Recommended USB analog Tv-Card (1 Viewer)

[habibi187]

Hi chaps,

I built / bought a mac mini and I'm running media portal on it. Can anyone recommend a good USB analog cable tv-card (stick)? Picture quality would be the main criteria to go for. As I've had a few pretty bad experiences with prior USB tv cards, I thought collecting a few ideas/recommendations wouldn't be a bad idea.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Spragleknas]

Hauppauge cards have a good reputation here, and the PVR-Win TV USB2 seems like a good choice. This card has hardware coding, which is highly recommended for MP usage (and it will not make your CPU go bananas).

Link: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html

I read somewhere that these USB cards were inferior to PCI, though...

 

[habibi187]

Thanks for your answer.
Using a mac mini, a PCI card unfortunately is not an option for me.

Does anyone else own a recommendable USB tv card ? (I'm trying to gather as many options as possible)

 

[habibi187]

...or if there aren't any other recommendations for a different usb tv card, does anyone have the PVR-Win TV USB2 and could tell me out of his own experiences?

 

[Spragleknas]

Try Google, ex. http://reviews.cnet.com/tv-tuner-adapters/hauppauge-wintv-pvr-usb2/4505-9332_7-30536645.html
... and the forum, ex https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...p-t23510.html?t=23510&highlight=hauppauge+usb

 

[habibi187]

cheers dude, the Cnet rating doesn't look too bad. Appreciate your help.

 

[SweMart]

I have a WinTV PVR USB2, haven't used it for over a year since analog broadcasts was shutdown some time ago.

My experiences with the box is that it delivers ok picture quality and is very reliable.