TV Cards

["Darryl Mattocks" <Darryl.Mattocks@xxxxxxx>]

I have just bought the Hauppauge PVR250 card and I can't get a decent
quality picture out of it.

Has anyone else got any insights into TV cards?  Can I expect to watch a
picture full screen on a Plasma linked PC just as good as a normal TV, or
is
it always going to be worse?

Its hard to pinpoint the problems with the Hauppauge, except that the
picture seems a bit jumpy and switching between channels takes a long time.
I tried to fool SWMBO by switching to the Hauppauge whilst she was out of
the room and then just casually asking what she thought ... answer was a
four letter word beginning with "C".  Surreptitiously switching
back to
normal Sky resulted in a "now that's better".

It's a pity as I was quite keen to get a Tivo / Sky Plus like thing going,
but there's not much point if the quality isn't there.

Anyhow, if anyone has any pointers ....

Regards
Darryl.

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