Recording TV On To Hard Disk

[fly258]

I assume it is possible, but do I need a certain spec TV card and if so can anyone recommend a good one?

[LeMarchand]

Yes, it is possible. The card you need will be dependent on what features you need: will you just need it to accept an aerial feed, or to decode Freeview signals, or to accept S- or Composite video (from, say, a digibox)?

http://www.videohelp.com/capturecards has a lot of information that might help. I use a Pinnacle card that does for me (and it was cheap!).

[MargeB]

Make sure you have a big hard drive (files can be huge), and maybe invest in a DVD rewriter, to store things.

[fly258]

Iv'e got a couple of 160 gig hard drives and a DVD re- writer so I'm OK in that respect.

I am about to order one of  THESE after much research, a tad expensive but the muts nuts by all accounts.

Any one else got one?

[BUTTERBAN]

you have to make sure that you have a decsent ariel, i had to buy a booster for mine as the picture quality was so poor. to achive best results and a good picture.
sorry bout caps