Suggestions for a good tuner

[Protocol Zero]

Hey everyone, I'm wanting to take my HTPC to the next level and add live TV capabilities. I did a few searches on Google and Amazon, but I'm worried I'll let my cheap side take over and purchase a bad card JUST because it's cheap. With that being said, I would like to avoid spending a lot of money if possible though :p

Do any of you have any suggestions on which card I should get? One thing I would like to be able to do with it, is have input capabilities, such as an A/V (or even better, an HDMI) input option, so I could plug in a video game console maybe? Does something like that even exist? Otherwise, just any suggestions of good tuners I could consider buying.

Thanks!

[chewitt]

I can see you posted from the US but you'll need to be more specific on what kind of card (e.g. broadcast technology) you need before anyone might consider making a recommendation.

[Protocol Zero]

Hey, thanks for the reply. That's kind of the thing, I don't know anything about these cards, I'm not really sure what kind I need. I don't currently have cable, but I do have an antenna that can pick up over the air channels. So I guess I just need the card to have a coax input, and an A/V input. Other than that, I'm afraid I don't understand enough to have any additional details to give you.

[trsqr]

Ok, where in the world are you? This information is needed to understand which broadcast technology is used.

It seems you want to receive terrestrial TV. I assume terrestrial digital TV (as opposed to the analog TV). You will need a digital TV adapter, which can be a USB receiver or a PCIe receiver (a card that goes inside your computer) depending on what kind of HTPC you have.

Then you can look at http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Supported_TV_Tuners page and see which ones are supported.