What is the best hybrid DVB-T and analogue tuner pci card?

BigEejit

I am looking for a hybrid tuner for my MCE 2005 HTPC... There are some old ones and new ones and I just want to get one with a good quality/price ratio and is MCE compatible.
I would prefer to avoid the USB ones, but may be swayed if they are significantly cheaper. My main reason for getting it is recording and using it for watching telly when NTL falls over (twice in 3 months) ...

So, which are good buys and which ones should be steered clear of?

8T8

This card may do the trick it has DVB-T and a composite/s-video input plus is MCE compatible not to bad for €75 bucks.

There seems to be favourable reviews on the net for it, a very detailed one in German, Google translation.

Elara also have listed the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1100 & HVR-1300, both are MCE compatible & appear to have the same features of a digital & analogue tuner but the 1300 model features a hardware MPEG-2 encoder.

BigEejit

8T8 wrote:

This card may do the trick it has DVB-T and a composite/s-video input plus is MCE compatible not to bad for €75 bucks.

There seems to be favourable reviews on the net for it, a very detailed one in German, Google translation.

Elara also have listed the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1100 & HVR-1300, both are MCE compatible & appear to have the same features of a digital & analogue tuner but the 1300 model features a hardware MPEG-2 encoder.

Thanks for that info ... still looking around, ebay etc, trying to see if I can get a better deal

secret_squirrel

I dont think that terratech is a hybrid. ITs DVB-T only afaik.

netman

I was looking at the Pinnacle ones, mainly because I have the ShowCenter player, which is supposed to be able to pick up the TV streams and set up recording etc from the PC.

They do a few hybrid models (analogue + digital):
PCI Express:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Analog_Digital+PVR/PCTV+Dual+Hybrid+Pro+PCIe.htm
USB: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer%2BProducts/PCTV%2BTuners/PCTV%2BAnalog_Digital%2BPVR/PCTV%2BHybrid%2BPro%2BStick%2B%28320e%29.htm
Cardbus: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer%2BProducts/PCTV%2BTuners/PCTV%2BAnalog_Digital%2BPVR/PCTV%2BHybrid%2BPro%2BCard%2B(310c).htm
PCI: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer%2BProducts/PCTV%2BTuners/PCTV%2BAnalog_Digital%2BPVR/PCTV%2BHybrid%2BPro%2BPCI.htm

I'm thinking of biting the bullet and ordering one of these.. Probably the PCI-express one as I have two free x1 slots and it seems more likely to be reused in the future. God knows if my next PC will even have PCI slots

A quick question - anyone know if I'm likely to get any DVB-T reception in Skerries? And would I need an external aerial for it, or would the simple indoor one do, like the one that's shipped with the USB tuner?

Psygnosis

anyone else try this in skerries