TV Tuners - Reviews

Review Date: 14-JAN-2005

ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0

RRP: $229.00

Impressive features for a reasonable price make this USB tuner a top solution for putting TV on your PC.

Review Date: 14-JAN-2005

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150

RRP: $299.00

Good performance and helpful features make the WinTV PVR-150 a solid choice.

Review Date: 01-JUL-2005

Nebula DigiTV PCI/USB

RRP: $259.00

The Nebula DigiTV PCI and DigiTV USB devices both come with software that is rich in features and well supported by the vendor. If you want a card with excellent recording and timeshifting capabilities, then the DigiTV series is ideal.

Review Date: 01-JUL-2005

Inventa PCI HDTV

RRP: $119.00

It's cheap, yet it performs well.

Review Date: 01-JUL-2005

DPandA T3000

RRP: $250.00

A good hybrid digital and analog TV tuner, the T3000 is expensive compared to similar cards.

Compro VideoMate DVB-T300

Review Date: 14-JUL-2005

RRP: $149.00

This card is great value considering its versatility.

Review Date: 14-JUL-2005

Hauppauge Nova-t PCI

RRP: $299.00

The Nova-t PCI is a great card and its software is very reliable. Its recording and playback performance was excellent in our tests and the WinTV Nova-t software package was easy to use.

Review Date: 14-JUL-2005

DPandA TV-Stick

RRP: $249.00

The DPandA TV-Stick is a terrific little TV tuner that is perfect for plugging into your notebook. It's also ideal for those of us who don't like venturing into the unknown innards of a PC enclosure to install a PCI device.

ADS Technologies Instant TV +FM PCI

Review Date: 14-OCT-2005

RRP: $109.95

This low-priced TV tuner card has some handy features, but overall it's awkward to use.

Review Date: 14-OCT-2005

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2

RRP: $499.00

The WinTV-PVR-USB2 is a capable device, but if you have an available PCI slot and don't need the FM tuner, Hauppauge's WinTV-PVR-150 is a better deal.

Avermedia MR 800 USB Radio

Review Date: 24-DEC-2005

RRP: Unavailable

Far less hassle than adding TV reception to a portable PC, AverMedia's USB radio is a good-value, compact plug-and-play product that extends the entertainment possibilities of your notebook without fanfare.

Review Date: 28-DEC-2005

Compro DVB-T200A

RRP: $149.90

Despite some quirks during timeshifting and the slow channel changing, the DVB-T200A is a versatile card and is well worth considering, especially for a Windows MCE 2005 machine.

Review Date: 19-FEB-2006

DVico FusionHDTV DVB-T

RRP: $325.00

DViCO has provided an efficient internal dual-tuner solution, which will only take up one PCI slot, one USB port and which only requires one antenna input. We loved the fact that we could record or watch two programs simultaneously, but we do wish there was an easier way to toggle between tuners, and we also wish we could un-mute the second tuner while watching the main tuner. Nevertheless, we recommend this product highly if you’re after a neat dual-tuner solution.

Review Date: 04-APR-2006

Compro VideoMate U3

RRP: $139.00

If you own a notebook, the VideoMate U3 is an extremely intuitive product that is very easy to use.

Banksia Software HD USB TV Tuner

Review Date: 13-APR-2006

RRP: $199.10

The Banksia USB TV Tuner provides sharp digital TV images, turning your home PC into a PVR at a reduced cost