Found this while browsing a catalog I received in the mail this afternoon. It seems to be just about everything I want in a HDTV tuner card, plus the bonus of supposedly supporting Vista 32-bit and 64-bit out of the box, with a PCIe form factor.
Sure AVer isn't a top tier name, but I had one of their old tuner cards a while ago and it was amazingly good, even though by the time I acquired it it was no longer supported.
Features:
NTSC, ATSC and Clear QAM tuner
PCI-Express 1x
Hardware MPEG-2 Encoding
Windows XP MCE Support
Windows Vista Premium Support
32/64-bit Driver Support
Low profile design (should fit in a half-bracket, unknown if it comes with one)
The only thing it doesn't have is an FM tuner - who cares! The only real drawback I'd say is the lack of dual digital tuners, but honestly I can survive without it. And at a price point of about $75, it looks like it has everything it needs to beat off ATI and others (aside from a decent PVR software package). edit - According to some of the datasheets, it does have an FM tuner as well. I question this though, as some of the datasheets simply look like templates used from previous models of cards.
Sure AVer isn't a top tier name, but I had one of their old tuner cards a while ago and it was amazingly good, even though by the time I acquired it it was no longer supported.
Features:
NTSC, ATSC and Clear QAM tuner
PCI-Express 1x
Hardware MPEG-2 Encoding
Windows XP MCE Support
Windows Vista Premium Support
32/64-bit Driver Support
Low profile design (should fit in a half-bracket, unknown if it comes with one)
The only thing it doesn't have is an FM tuner - who cares! The only real drawback I'd say is the lack of dual digital tuners, but honestly I can survive without it. And at a price point of about $75, it looks like it has everything it needs to beat off ATI and others (aside from a decent PVR software package). edit - According to some of the datasheets, it does have an FM tuner as well. I question this though, as some of the datasheets simply look like templates used from previous models of cards.