The Best HDTV Tuner for Your PC

What is the best HDTV tuner?
Best All Around Tuner

1.OnAir USB HDTV GT

Tunes HD/digital both over the air and cable (QAM64 & 256)
Works w/MCE as Digital tuner(MCE/Kram Driver Install Routine here )
Includes Nvidia Purevideo decoders w/Dolby Digital 5.1
The first tuner to work with digital cable/QAM and third party software ( SageTV 6.0 beta & GB-PVR v0.98.13 )
Includes remote control
Best vendor support
Best weak signal and multi-path tuner
Works with TitanTV for record scheduling
Has active Forum discussion group (here) hosted by AutumnWave/OnAir customer support

2.Best Tuner for older computers and older or no video card,

MyHD MDP-130 Tuner Card
No special graphics card required – HDTV output from card
Tunes both over the air and cable (QAM64 & 256) at the same time
Works with TitanTV for record scheduling
Includes remote
Most stable application software
Excellent Forum discussion group
Runs on older computers

COMMENTS

Easy to setup and run. Great for that old Pentium III that’s gathering dust in the spare bedroom. One of the most expensive tuners, but no graphics card to buy, install or interface with. Stable application software. Not the best analog TV reception. Software not intuitive, but easy to learn and use. There is a great add-on application called the Cliff Watson EPG which gives the MyHD a much more Tivo-like functionality. Get more info on the EPG software here. For more information on the MYHD MDP-130 check out the AVS Forum thread here.