have an HD quality PVR for ATSC broadcasts.

    Requirements are:

    - works with TitanTV program guide
    - ATSC tuner
    - HD quality PVR and timeshifting
    - 5.1 digital sound
    - wake PC for recording
    - works with WindowsXP (MCE)

    Boards I'm considering:
    Macro Image Technology - MyHD MDP-130
    Digital Stream HiDTV
    DVICO Fusion gold series

    My biggest problem is that both my PCI slots are full and I'm only using on-board video and sound right now. I can kick out the 1394 board to free one PCI slot. My CPU and RAM are pretty good and I have USB 2 and 1394 (unless it's sacrificed for the tuner!) I'd prefer HW on the HDTV board to off-load some of the strain.

    I'm leaning towards the MyHD board because it seems the most flexible, includes an S/PDIF output, and seems to have a reasonable following. The Digital Stream board looks OK but I don't see much evidence of people using it, and the DVICO board looks like it off-loads too much to the CPU.

    I figure it will be best to get the HDTV board first and then see if I need to add anything else to help in the video and audio areas. I don't do any gaming and the audio is only used now for mid to low grade MP3 playback.

    Any opions on this?
  • aud19
    Twin Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2003
    • 16706

    #2
    I've always heard good things about the Hauppage cards...
    Jason

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