Tv Tuners?

[Toolex]

My room is too small for a full sized TV, so i want to get a PCI tv tuner for my computer, only problem is that i've never had any experience with one. My system is a MSI Neo3, athlon 64 2800+, 1 gig corsair, nvidia TI4200 128mb, and onboard sound. Will the onboard sound mess with the tv sound, do i need a sound card to use a tv tuner? The only option i care for on a card would be the TV-in. I was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814160017 on newegg and the reviews seemed ok, anyone have any experience with it?
-thanks!

 

[OdiN]

Never used one but it looks good. It should have a sound output so that you can route that to the sound input on your soundcard and just use the output of your soundcard.

 

[bob4432]

i just returned a hauppauge pvr150 that was going to go into a htpc that i decided against. compusa had it for ~$100 and it worked nicely. i have used others and they left a little to be desired and the cable reception was terrible, but the pvr150 was excellent and the t.v. window @ 648x480 looked very clean. the audio on mine just came through the onboard audio without any extra connections.

if i still planning on using a htpc, this brand would be the one i would get. i think it even came along with some software as a scheduler to act as a vcr that i did not mess with so i can not comment on it. the only issue i had was with the remote, but honestly only used it for about 2hrs and decided that if i want a dvr, i will get one from the cable company as another pc is the last thing i need....

 

[fishstickz]

As the proud owner of that device, let me tell you.

Helluva a lot smaller and cheaper than a TV, many more options, perfect for me and my dorm room.

Go for it. :thumbsup: