TV Tuner card question

This is a discussion about TV Tuner card question in the Linux Hardware category; Im looking into buying a Tv tuner card for a machine im building to run Mythtv. Im thinking about either the ATI TV Wonder or the Asus TV-FM card. Has anyone had any experience with either card, or could recomend a similar or better 'cheap' tuner card?.

Linux Hardware 765 This topic was started by cosmosys, 2003-12-28 08:33. Last reply by Degenerate, 2004-01-13 23:45

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cosmosys

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2003-12-28 09:33

Im looking into buying a Tv tuner card for a machine im building to run Mythtv.
Im thinking about either the ATI TV Wonder or the Asus TV-FM card.
Has anyone had any experience with either card, or could recomend a similar or better 'cheap' tuner card?

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Vermyn

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2003-12-28 19:55

No experience with that card... but I can personally vouch for the Leadtek TV2000XP card. Works beautifully with MythTV and TVTime (under Gentoo, but I've had it working under other distros too). I highly recommend it, especially since you can get it from newegg.com for under $30 now!

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2003-12-30 21:14

I havent installed it yet but have done some research and the tvcard I have, Kworld V-Stream Xpert (Conexant 878A chipset) TV / PVR PCI Card w/ FM Tuner, Retail Package seems to work. You can pick it up for $32 and $5 for shipping at
http://www.dealsonic.com/kworcon878ac.html?AID=8256927&PID=1167010

Degenerate

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2004-01-13 23:45

I always wanted a nice, cheap TV Tuner card for one of my spare computers (necesary now because of a Dreamcast I bought really cheap on eBay ). The thing is, I haven't gotten a lot of info about these cards. Do they need a high- or mid-end computer to run video smoothly? Can game consoles be connected with no problems? At what resolution can I get pretty good video quality, since most cheap TV Tuners out there only do 640x480? I'm seriously thinking about getting one soon, but I wish someone could send out some info on these. Thanks!