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Ati to use like tivo/replay?
Looking for a video card i can uses like a Tivo or Replay any Sugestions?
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i know its not a ati card but take a look at this TV card.
http://www.leadtek.com/multimedia/wi..._expert_1.html this is cut and pasted from the link Time-Shifting: you can pause, rewind live television and instant replays. Take your breaks during a TV show or movie and never have to miss a scene again. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com wrote in message news:V4SXb.40988$QJ3.27142@fed1read04... Looking for a video card i can uses like a Tivo or Replay any Sugestions? |
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wrote in message news:V4SXb.40988$QJ3.27142@fed1read04...
Looking for a video card i can uses like a Tivo or Replay any Sugestions? The PC & tuner card combo can work pretty well, but I don't think it is as convenient to use as the standalone Tivo/Replay unit. Looking at some of the feedbacks in this NG & other forums, it may take a bit of experiments & tweaking before you get the PVR function working correctly. It could turn out to be a nightmare to get OS, video card, video driver & software all working properly & reliably. Having said that, I use my ATI PVR setup (one of the first Radeon AIW) everyday. One nice thing about the PC setup is that it is flexible, & you can use different software if you don't like the one you have. It is easy to add more disk space (just added a new 250GB disk). ATI MMC is more or less working fine for me, even with my modest out-dated desktop hardware. I even actually got EazyShare remote TV to work with my laptop over a wireless network. There are some annoying things with my setup though. Once in a while, the scheduler would crash while trying to launch the recording software so I would miss an episode. Occasionally, my system clock would be off by several mins so I miss the ending of a show. The TV guide program (Gemstar Guide Plus) sometimes does not sync the TV programs. So it has its flaws, but I am keeping my PC setup for a while. In fact I am thinking about getting a 2nd tuner card so I can do P-in-P or watch another program while recording a different one. yuki |
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yuki wrote:
wrote in message news:V4SXb.40988$QJ3.27142@fed1read04... Looking for a video card i can uses like a Tivo or Replay any Sugestions? The PC & tuner card combo can work pretty well, but I don't think it is as convenient to use as the standalone Tivo/Replay unit. Looking at some of the feedbacks in this NG & other forums, it may take a bit of experiments & tweaking before you get the PVR function working correctly. It could turn out to be a nightmare to get OS, video card, video driver & software all working properly & reliably. Having said that, I use my ATI PVR setup (one of the first Radeon AIW) everyday. One nice thing about the PC setup is that it is flexible, & you can use different software if you don't like the one you have. It is easy to add more disk space (just added a new 250GB disk). ATI MMC is more or less working fine for me, even with my modest out-dated desktop hardware. I even actually got EazyShare remote TV to work with my laptop over a wireless network. There are some annoying things with my setup though. Once in a while, the scheduler would crash while trying to launch the recording software so I would miss an episode. Occasionally, my system clock would be off by several mins so I miss the ending of a show. The TV guide program (Gemstar Guide Plus) sometimes does not sync the TV programs. So it has its flaws, but I am keeping my PC setup for a while. In fact I am thinking about getting a 2nd tuner card so I can do P-in-P or watch another program while recording a different one. Also, check out BeyondTV: http://www.snapstream.com/ which is superior to ATI's MMC. However, it still has missing features (closed caption, TV out overlay, etc.) I am looking for. -- "Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics, just as ant- eaters will always need ants." --Paul Halmos /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx | |o o| | E-mail: NT or NT \ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup. ( ) |
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