Which Tuner?

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Model
Brand    VisionTek
Model    VTK-THMCE550P
Specifications
Video Decoder    ATI Theater 550 Pro ASIC
TV Tuner    Yes
FM Tuner    Yes
Remote Control    Yes
Interface    PCI
Video Format    Hardware MPEG2 Encoding
Operating Systems Supported    Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or XP Media Center Edition
System Requirements    Intel Pentium 4 or Celeron, AMD Athlon or Sempron (or compatible).
Super VGA or DVI-I compatible monitor
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or XP Media Center Edition
DirectX 9 Video Card
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is recommended for best performance
90MB available hard disk space
One available PCI slot
Cable TV signal or amplified antenna
Sound card and speakers
Features
Features    125 Channel TV tuner with stereo audio
5-line 2D comb filter
Uses ATI's Theater 550 Pro ASIC
- 3D Comb Filter
- Hardware Noise Reduction Algorithm
- Hardware MPEG-2 720x480 compression
16MB DDR memory
External audio-video inputs
PCI bus interface
IR Remote Control
IR receiver
IR Blaster
Packaging
Package Contents    VTK-THMCE550P
Driver Disk
User Manual
FM Cable
Battery
Remote Sensor
Remote Control
Video Cable
Audio Cable
Input Adapter
or
Brand    Hauppauge
Model    1062
Specifications
TV Tuner    Yes
FM Tuner    No
Remote Control    Yes
Interface    PCI
Operating Systems Supported    Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 or later, or Windows XP with Service Pack 2
System Requirements    System requirements: Pentium III processor 1.2GHz or faster (or equivalent), 128MB RAM and 10GB disk drive minimum recommended
Sound card
Available PCI slot
Features
Features    Plug and play TV tuner support for Windows XP Media Center Edition.
Live TV from the built-in 125 channel cable ready TV tuner, plus composite/S-Video and audio inputs to connect to a cable TV set top box or satellite receiver
Built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder. Record TV or videos to disk using from 1-2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recorded video. While recording, the WinTV-PVRs' hardware MPEG encoder does all the work, so your PC continues to run at full speed.
Includes a Microsoft certified Media Center remote control all Media Center functions, plus includes an IR transmitter to control the channels on a cable TV set top box or satellite receivers
Pause live TV with instant replay, fast forward and rewind.
dbx-TV stereo audio decoder, for great TV sound
Packaging
Package Contents    1062
Driver Disk
Remote Sensor
Remote Control
Battery
USB Cable

[ingeborgdot]

This must be a tough or stupid question.

[Chandler]

Not really.  Just that we can't read it!  :P

[ingeborgdot]

That's the way it was written at the site.  I just copied what they had.

[Mark H]

If you want feedback, a link to the web page would be better.

Mark H

[ingeborgdot]

Yeah, but you'll get exactly what I put.

[ingeborgdot]

I think I am going with the visiontek because of the Ati chip is reported as being better.

[Chandler]

What country are you in?  What is your TV source?

[ingeborgdot]

US.
TV source is Dish network satellite.