The most recent Video and TV Cards articles from Personal Computer World

Review: Compro Videomate E700 TV tuner

Terry Relph-Knight — 2007-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Terry Relph-Knight, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 22 August 2007 at 00:00:00

PCI Express dual DVB-T TV tuner card with power-up scheduling

Compro’s Videomate E700 is a dual DVB-T tuner card with power-up scheduling, SDTV / 1080i high resolution support and software that allows direct-to-disc recording....

Review: Elgato Turbo.264 video-encoding device

Nigel Whitfield — 2007-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Nigel Whitfield, Personal Computer World, Thursday 16 August 2007 at 00:00:00

A video-encoding add-on that saves time for iPod, PSP and AppleTV owners

There are a growing number of devices around that can play back H.264 encoded video, but unless you have a very fast computer, it can be time-consuming converting existing files....

Review: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 3000 TV tuner

Terry Relph-Knight — 2007-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Terry Relph-Knight, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 13 March 2007 at 00:00:00

PCI tri-mode TV tuner card with satellite, Freeview and analogue support

During this transitional period between analogue and digital television services there are several ways you might want to receive, record and view programmes....

Review: Kworld DVB-T PE310 TV tuner

Leo Waldock — 2007-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Leo Waldock, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 10 January 2007 at 00:00:00

A PCI Express tuner with dual analogue, dual digital or a bit of both

The Kworld DVB-T PE310 stands out from the crowd thanks to its use of a PCI Express interface but the real novelty lies inside the dual tuners; each tuner can...

Review: Compro Videomate U500 USB DVB-T Stick

Emil Larsen — 2006-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 28 November 2006 at 00:00:00

Freeview on your PC

The Videomate U500 is a USB2 digital TV tuner for your laptop or PC, jumping on the bandwagon of companies offering Freeview channels on your computer....

Review: Elgato EyeTV digital receiver

Paul Rowlingson — 2006-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Rowlingson, Personal Computer World, Thursday 9 November 2006 at 00:00:00

A digital TV receiver and recorder for Mac OSX

Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) has grown hugely in popularity since its inception, and with the UK analogue switch-off due in 2010 this is only going to increase....

Review: Kworld Dual TV Tuner DVB-T 220

Jonathan Parkyn — 2006-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Personal Computer World, Friday 21 July 2006 at 00:00:00

Receive digital and analogue TV signals, but not simultaneously

Usually when the term dual tuner is used in respect to computer TV tuner cards, the product will have either two analogue or two digital tuners so that one channel...

Review: Gigabyte GC-PTV-TAF Hybrid TV tuner

Terry Relph-Knight — 2006-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Terry Relph-Knight, Personal Computer World, Monday 20 March 2006 at 00:00:00

Provides your PC with analogue or digital TV, but only one channel at a time

If you’re building a home theatre PC, you’ll need some form of TV tuner card. Based on the the Philips 8275A tuner and SAA7131E de-coder chips, Gigabyte's new GC-PTV-TAF is...

Pinnacle PCTV USB Stick

Will Stapley — 2006-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Monday 13 March 2006 at 00:00:00

A portable Freeview tuner complete with DivX encoding

Plugging directly into a USB socket, Pinnacle’s PCTV USB Stick is aimed at those who want a portable digital TV tuner....

Terratec Grabster AV150

Paul Monckton — 2006-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Thursday 2 March 2006 at 00:00:00

A cheap and cheerful video capture device that relies on software encoding

Terratec's Grabster AV150 is a simple, pocket-sized analogue video capture device that comes bundled with all the software you need to create, edit and burn DVDs of your treasured recordings....

Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT

Jonathan Parkyn — 2006-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 1 March 2006 at 00:00:00

Two digital tuners from one card, just as long as you've got a PCI Express slot

It may be a virtually redundant technology, but there's one thing you can say about good old VHS; at least users could record one channel while watching another....

Pinnacle Mediacenter 300i

Will Stapley — 2005-03-17T11:14:48.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Thursday 17 March 2005 at 11:14:48

A good-value all-in-one PVR

If you like the look of Microsoft Media Center but don't fancy shelling out for a new PC, there are some alternatives....

Terratec Cinergy 400 TV

Emilie Martin — 2005-03-15T14:39:22.000Z

Emilie Martin, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 15 March 2005 at 14:39:22

Great range of features including WinDVR

Terratec's Cinergy 400 TV Mobile turns your notebook into a portable TV and digital video recorder, complete with a time-shifting option that lets you 'pause' live broadcasts....

Avermedia AverTV Box9

Rob Jones — 2005-01-11T14:17:57.000Z

Rob Jones, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 11 January 2005 at 14:17:57

A simple way to convert your monitor into a TV

The AverTV Box9 is a high-definition SXGA device that turns your monitor into a TV. There's no software to install; it simply plugs between your monitor, speakers and your PC's...

Visionplus VisionDTV USB-Ter

Kelvyn Taylor — 2004-11-30T16:58:23.000Z

Kelvyn Taylor, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 30 November 2004 at 16:58:23

Bring Freeview to your PC

The VisionDTV USB-Ter from Visionplus claims to be the world's first external digital TV tuner with Windows Hardware Quality Labs certification.In theory this should ensure good XP compatibility, and we...