[vegettoxp]

Hey Guys, I was just wondering are there any good brand HD TV Turner for PC's out there. I thought since I am building a new system, I might as well throw in a HD TV Turner in there too. I did a quick web search and I didn't find whole a lot of HD Turners out there. So if you guys know of any, please share them with me.

Aslo I had a question about HD and Blue-Ray Drives for PC. When are we gona see these drives on PC anyway. I really want to put in a HD Drive in my new system.

So if anyone has any info on these topics, please share it with me.

THX!

P.S. Fusion

[ripken204]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....amp;srchInDesc=
bluray drives are at newegg, but they cost ALOT.

[rendrag]

good luck finding a cable-ready hdtv tuner... the only ones that are out there are for terrestrial HD (think rabbit ears). ATI just came out with a true HDTV tuner using the Cable-Card spec, though there are some caveats:

1. at the moment it's only available to the big box builders (HP, Dell, etc). It won't be available to the retail space for a while.
2. I believe it's only external, though I'm sure they'll make an internal version.

otherwise, the ATI HDTV Wonder got good reviews, and I believe hauppauge has made one as well.

[nmX.Memnoch]

Hauppage does indeed have a couple of ATSC OTA (over-the-air) models. The WinTV-HVR-950 is a USB 2.0 solution and the WinTV-HVR-1600 is a PCI solution and comes with a remote.

We actually just got the 950 for a solution we're testing at work. It just came in though so I haven't had a chance to mess with it yet. We aren't going to use the little antenna that came with it...we got a seperate powered one. We're also only planning to use it strictly to pick up the broadcast...not for any recording (although I will be testing that).

rendrag is right though...you won't find any (or many) cable-ready HDTV tuners.