>On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Andrewd wrote: >> Leadtek TV tuner card @$135
>I picked up the leadtek tv 2000 xp deluxe from the computer markets the >other day for only $93 (it was $120 elsewhere online). >The picture / options are fine, however I've found that the sound is >majorly scratchy - I bought it to put into a dedicated HTPC, .. I've found the same thing with the leadtek card that I bought ($110). Other than the sound not being perfect I'm happy with it. I record at the highest bitrate setting I can, which I think is 6000bps (or is that B?) which for a 21 minute episode of Futurama comes out at 700 - 800 meg, then re-encode it with a great program called VirtualDub. This takes it to under 200 meg at full screen using the latest iteration of DIVX. VitualDub can also edit without re-encoding, it gives you the option to either re-encode using whatever method you want for sound or picture, or take a 'direct stream' so no loss in quality if you want to cut adds out. Cheers. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
