Best Tv Capture Card??

[Mithin]

Hello.. Im looking to buy a quality tv/video in capture card. Ive looked at the Ati tv wonder cards but Im not so sure of the quality. Does anyone have some insight on a good high end card?

[VERT]

Get a independant card if you want best quality. The Pinnacle range is very good.

[MUDVAYNE34]

The Pinnacle??? hmmm..... i thought that was only a golf ball.. hheh

[OuTpaTienT]

I'm doing some video capture tonight. First time I've tried to transfer from vhs tape to divx .AVI files. So far I've been thoroughly impressed with the results. The video files are coming out looking as good as the tape. In fact the only thing keeping the quality from being better is the original vhs tapes.

I simply have a vhs deck plugged into my $39 Hauppauge Win-TV GO card. (Using the S-video into the TV card, and audio stereo signal is going directly to my sound card line-in.)

[PSU2Fan]

Hmm, how high end? I know they're starting to sell HDTV Tuner cards. Very expensive, but obviously a great picture. I have avermedia Studio edition right now. THe TV picture is fairly good as long as you stay away from fast action sequences (ex. watching Penn State play football ) I have yet to mess around with the video input though. But for the 60 bucks or so you get a great remote, all the necessary connections, cable and FM which works well by the way.

Personally I'd stay away from the Hauppage series tuner cards. Granted I don't have any personal experience with them, but the general reviews on them aroiund the net are not very good. It has more to do with compatibility than quality tho, so if it works (in OuTpaTienT's case) then it's decent as well. Also, I wouldn't get sucked in by MSI's new TV@nywhere tuner card. I got one because it looked beautiful for the price... 10bit vs. 8bit and future support of MPEG4 encoding!! All at 60 bucks from Newegg. Unfortunately I learned afterwards that the product has a lot of compatibility issues. A LOT. THe whole package looked as though it was haastily put together and pushed out the door with NILL support.
That's my experience in the tvtuner world.

PSUFan

Oh, and I've also heard the Pinnacle is above average as well. That was the other card I was debating on vs. the Avermedia Studio...

[LarrySamDavid25]

I'm a huge fan of the All-In-Wonder series from Radeon...excellent quality. Although, all the TV cards I've had have been of excellent input quality...it's getting the TV output to look good that seems most difficult.

Can't get an AIW for $39, tho! Perhaps that would do you just fine!

Dunno about TV tuner cards in the US (you use NTSC, we use PAL), but Lifeview has great TV tuner card range which uses the Phillips chipset. I got one 'cause the reviews I read said interference was much less with this chipset than with the others.

Here: www.lifeview.com.tw

Cheers
Mick

[NDC]

I'm quite happy with my Hauppauge WinTV-Radio (401)...