TV Tuners

I have been reading alot about different internal tv tuner cards. I am seeing alot of associated heat problems and since I will have sli 285s next and a quiet (somewhat warm) case, I need one that won't get hot. Picture quality is also important as I've also read about distortions with some cards. I will be connecting cable from a coaxial wall outlet. Any suggestions on a card would be appreciated, since I can't find a standout winner after searching newegg reviews. Thanks.

I link to Newegg but I'm not basing my suggestion on the reviews there. Rather, a brief visit to a friend's house using said TV tuner in his gaming rig. No problems so far, according to him:

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800 MCE Kit 1128 PCI-Express x1 Interface
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6815116015

A lot of people used to recommend the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1800... until the Hauppauge Hybrid 2250 came out. LOL

Personally, I use an AVerMedia AVerTV PCI-E Combo on my Window MCE 2005 system and I've not had any problems.

-Wolf sends

Thank you for the suggestions. Is the only real difference with the 2250 dual channel recording?

This what i use right now on my setup. This is the most stable HW and SW among the HD-Tuners that i have tried. If you are after HD quality this card will work.
This Tuner have accessories to control your cable box or satelite box.
Haupppage 2250: I got it from newegg but it seems to be out of stock when i check it. Wait for a few days it may come up again. Below is the path to happuage webpage.

http://www.hauppage.com/site/produ [...] r2250.html

I have recorded HD TV shows on this card and it works well. As long as you have a drive space it will keep recording HD-TV shows as you program.

Some of the big HD-TV shows that i have recorded (Extended shows) are SUPERBOWL, Grammy Awards Nights, Olympics Basketball games of the US.....

The biggest Tv-Recorded file that i have to date is ~ 27Gbyte... An hour of HD-Movie or TV show is ~ 4-5 Gbyte.

You can still use your PC while the TV tuner is recording.

Take not of your personal peference if you want analog or HD-digital or both.

HD Tuners that i have tried....
AIT 650 PCIE: Great HD and Analog Tuner: ATI Driver is not stable and this don't work on Vista-64 Utimate Windows Media Center. With some patches from Microsft it will.... I parked this card.

Hauppage 1800/1600: HD is great but Analog TV is poor. Software is stable and work well on Windows Media Center.

Pinnacle PCIE HD-Tuner: Hardware is good. Software is behind and fixes are slow to come by.

I tried the above tuners on the following video cards....
- ATI 3879 512
-ATI 4670 512
- 8800GT OC 512
- GTX 280 OC
- ATI 4890 XOC