I'm looking for a good HD video card suitable for the US. Of course, if there's a dual-tuner card, I'd prefer that over a single tuner. However, it seems that there aren't many supported HD cards available. Then of course, there's the problem that PCI slots are becoming rarer and rarer on motherboards. So, what would be the best all-around HD card supported by MP? Thanks
What's the best HD card available right now? (1 Viewer)
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As far as a single HD OTA card, I really like my VBOX 150.
http://www.vboxcomm.com/product3.htm
http://www.vboxcomm.com/product3.htm
I love my Hauppague hvr 1600
It has two tuners.
http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/products/data_hvr1600.html
Works well. I just have choppy video at times. I guess it is my video card. I have a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 meg AGP card. It isn't quite up to snuff I guess.
It has two tuners.
http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/products/data_hvr1600.html
Works well. I just have choppy video at times. I guess it is my video card. I have a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 meg AGP card. It isn't quite up to snuff I guess.
So jim m, is the hvr-1600 working well with media portal? It is not on the supported list, others have claimed issues. I am considering this card (or the soon to be released hvr-1800, PCI-Express version) for myself but hate to spend the money until I know I can get it to work with Media Portal.
Thanks!
Thanks!
It is working fine I believe. It only recognizes one tuner (MP that is) and I have been using the digital tuner with astonishing results.
My only complaints are that I cannot get 1080 to playback well on my computer.
The MP software doesn't appear to play well with multiple hard drive storage locations. I have set up the recordings to go to my c: and then in off time they are moved to the LAN storage drives (I have 3). MP dsoftware is supposed to move and delete. It moves, actually copies, and doesn't delete the original. I have to manually do that through windows explorer. Also, MP will not delete the copy that was moved to the NAS.
All this added up makes it one loser for me.
Athlon XP2500+ 1.8GHZ
256 + 512 Memory
120 gig local HDD with 60 gig free space
3 NAS drives with 100+ gig free space each.
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256meg AGP video card. Supposedly does HDTV....
Win XP Home OS
My only complaints are that I cannot get 1080 to playback well on my computer.
The MP software doesn't appear to play well with multiple hard drive storage locations. I have set up the recordings to go to my c: and then in off time they are moved to the LAN storage drives (I have 3). MP dsoftware is supposed to move and delete. It moves, actually copies, and doesn't delete the original. I have to manually do that through windows explorer. Also, MP will not delete the copy that was moved to the NAS.
All this added up makes it one loser for me.
Athlon XP2500+ 1.8GHZ
256 + 512 Memory
120 gig local HDD with 60 gig free space
3 NAS drives with 100+ gig free space each.
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256meg AGP video card. Supposedly does HDTV....
Win XP Home OS
Others have been complaining about trouble with HD playback on video cards older than 6800. Mine has a 7300 gs which is a lousy card even though it is 7000 series. I may have trouble as well. 
I guess I will find out when my HVR-1600 arrives in a few days. Hopefully someone will figure our how to get this card to work with both tuners in MP .
I guess I will find out when my HVR-1600 arrives in a few days. Hopefully someone will figure our how to get this card to work with both tuners in MP .