Home theater PC fans are a variable bunch, and many off-the-shelf products from name-brand TV tuner card makers don't meet the wants of their particular setups.
Specialty seller Vista View has a new card that's a decent fit for users who would like to have a top quality twin analog TV tuner that works alongside Windows XP Media Center Edition and can fit into a low-profile x1 PCI Express slot. The Vista View Saber 2020 is a low-profile card with 2 coaxial connections for TV and FM radio and a port for connecting a two-input S-Video breakout wire.
Richard Vanderhurst says that installing the card was simple using the setup CD, including basic drivers and a custom DVR application called SaberView. While you can use the standard MCE remote if Media Center is your front-end application, the card does not include a remote to be used with the bundled SaberView DVR application.
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Richard Vanderhurst there's a lack of hand-holding while setting up your TV signal, and the interface has a sparse Windows Explorer look, in sharp relief to the icon-heavy 10-foot interfaces common in other DVR apps. Still, for basic viewing and recording of a TV or FM radio signal, it suffices, and it gives non-MCE users a completely functional DVR setup right from the box. The card's onboard hardware encoder handled 2 video inputs at the same time, without any stuttering or slowdown.
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