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| Pixelview PlayTV Pro FM | Tv Tuner Analog VideoIn |
Win95 Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4 MAC? Linux *based on user reports. |
PCI | $50 | 7.7/10 20 votes |
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| PixelView PlayTVpro turns your computer into a multimedia recreation! You will be surprised with its excellence functions such as:
Watching TV on your PC, listening to FM Radio music, capturing still and motion video images, editing personal greeting cards, sending video live mails by Internet, easy to connect with CCD camera/V8/VHS, video conferencing, supporting Teletext, closed caption, ... etc. This TV tuner with Capture card brings functions on your PC into full play. Conexant Bt878 chipset. Single-Chip video capture/TV tuner/FM radio multimedia adapter. Fully PCI Rev 2.1 compliant and zero wait state PCI burst write. PCI bus master interface. Supports NTSC/PAL/SECAM video input. Composite / S-Video input and audio input. Supports planner YUV data format. Sopports Windows 95/98. Multiple composite, S-Video and 8 pin mini-Din connector for Philip desktop video camera. Full TV frequency range for CATV/VHF/UHF. Multiple YCrCb and RGB pixel formats supported on output. Video capture rate maximum 30 frames/ second. VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval) data capture for closed caption, Teletext and intercast data decoding. Supports WST (World Standard Teletext) decoding. Video conferencing ready. |
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It works far from well. Every single program I use to watch TV hangs up and exits. I can´t make btwincap driver work properly with it. Best results with winampTV (takes longer to hang). WXP drivers are not tested and definitely not working. Comments posted by thanaytos from Spain, January 13, 2005: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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I am using this card [PV - BT878P+ (Rev.9F)] for last 6 months and tested it quite a bit. It works great with Win 98 SE with the only (bug?) issue I faced: When you are switching in between the channels in full screen mode, the system gets hunged up, and u r forced to press ctrl + alt + del. The resolution rendered in 98se is the BEST ! With Win2K and Xp the problem is the low quality resolution. Else its a best deal for converting u r pc to tv (with remote !) in just less than 50$ :) My pc configuration is as follows: 98se / win2k - dual 128 MB Ram, Intel i810 motherboard with PIII 550Mhz 40 GB HDD. I used software bundled with the card. Comments posted by Hrishi from India, December 05, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Under Linux (Fedora Core-3) this card works. I used program tvtime. (card=37, tuner=2 for bttv) Indeed under WinXP it works also. The TV-signals from cable were not very powerful. Comments posted by Serge from Russian Federation, November 24, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I would have given this a much higher rating, but it took a LONG time to figure out how to get this to work right in all settings, and even then it took extra software (Ulead Videostudio 7). Here's what I had to do: -I used btwincap drivers -I ran the line in through my ON-BOARD (would not capture in sound card) MIC jack (would not work in line-in). -the preview screen DOES NOT WORK So, I cannot SEE nor HEAR while I am capturing. Fortunately, when I capture through my camcorder I can see and hear through that, and when I capture through the VCR I can always cut the video when transferring. To make a long story short, after I complete all of this I get GREAT captures. Audio and video are both EXCELLENT. So if you want to save a few bucks (you can get this for $34) this card will work well, but you will have to work for it! Comments posted by JCJanko from United States, April 21, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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The 9F card is a nice one. however, compared to a 3F (very old revision) card quality seems worse (???). I swapped cards on the same machine and the older one is definately w/ better quality. - Works with the btwincap drivers, just choose generatl 'prolink play-tv pro' card, and leave tuner to autodetect. Dscaler also works fine. - Overall, cheap card which works OK, and should NEVER, EVER be used with it's bundled (CRAP!) software & drivers. Comments posted by Tarambuka3500 from Bulgaria, February 25, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 6 of 10. |
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It worked fine under win98, using the included drivers, but under WinXp never did, despite the updates from the vendor. winXP. PIII 800 256 RAM 20Gb Comments posted by Ernesto from Mexico, January 28, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? |
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Very cheap card that works great! I can capture with 720X480 with descaler, AVIIout with great sync and image. But dont use the drives that come with the card, they sucks! And use the audio input from your audio card not audio in from the Pixel card, so you can get a perfect sincro. Daluz Asus 950 - ATLHON 256 mem. 20GIGAS HD Sound Blaster 5.1 Comments posted by daluz from Other, December 08, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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This card works well for me in New Zealand. I am able to capture straight to DivX from an aerial connection with the drivers obtained from Prolink's website (http://www.prolink.com.tw/2003/english/download/protv_multimedia.htm). I am unable to get the card working with the BtWinCap drivers though (http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/installation.html). Whoever has this card installed [PV-BT878P+ (REV.9F)] and working with those drivers should post the settings they used during installation, as it does not autodetect on a number of machines here. Comments posted by Matt Barrett from Other, November 29, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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i'm using this card and i'm not happy with the video quality most of all the out of sync audio. i'm using only the drivers and softwares supplied with the card. maybe i should try using other drivers. Comments posted by Lito Garcia from Other, November 20, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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I can capture at 740x480 with MJPEG (pegasus) driver with 0 frames droped! With others codecs works too (like Divx 4.12 in realtime). I use: - btwincap drivers (sourceforge) - VirtualDub - TmpGenc (for VCD/SVCD/DVD quality) - PowerVCRII (to watch TV) Note: Win98 is better for capture. ... and many others... Everithing that works with WDM Driver work w/out problems. It´s a full stable board. --- A7V133 asus board with Athlon 1.2, 512 Mb, TNT2, 20Gb HB (5400 RPM but works fine !!!). Comments posted by Marcio Nestorenko from Other, July 18, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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The enclosed software package and drivers are terrible. But fortunatelly, this card support some excellent free software and drivers,and it´s hardware is excellent. I recommend the btwincap.sourceforge.net drivers, DScaler for watching TV, Radiator for radio Listening, VirtualDub for capture and Girder for Remote Control (You can use the card remote to control everything using this, like Winamp, Media Player, etc). This card also supports closed caption, but no SAP or Stereo support (aldo there´s a version that does). Good capture performance even at 640x480 29.97 fps, no frames lost with my 950 Mhz Duron and 40 Gb 500 RPM Maxtor HD, using PicVideo or Huffyuv codecs. Comments posted by vmesquita287 from Other, January 24, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I have captured full screen movies (640x480 mjpeg codec) without problems. The sound quality is so so. celeron 800 / 96mb ram / 40gb / win98 Comments posted by Vinícius R. T. Ferraz from Other, October 20, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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FOR THAT PRICE ITS THE BEST YOU CAN BUY. EVERITHING FINE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM. P4-1600, 256, TNT2, 60GB. Comments posted by PEPE TUDELA from Other, September 05, 2002: Compatibility: Win95 Win98 Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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use it on a win2k with 40GBHDD, 384MB RAM. Capture works well using RGB24 format but with anything else I've experienced audio sync using PCM 44khz 16bit stereo. I've tried this with Pinnacle and Premiere but it has sync problems with this card. Comments posted by wcvmorasa from Other, August 17, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 6 of 10. |
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I was looking for TV on my PC. Now I do VHS/Hi8 - (S)VCD as a hobby in my spare time. It works superb. Very good quality with hufyuv. I have captured TV size (704 x 480), R.T. 0 dropped frames with picvideo mjpeg lossless codec, on a P4/1.6GHz with UltraATA HD. Didn´t like the enclosed software and drivers. I use DScaler to watch TV and the open source drivers+util to capture, VirtualDub is the best for video editing. It looses the DirecTV signal from time to time though. The best price/performance. Comments posted by TNG from Other, July 26, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Quite happy with it , captures raw 342*288 no frames dropped , I've got only one hard disk so it tops out at 17 mB/sec which is not enough but a raid setup would work fine , it captured in to memory with no dropped frames at 720*576 raw (RGB)so its my hardisk at fault ,the picture quality is very good ,the tuner software is so so , i am still looking for a working codec for realtime capture otherwise I certainly got what I paid for .I recommend trying some of the generic drivers they seem to work better. Comments posted by bobo from Other, February 08, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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No comments Comments posted by robert from Other, February 05, 2002: Compatibility: Win95 Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4 MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Very useful card. Do the job! Comments posted by roberto devojno bruder from Other, January 22, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Very good an unexpensive card that may be used for good resolution and frame rates capture and to watch TV and listen FM. Uses the CPU very extensively in compression. Comments posted by Joao Canova from Other, January 12, 2002: Compatibility: Win95 Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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Good ,inexpensive card nearly 50$.Don't know maybe u can find something better for this price ;-) Comments posted by Christian from Other, June 05, 2001: Compatibility: Win95 Win98 Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4 MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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No comments Comments posted by Roberto Devojno Bruder from Other, May 10, 2001: Compatibility: Win95 Win98 Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Card= New Capture Card since your last vist. Feature What kind of main capture features it supports Analog VideoIn = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input Video Card = If it is a Video Card/Graphic Card Tv Tuner = Built-In TV-Tuner Digital TV = Built-In Digital TV-Tuner DV/Firewire = DV/Firewire/i.Link input DV Converter = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input and converts to DV video MPEG1 hardware = Capture directly MPEG1(VCD) video using hardware* MPEG2 hardware = Capture directly MPEG2(SVCD and DVD) video using hardware* MJPEG hardware = Capture directly to MJPEG using hardware* MPEG4 hardware = Capture directly to MPEG4(DivX,Xvid) video using hardware* * = Most capture cards can capture to this format using software but it usually requires a very fast computer, if it supports realtime capturing it uses the capture cards hardware and it doesn't require a very fast computer and you may get better quality but less options/settings than software capturing. Compatibility What Operating System our users have reported that it works on, Win95=Works Cnx = Connection What type of connection the capture device has to the computer, PCI, AGP, USB1/1.1/2, DV or PCMCIA. Price The price in US dollar. Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. Comment User comments, click on view to view them or add to post a own comment. We can not gurantee that this list is 100% correct. Don't forget to read the User Comments for more Info about each Capture card. If you find any features that are not correct contact us instead of posting a comment about it. |
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