decent tv tuner

Hello, I'm looking for a decent tv turner that ranging maybe from $30 to $50. I'm going to use it to route my cable tv into my pc system. Recording tv show is optional I guess. Any suggestion? It's going to be my first tv turner, and I have to say, it's not my domain, so any suggestion is greatly appreciated.

yes I do have a 19" LCD at resolution of 1280x1024. So, tv tuner is not going to work well for me?

Yes, don't forget to factor in the noise level from cable unless you have a well above average signal and live within a few amps of the HE.

Even with a MyHD120 tuner (hardware based) a HD channel doesn't even look that great using a DVI cable! If your video card has capyure capibilities try feeding even a camcorder signal into the monitor and see what it looks like.

"rvmb"?? :?:

yes I do have a 19" LCD at resolution of 1280x1024. So, tv tuner is not going to work well for me?

Your 19" LCD will be just fine.

If your video signal is DIGITAL, you will get a good picture.

If your video signal is ANALOG, your picture will be lesser quality.

Your TV signal is only 480 lines of resolution, so if you size the picture to "full screen" and watch it from a normal monitor viewing distance, it will appear grainy. If you watch it from a normal TV viewing distance, it wll be OK... just like "normal TV"

If you make a small window to view the TV from a normal monitor viewing distance, the the picture will appear much better (especially if digital signal).

The Hauppauge Win-TV GO and any of it's versions is in your price range. With a digital signal, it is quite good.

If you want to spend a bit more or can catch a rebate deal, the Hauppauge Win TV-PVR 150 gets good reviews from buyers. It has an upgraded 10-bit decoder (the Win-TV GO has an 8-bit).

Good luck.

I just bought the Hauppauge WinTV-150 PVR MCE Kit (with remote) for 100$CAD and i'm using it on a 32" 16:9 Samsung LCD TV and yes the image looks a bit "streched" but nothing more, Yes a bit grainy but that's the way Analog and Digital (Non-HD since over here there charging a ridiculous premium for it..) will look on 16:9 displays...And if you plan on using it on a PC monitor, i dont't see where you would be disapointed.
My 2 cents.

This is my fisrt time posting, mainly because I am interested in the subject I have 2 TV tuners in my pc 1 ADS Instant HDTV PCI (PTV-380-EF) which is as implied by its name a digital tuner wich also has an analog tuner you can choose which one to view I also have an Hauppauge 250 and belive me the digital feed is awesome the picture is crystal clear on my 19" CRT yes analog is a little bit grainy but not to the point where its bothersome I use Beyond TV as my PVR so all my shows are recorded perfectely. One thing that I could tell you is that I don't watch the shows in full screen most of the time because I'm always doing something on the PC but when I do the image is clear especially if I'm watching OTA HD Feeds

To make a statement as that is beyond incorrect. According to that statement, analog always has a "crap" signal strength. Sorry to inform you, but signal strength can vary with any RF transmission, be it radio or TV, analog or digital. Actually what what it is and how ol;d the system is, analog can and will look good with a proper signal on a CRT type of television (monitor).

I've installed enough systems and seen enough pictures on screens to decide for myself that analogue is not the best way to broadcast a moving image, unless you are at the optimum distance from the transmitter you will not get a perfect picture on all channels, there will always be some degree of ghosting or flecking call it what you will, but it will always be there, but I don't see that with a digital feed, be it on a CRT or an LCD as mentioned in your previous post.