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<blockquote data-quote="tarfon" data-source="post: 412725" data-attributes="member: 88035">The fuss is that 've tried two Fusion cards, a Compro card, a DigitalNow tinytwin USB tuner and none of them will work with their bundled software (which I wanted to use so that I could burn recorded material to disc), so i'm getting desperate.&nbsp; Surprisingly (to me) all the tuners do much better through Vista Media Centre, however.&nbsp; I was hoping that the latest Hauppauge card might solve my problems (at a considerably higher cost, admittedly that the others.)I'm also trying to work out:1. Why Vista Media Centre can scan and detect all my local Adelaide, Australia channels whereas the DigitalNow software bundled with my latest Tinytwin USB will only detect a couple of channels - and then VMC plays digital TV and HDTV reasonably, while this bundled software rarely plays at all.&nbsp; It isn't only with the TinyTwin, VMC has consistently outperformed the bundled software from DVICO Fusion and Compro, too.&nbsp; Why?2. I use a 32inch Hitachi screen and a LG set top box and get crystal-clear DTV and HDTV.&nbsp; No computer Tuner I've used to date gives as clear a picture - they're much fuzzier with flatter colours.&nbsp; I was hoping Hauppauge might do better so was looking at their latest.&nbsp; Don't know if I'm asking too much from my set top box comparison.3. I wish there was somebody out there in Adelaide who could lend me a Hauppauge USB dongle tuner so i could try it for an hour - I can't afford another failure. I wonder also whether USB is inherently weaker than a built-in card.4. Has the technology changed or would the older Hauppauge Nova T500 be as good as the HVR2200?5. I've heard rumours that Windows 7 will allow recording of terrestrial TV in a variety of formats so that burning to disc will be possible.&nbsp; Does anybody know if this is true?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tarfon, post: 412725, member: 88035"] The fuss is that 've tried two Fusion cards, a Compro card, a DigitalNow tinytwin USB tuner and none of them will work with their bundled software (which I wanted to use so that I could burn recorded material to disc), so i'm getting desperate. Surprisingly (to me) all the tuners do much better through Vista Media Centre, however. I was hoping that the latest Hauppauge card might solve my problems (at a considerably higher cost, admittedly that the others.) I'm also trying to work out: 1. Why Vista Media Centre can scan and detect all my local Adelaide, Australia channels whereas the DigitalNow software bundled with my latest Tinytwin USB will only detect a couple of channels - and then VMC plays digital TV and HDTV reasonably, while this bundled software rarely plays at all. It isn't only with the TinyTwin, VMC has consistently outperformed the bundled software from DVICO Fusion and Compro, too. Why? 2. I use a 32inch Hitachi screen and a LG set top box and get crystal-clear DTV and HDTV. No computer Tuner I've used to date gives as clear a picture - they're much fuzzier with flatter colours. I was hoping Hauppauge might do better so was looking at their latest. Don't know if I'm asking too much from my set top box comparison. 3. I wish there was somebody out there in Adelaide who could lend me a Hauppauge USB dongle tuner so i could try it for an hour - I can't afford another failure. I wonder also whether USB is inherently weaker than a built-in card. 4. Has the technology changed or would the older Hauppauge Nova T500 be as good as the HVR2200? 5. I've heard rumours that Windows 7 will allow recording of terrestrial TV in a variety of formats so that burning to disc will be possible. Does anybody know if this is true? [/QUOTE]

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