Kolkata guys help...need a tv tuner

I urgently need a tv tuner ... Pinnacle is my choice

What I need to know is whether the MEDIA CENTER series is better than the PCTV series and what are the respective costs (approx.)

Also suggest me a shop in Kolkata (preferably Chandni Chowk) from where I can buy this card

Can anyone using these cards provide me with the following info?
1> whether the card has the time shift/scheduling features ?
2> whether it is an external one (usb 2) ?
3> any FM radio options ?
4> what is the bundled software ? how's the remote ?

Like I said earlier,I need this fast...so please help me decide

c'mon ... no reply yet ?

Does no one in Kolkata use a tuner card ?

Any info would have been very useful since 2mro i'm visiting Chandni :-?

T

if i remember kolkata correctly, go to Computer Exchange on camac street - park street crossing and ask for pinnacle

F

My sugesstion would be go for pctv plus from saboo computers
it has fm
internal
the card has the time shift/scheduling features
and great remote
one more thing the time shift is computer dependent and not card
u need lot of hdd space for time shift and good processing speed

I visited chandni last Saturday ... everytime i go there I feel like cursing myself ... very few ppl over there have the necessary knowledge of hardware ...

I was astonished to see one guy giving all sorts of false info to a customer willing to buy a gfx card :evil:

he didn't know the diff between 7300 and 6800

another point is that the shops keep only the products that are common ... ask them anything else and they give you a strange look ... and the big names charge more ... I found a small shop offering Pinnacle 100e external tv tuner for Rs. 4400 . However it did not accept credit card and I didn't have that much cash on me , so I had to take it from Saboo for Rs. 4590

Anyway, the tuner has been working fine till now...reception is good ...
I'll record a few shows and let u guys know

Royal.did u get the OPTION of another pinnacle card.....i.e PINNACLE 110i....was that available too.......??????

I think.....100e(EXTERNAL) & 110i(INTERNAL)r the same thing!

hey TechGuru#1

sorry to dissapoint you ... no I DID NOT find 110i anywhere

I think if I really asked for it the shopkeepers would have thought I have gone mad :sad:

seriously...most people over there do not deserve to be working in a hardware shop

Coming back to the topic, I think 100e and 110i are very similar ... though 100e does not have FM radio options ...
BTW, the words "High-quality video capture" was present in 100e page but not in 110i one. I wonder why ?

royal.diid u get ur " HIGH QUALITY" recording from 100e?