List of tested TV Tuner Cards

[Andras Banusz]

Gigabyte GT-PTV-TAF-RH

Hybrid TV tuner card (Analog and DVB-T)
Card tested and works with WMC on Windows 7 x64.
Drivers available for Windows 7 32 and 64 bit versions.

GT-PTV-TAF-RH - GIGABYTE - Product - PC Components - TV Tuner - Products

 

[Orpheous]

Thanks for the input.... list updated

 

[5t341th]

I use a
Diamond ATI TV wonder HD640 PCI-E
and it works great

 

[Orpheous]

I use a
Diamond ATI TV wonder HD640 PCI-E
and it works great

Thanks for that
I can't find any information on that model on the Diamond website, the closest I could find is the All in Wonder Graphics with HD TV Tuner.
Please let me know if that's the one, if not, please provide a link to your product page.

 

[5t341th]

I use a
Diamond ATI TV wonder HD640 PCI-E
and it works great

Thanks for that
I can't find any information on that model on the Diamond website, the closest I could find is the All in Wonder Graphics with HD TV Tuner.
Please let me know if that's the one, if not, please provide a link to your product page.

oops i mistyped the model
its a HD650. i must have typed 640 by mistake.
here ya go
TVW650PCIE|ATI TV Wonder HD 650 Combo|TVW650 at diamondmm.com

 

[Orpheous]

added, thanks

 

[Beastie]

i use the Visiontek TV Wonder HD 650 HDTV Tuner
VisionTek Unbelievably Real
i use it with win 7 with no problems at all
works with win 7 32
and win 7 64

 

[IggyAZ]

The next question would be which version TV Tuner is better/faster?
PCI
PCI-E
USB
IDE

 

[Andras Banusz]

The next question would be which version TV Tuner is better/faster?
PCI
PCI-E
USB
IDE

I don't think there is a difference, since all those platforms offer plenty of bandwith for this type of application. I see only one benefit from the USB tuners: they are portable, while add-in cards aren't.

 

[Wishmaster]

Pinnacle PCI Card i800

Does NOT work in Media Center. Will not receive any channels.

It only works under win7 64 using the supplied PCTV software, which is quite buggy.

 

[Beastie]

Pinnacle PCI Card i800

Does NOT work in by Media Center. Will not receive any channels.

It only works under win7 64 using the supplied PCTV software, which is quite buggy.

just was wondering did you install play ready in media center?
i have a pinnacle card also suppose to be digital and analog
only picks up digital with the pinnacle buggy software
but analog is no problem in media center with win 7 64x

 

[JulesAndAl]

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 - PCI Express Card works perfectly in Win7 X64 and WMC.

 

[Orpheous]

Pinnacle PCI Card i800

Does NOT work in by Media Center. Will not receive any channels.

It only works under win7 64 using the supplied PCTV software, which is quite buggy.

I just found a thread on another site, that was from someone with the same card as you. He installed the optional updates from the Windows Update and managed to get OTA working through WMC, but no QAM.
There seems to be quite a few others that are having the same problem with your card...
Here is a direct link to the pinnacle website for the official W7 drivers for your card. If it's still not working, I'd suggest nagging Pinnacle until they have it fixed!

 

[Beastie]

Pinnacle PCI Card i800

Does NOT work in by Media Center. Will not receive any channels.

It only works under win7 64 using the supplied PCTV software, which is quite buggy.

I just found a thread on another site, that was from someone with the same card as you. He installed the optional updates from the Windows Update and managed to get OTA working through WMC, but no QAM.
There seems to be quite a few others that are having the same problem with your card...
Here is a direct link to the pinnacle website for the official W7 drivers for your card. If it's still not working, I'd suggest nagging Pinnacle until they have it fixed!

thank you for the link to the drivers i installed them and now my card is showing both the analog tuner and the digital tuner with win 7 64x in media center

 

[derekimo]

This one works perfect in my x64 home premuim,
WinTV-HVR-1600 Product overview

 

[Orpheous]

Pinnacle PCI Card i800

Does NOT work in by Media Center. Will not receive any channels.

It only works under win7 64 using the supplied PCTV software, which is quite buggy.

I just found a thread on another site, that was from someone with the same card as you. He installed the optional updates from the Windows Update and managed to get OTA working through WMC, but no QAM.
There seems to be quite a few others that are having the same problem with your card...
Here is a direct link to the pinnacle website for the official W7 drivers for your card. If it's still not working, I'd suggest nagging Pinnacle until they have it fixed!

thank you for the link to the drivers i installed them and now my card is showing both the analog tuner and the digital tuner with win 7 64x in media center

Glad to hear the drivers worked for you mate
I've updated the list to include your card as working, however, as Pinnacle was taken over by Avid, there doesn't seem to be a product info page available for it anymore so I've instead included the driver download page
Thanks for your feedback!

 

[sbrads]

Cheap K-World Freeview DVB-T 395U USB works fine with their new drivers V9.603.1.090630 on Win7.64 Ultimate.

 

[snit3]

AverMedia Combo works

I was able to get Win 7, 64 bit Media Center to work with the AverMedia "Combo" tuner. (white box version-OEM) The card uses a PCI-e slot. I'm using it with an analog input signal.

I use the TV card for purposes of editing content, so I was disappointed to discover Media Center only produced wtv files, which are not very useful outside the MC environment. (I'll try the included editing suite later) I already had Corel VideoStudio for video editing, but it doesn't recognize the AverMedia card. Finally found CyberLink PowerDirector which DOES recognize the Avermedia card AND can produce avi, mpeg, etc files.

So, finally, I'm back to where I was with XP! (thankfully)

 

[zay]

This might seem like a dumb question, but does the tuner affect the quality of the picture like how the graphic card does? I ask because I have full HD 1080p monitors with a radeon HD4670 graphics card, and my picture is still sub standard; the shows are dark. I have changed resolution up down left right and center, no joy.

 

[Bearlout]

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 PCI-e slot A&D x64

works great............