Which TV recording cards do you recommend??

I guess the title says it all.
Im looking to buy a TV card and use the Mega 180 as a VCR....but since nothing is easy with the MEGAS i just wanted to know from peoples experience which one work and are pretty easy to install and setup??
cheers
Jon
Standard MEGA 180
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I would always go for a card which has a hardware encoder onboard.
Hauppauge PVR cards are great.
Very good support for all software.
And there is a new version called the PVR150mce and you can buy this one for approx. 70 euro.
Thats a great card at a great price with best performance possible.
Never problems with out of sync audio or dropped frames.
And your CPU stays untouched wich is nice in a HTPC environment.

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