- TV tuner cards...dell xps 400
- Posted by jnrz on October 15th, 2005
Just purcgased the dell xps 400, need a tv tuner card....which one is
recommended, i am leaning toward the ati tv elite or the nvidia nvtv or
hauppauge wintv-pvr-500 mce
- Posted by Curious on October 16th, 2005
If you want a dual tuner then the NVTV is probably better since you do not
need a daughter card if you plan to use 2 STBS and their S-Video
connections. For a single tuner the Elite and the Hauppauge cards both are
popular. You will also need a software decoder unless you get the NVTV card
which should come with the NVIDIA Video Decoder.
"jnrz" <jnrz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Just purcgased the dell xps 400, need a tv tuner card....which one is
> recommended, i am leaning toward the ati tv elite or the nvidia nvtv or
> hauppauge wintv-pvr-500 mce
- Posted by Tom Scales on October 16th, 2005
Actually the hauppauge card is a dual tuner.
"Curious" <curious@no.spam> wrote in message
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> If you want a dual tuner then the NVTV is probably better since you do not
> need a daughter card if you plan to use 2 STBS and their S-Video
> connections. For a single tuner the Elite and the Hauppauge cards both are
> popular. You will also need a software decoder unless you get the NVTV
> card which should come with the NVIDIA Video Decoder.
>
>
> "jnrz" <jnrz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52D6F128-1C69-4886-BF8F-37BBE15133FD@microsoft.com...
>> Just purcgased the dell xps 400, need a tv tuner card....which one is
>> recommended, i am leaning toward the ati tv elite or the nvidia nvtv or
>> hauppauge wintv-pvr-500 mce
>
>
- Posted by JW on October 16th, 2005
Curious never stated that is was not a dual tuner card he just stated what
you had to do to use both tuners with other than an antenna or direct cable
input.
"Curious" <curious@no.spam> wrote in message
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> If you want a dual tuner then the NVTV is probably better since you do not
> need a daughter card if you plan to use 2 STBS and their S-Video
> connections. For a single tuner the Elite and the Hauppauge cards both are
> popular. You will also need a software decoder unless you get the NVTV
> card which should come with the NVIDIA Video Decoder.
>
>
> "jnrz" <jnrz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52D6F128-1C69-4886-BF8F-37BBE15133FD@microsoft.com...
>> Just purcgased the dell xps 400, need a tv tuner card....which one is
>> recommended, i am leaning toward the ati tv elite or the nvidia nvtv or
>> hauppauge wintv-pvr-500 mce
>
>
- Posted by jnrz on October 16th, 2005
"jnrz" wrote:
> Just purcgased the dell xps 400, need a tv tuner card....which one is
> recommended, i am leaning toward the ati tv elite or the nvidia nvtv or
> hauppauge wintv-pvr-500 mce
I still need a software decoder even though I am running xp media center?
- Posted by Gary Tsang on October 16th, 2005
Windows XP Media Center Edition does not come with an MPEG2 decoder.
You/your computer manufacturer will need to provide one for tv
playback/viewing and dvd viewing.
--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
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> "jnrz" wrote:
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>> Just purcgased the dell xps 400, need a tv tuner card....which one is
>> recommended, i am leaning toward the ati tv elite or the nvidia nvtv or
>> hauppauge wintv-pvr-500 mce
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> I still need a software decoder even though I am running xp media center?
