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Originally Posted by Coolwave
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I know this may not be exactly what you're looking for in terms of price, but as far as functionality goes I think it would be perfect for you.
Beyond TV 3 and Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 Kit
This setup will function similar to a Tivo with scheduled recordings, favorites, tv guide, etc. This particular TV tuner allows for MPEG-2 hardware encoding and makes for perfectly smooth DVD resolution recordings with less than 5% CPU usage.
One feature unique to Beyond TV is ShowSqueeze. This will automatically compress your shows to Windows Media format so you can then use them on your pocket pc.
I know this is expensive, but I know you will be satisfied with this setup. Beyond TV is well supported and has awesome features over your basic TV tuner software. You'll never watch TV the same way.
In case you can't tell, I'm extremely interested in everything HTPC so I can't recommend cheap solutions that just don't work the way you want them to. I personally have a dual Hauppage PVR-250 TV tuner setup running SageTV. SageTV suites me better than Beyond TV, but you said you wanted windows media files so I recommended the software that will allow for that.
I am new to these forums and I'm mainly lurking around while I wait for my Axim to arrive so I haven't posted before. I don't work for SnapStream if anyone is questioning my post. I personally use SageTV and like it much better than Beyond TV. :)
Hope that helps someone,
Coolwave
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Thanks Coolwave, this looks really neat. I have found the same Hauppauge tuner at Page Computer for $122.00, and the "Beyond TV" software can be had for $55.00, so that cuts the price down significantly. This looks like what I need. I read some user reviews of the tuner on Amazon.com and some of them scared me a little; but at other sites all of the reviews were good, so I think maybe there was a bad batch or something when they first came out. You can hardly find that model on Ebay, which is good, because that means that most people must like them enough that they are not getting rid of them.