WinTV

[CMC]

Does anyone hwew use WinTV, or watch freeview on their PC, what is it like? any good? im considering getting rid of my vrappy wee 15inch TV thats hogging valuable desk space and just watchin TV on my PC, what hardware would you recommend? preferable not a PCI card as I have very limited space...

[directhex]

wrong forum

and make sure you get something freeview-based, not analog

[CMC]

crap sorry, can a mod please move this to the AV forum please?

thanks

[Stoo]

Done

I picked up a Dazzle DVT-Stick (usb2) the other day for £20 in Currys (I was bored), and it's a nice little performer, the direct mpeg-2 stream save to disk works very well, and the quality is great, especially for £20

[directhex]

the direct mpeg-2 stream save to disk works very well

it had better bloody work, DVB-T signals are already mpeg2. saving to disk involves nothing more complex than, erm, saving to disk

[Stoo]

it had better bloody work, DVB-T signals are already mpeg2. saving to disk involves nothing more complex than, erm, saving to disk

*sigh*

It's very good as in the quality is good, and the system doesn't seem to drop any frames, no glitches etc.

[CMC]

I picked up a Dazzle DVT-Stick (usb2) the other day for £20 in Currys (I was bored), and it's a nice little performer, the direct mpeg-2 stream save to disk works very well, and the quality is great, especially for £20

sweet, il go have a wee look in currys this afternoon... thanks

[s_kinton]

Does anyone hwew use WinTV, or watch freeview on their PC, what is it like? any good? im considering getting rid of my vrappy wee 15inch TV thats hogging valuable desk space and just watchin TV on my PC, what hardware would you recommend? preferable not a PCI card as I have very limited space...

Well. There are plenty of people with TV cards on here. Me being one of them.

A PCI card would be better, but USB will work. The other thing you need to decide is whether you want to start recording TV? If you do, then you need to think about whether you want a dual DVB-T tuner or a single tuner.

A dual tuner card will allow you to watch one channel and record another or record 2 channels at once.

I would recommend Hauppauge and Pinnacle. Be sure to check for Vista drivers before buying though.

A single tuner will cost £20+, a dual tuner will cost £50+.

Look at the Pinnacle DVB-T PCTV for around £22 or the Hauppauge Nova-T 500 for about £55