Pc-tv

[Ebra]

looking for advice on a video card to go from pc-tv

was thinking ati something but don't know which one to look at.

[charlescpc]

I wouldn't recommend a Pinnacle TV card. I had an old card that worked great in 98 but when XP came along they never made any drivers. Finally got the TV card working with drivers some of the users had experimented with. It never worked as good as it did with 98 and the editing software never worked again.

Their technical staff would never respond. I will never buy another card from them. ANd their card worked great with 98.

Anyway, that's just my opinion

[confus-ed]

You want a combined card ? or a new card & then a tv card, or just a tv card ? the previous reply has me confus-ed once again

Budget ?

[mongo69]

I wouldn't recommend a Pinnacle TV card. I had an old card that worked great in 98 but when XP came along they never made any drivers. Finally got the TV card working with drivers some of the users had experimented with. It never worked as good as it did with 98 and the editing software never worked again.

Their technical staff would never respond. I will never buy another card from them. ANd their card worked great with 98.

Anyway, that's just my opinion

Dude I hate the Pinnacle company. This homo @ work had to have THIS card installed into his confuser he would not take the IT departments ideas of this card being a bad choice he said he had done all the investigating needed and that this card was the best on the market and he needed it installed ASAP. I spent a whole week trying to get this card installed on a WIN2K box I called the company I emailed the company I posted to their help forums. I did everything I could to get a hold of them so that I could get this stupid card installed but no joy. I finally had to install win98 on the box and then I could install the card and the software. This all took a week or two of my undivided attention. This was like a year ago now and the stupid user that just had to have this card has yet to produce something with it or even use it. My advice is DO NOT USE THE PINNACLE CARD OR ANYTHING FROM THAT COMPANY NOW OR EVER!!!!

[Ebra]

budget doesn't matter on this one just as long as it gets done.

[Ferrit]

Ok to understand what the deal is. PC to TV is not a tv tuner card so you need not go to the expense of a ATI AIW (All In Wonder) All you need is a video card that has tv out and almost all of them do it I have a radeon 7000 that does it fine
Now if you want to bring the video back in from the say VCR or TV then you need a VIVO like my 9600 . The only time you need an AIW is when a tv tuner card is needed

[mattyx]

hmm....i bought a pinnacle pctv standard for $30 a while back and i am running it on win 2k no problem.

i've recorded shows, burned to dvd, played on my dvd player connnected to my tv, recorded from my vcr to my computer and back to dvd...i basically use it as a PVR.

it is the simple and old version, don't know what the new stuff is like, but for $30 i have been very happy.

[freddy]

i got one of them pinnicle cards ,,pc-rave , brand new in a box for about £10.00 ,,put it in xp box ,,,,no bloody sound ,,,,,bloody big d/load (on dial up) ,,,pratted around ,,,spare time ,,,,eventuallt now the sound works


definatly not plug n play ,,




freddy