DVB-T tuner card - Not much choice here... What to get?

fraseyboy · 2008-04-21, 04:20

Since my current TV Tuner card (Theatre 550 pro) randomly decided to shovel piles of noise and distortion into my tv reception, I've decided its time to get a new one and since Freeview is now DVB-T here, it may as well be a DVB-T card.

I don't care about other features, I just want good quality DVB-T viewing and HD capability. Hybrid or dual or whatever, I don't care.

There isn't much choice here. I would prefer a PCI or PCI-E card to external. Some choices:

- AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid
- Hauppauge WinTV HVR3000
- Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
- Hauppauge WinTV NOVA T500
- Asus MyCinema-P7131
- Hauppauge Wintv HVR 1700 PCI-E

That's pretty much all that is readily available in New Zealand. Are any of them any good?

funkstar · 2008-04-21, 14:57

I have a Nova T-500 and although it isn't a perfect card, it works fairly well.

There can be issues due to the fact it is really two USB tuners on a board connected to a USB hub. This can interfere with other USB drivers on some systems. But the Hauppauge drivers have improved a lot. There is also a problem with them taking time to come out of standby (if you use that feature of MP alogn with Power Scheduler) but puting a delay into the right section of MP sorts this out.

Thats about as much advice as I can give.

chemelli · 2008-04-21, 15:15

I would suggest a FloppyDTV-T from Digital Everywhere

Simone

fraseyboy · 2008-04-22, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by funkstar

I have a Nova T-500 and although it isn't a perfect card, it works fairly well.

There can be issues due to the fact it is really two USB tuners on a board connected to a USB hub. This can interfere with other USB drivers on some systems. But the Hauppauge drivers have improved a lot. There is also a problem with them taking time to come out of standby (if you use that feature of MP alogn with Power Scheduler) but puting a delay into the right section of MP sorts this out.

Thats about as much advice as I can give.

Ok thanks. I will consider that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by chemelli

I would suggest a FloppyDTV-T from Digital Everywhere

Simone

That seems a bit weird... It connects via firewire, yet its internal. Whats with that? Also, nobody sells it here. All the shops in the 'where to buy' section seem to be in europe and the UK. I am in New Zealand.

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-04-22, 01:22

T500 works a lot better with Vista than XP.

pity you cannot get someone to send a Blackgold 6in1 to you, about as future proof as you can get.

fraseyboy · 2008-04-22, 01:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paranoid Delusion

T500 works a lot better with Vista than XP.

pity you cannot get someone to send a Blackgold 6in1 to you, about as future proof as you can get.

Oh it does? I run XP, so thats not good news...

That blackgold card seems a bit too extravagant

I'm only ever going to use it for Freeview.

2008-04-21, 04:20	#1 (permalink)
fraseyboy Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	DVB-T tuner card - Not much choice here... What to get? Since my current TV Tuner card (Theatre 550 pro) randomly decided to shovel piles of noise and distortion into my tv reception, I've decided its time to get a new one and since Freeview is now DVB-T here, it may as well be a DVB-T card. I don't care about other features, I just want good quality DVB-T viewing and HD capability. Hybrid or dual or whatever, I don't care. There isn't much choice here. I would prefer a PCI or PCI-E card to external. Some choices: - AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid - Hauppauge WinTV HVR3000 - Compro VideoMate DVB-T300 - Hauppauge WinTV NOVA T500 - Asus MyCinema-P7131 - Hauppauge Wintv HVR 1700 PCI-E That's pretty much all that is readily available in New Zealand. Are any of them any good?

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funkstar Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Home Posts: 378 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	I have a Nova T-500 and although it isn't a perfect card, it works fairly well. There can be issues due to the fact it is really two USB tuners on a board connected to a USB hub. This can interfere with other USB drivers on some systems. But the Hauppauge drivers have improved a lot. There is also a problem with them taking time to come out of standby (if you use that feature of MP alogn with Power Scheduler) but puting a delay into the right section of MP sorts this out. Thats about as much advice as I can give.