Tuner for Tivo-like recording

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I have been looking for a tuner for my PC. My main specs are below, but I'm sure that I will be able to do basically any brand.

I want a good quality tuner and it MUST come with software to do recording just like Tivo.

I am in a dorm and I have no other option of picking up a cable box for tivo.

Any suggestions? For each suggestion, please state whether or not you have personally purchased the model yourself.

Thanks for the help.
 
look at the ati tuner cards on newegg...never owned one but i want to and they seem pretty good from what i hear.
 
What you're looking for is a PVR or Personal Video Recorder.

A friend of mine has a (HAUPPAUGE WinTV-PVR350) it's about $199.00.
Here's a link for it:
http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware.asp#pvr350]WinTV-PVR350[/URL]

This one is their highest end PVR. It's actually pretty solid. It captures video very well. He captured the this years superbowl and made a really great highlight video. It's nice quality.
 
This may not be much of a help, but I think it might be cheeper to just get a Tivo...?
 
Qwert said:
This may not be much of a help, but I think it might be cheeper to just get a Tivo...?

KornNut said:

I am in a dorm and I have no other option of picking up a cable box for tivo.


:D :D

The cheapest route is to buy a TV Tuner for the PC. You can even find a TV Tuner with the necessary software for only 40 dollars. I just want to know the best, inexpensive TV Tuner. Some one had suggested a Leadtek tuner to me, but they discontinued that model (it was a three year model, just my luck). I am thinking of this tuner:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-180&depa=0

which does have DVR capabilities, I just want to hear suggestions before making this HUGE investment (its college, so im poor).
 
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