Newegg has the Hauppauge 01414 Colossus PCI Express Internal HD-PVR for $130 - $30 rebate [Exp 11/21] = $100 with free shipping. Records video at up to 1080i resolution in H.264 Blu-ray compatible format, records Xbox 360 or PS3 video game play, and can automatically change TV channels for schedules recordings.
The real intent with this is to record all those channels that are sent to your TV encrypted. Very silly that we have to convert from digital to analog component and then back to digital, wasting energy and a losing a little fidelity in the process. A tuner is much preferred for the unencrypted content, since you can just record the data the networks compressed with their more expensive and capable encoders that were fed digital data to start.
Doesn't have a TV tuner?
no tuner, just a no-so-good video capture card.
avoid, stay away from.
anybody still watching TV?
yes people still watch tv, but not at the time shows comes on.
The real intent with this is to record all those channels that are sent to your TV encrypted. Very silly that we have to convert from digital to analog component and then back to digital, wasting energy and a losing a little fidelity in the process. A tuner is much preferred for the unencrypted content, since you can just record the data the networks compressed with their more expensive and capable encoders that were fed digital data to start.