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Title: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: Zorchenhimer on September 19, 2008, 05:23:01 PM
I'm building a media server for my apartment out of an older computer, and I want to put a TV tuner card in it.  Any suggestions?  I don't want to spend too much, so I'm looking for something under about $50.  And it needs to be an internal card.  No USB adapters.
Title: Re: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: KnacK on September 19, 2008, 05:37:33 PM
any ati card or haupauge wintv card.  I've used both and they work great.

Make sure that they can tune ATSC and that they are on M$'s HCL.
Title: Re: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: Zorchenhimer on September 20, 2008, 01:01:23 AM
Make sure that they can tune ATSC and that they are on M$'s HCL.

I'm using Linux.
Title: Re: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: KnacK on September 20, 2008, 09:36:50 AM
A lot of the WInTV cards will run under *nix.

I would review sites dedicated to MythTV as they will have a lot of the hurdles taken care of for you.
Title: Re: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: Zorchenhimer on September 24, 2008, 09:44:28 PM
Are there any cards that also have a "TV out" or do I have to do some fancy adapter work with the video card?
Title: Re: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: KnacK on September 25, 2008, 01:41:25 PM
Usually some will have an S-Video out, but typically not an rf output
Title: Re: TV Tuner Card...
Post by: Zorchenhimer on September 25, 2008, 03:10:27 PM
Ok, thanks.