Video Capture Card Recomendations

[fileserverdirect]

Hello again,
I was wondering if anybody had a recomendation for a video capture card for my TV->PC. I have went to Circut City, Best Buy, Radio Shack and other local stores and they all etheir don't have it or have never heard of it. I googled it and I see that there are thousands of choices. My budget is $100. Does anyone have a good recomendation for a fairly good quality external capture card?
Thank You,

[fileserverdirect]

Anyone?

[magicyte]

What does a capture card do?

-magicyte

[BLiZZaRD]

MMM.. that's tough for $100.

Mine is integrated with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, TV in, HDMI and all that... I also have a DVR inside the tower to record to.

I haven't seen any worthy aftermarket external ones though, but I will keep looking.


and then I go and search newegg.com... check this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815293002) by asus...

or the TV Wonder (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815129001) by VisionTek

Good Luck!

[fileserverdirect]

Hi Blizzard,
The first one more suits my needs, and the second one does not record off my TV but from the channels being broadcasted thought the air. The only reason I don't want the first one is that most people think its quality is bad (from user reviews) and it is not external (I have a laptop ;)). Any other recommendations?

[tfit]

Have you checked out tomshardware? I haven't checked them out recently, but there are a lot of reviews there

[BLiZZaRD]

Article about them here (http://www.pcworld.com/article/118799/tv_tuners_for_your_pc.html)

Be sure to click the "see our chart" link at the top of page 1 to see what 5 they are testing and reporting about.

HTH

[herryjohn]

hope a better article