TV Tuner card with internal audio connection

[DallasTejas]

I have an old ATI TV-Wonder PCI card and would like to upgrade. My only issue is that it seems that every decent card (image-wise) has to be plugged externally into your sound card. The ATI has a connector like the audio on a CD or DVD drive.

Is there a really nice card with this type of connection? I have a Hercules Game Theater XP, so it is not convienent to plug into the breakout box.

 

[sgtroyer]

What cards have you been looking at? It looks like the recent ATI All-In-Wonder cards (9800, 9700, 9000) still have that connector. They don't talk much about it in the documentation, but from pictures it appears to be there, and there is page about it in the user manual. Maybe contact ATI and ask them if that's what it's really for.

 

[DallasTejas]

I just bought a 9600 Pro, so I'm not in the market for an All-In-Wonder.

I just want a better tuner than the ATI TVWonder. I don't understand why most of the tuner cards have an external mini-pin connector for sound-out and no internal CD audio type connector. That is one thing ATI did right with this card.