Vista View Saber DA-1N1-I Combo Analog/Digital PCI TV Tuner Card

Vista View Saber DA-1N1-I Combo Analog/Digital PCI TV Tuner Card Reviews

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So I heard about this product while looking for an HDTV tuner card for my Windows Vista Home Premium PC so I could watch and record TV from my Xbox 360 (as a media center extender) hooked up to my projector. br /br /I decided to buy it since the few reviews it got (just google them) were pretty good. I wholeheartedly agree with them. It was very easy to install: just pop open your PC, plug it into a PCI slot, install drivers from the cd, and hooked up cables from standard cable TV and OTA HDTV antenna. Next, I started up Media Center and chose "Set up TV," and Media Center configures the rest as a wizard (with your input of course to click "Next" and so on).br /br /Picture quality coming from regular cable TV looked especially good even when scaled on my 90" projection screen. Colors stood out and it was as sharp as you can get for a crappy signal. Not sure if it was my projector (Mitsubishi HD1000) or the card itself or both, but I've never seen better looking 480i content. br /br /As far as the HD tuner goes, I am really pleased with it also. Signal strength was great for all the stations in my area. High def content coming over the air also looks excellent. Colors were vibrant and detail was much better than standard def. Just watch CSI: Miami and you'll know what I mean. However since most stations compress the crap out of the signals, you can see compression/video artifacts. HD over the air is nice since it's free and a large step up from stardard def TV, but but it definitely doesn't hold a candle to HD DVD and Blu-ray. br /br /In summary, I wasn't looking for an NTSC tuner (standard 480i TV) since I just wanted an HD tuner, but this dual-tuner card was a bonus for me, since I can record/watch content from both tuners (HD and SD). Picture quality was really good (for TV anyway), and it was easy to install and use. Plus, for roughly 0, you cannot get a better deal for a high-quality product. I highly recommend for anyone looking for a PC TV tuner.

Vista View Saber DA-1N1-I Combo Analog/Digital PCI TV Tuner Card Feature

• Package Contents - Saber DA-1N1-I Combo Analog/Digital Low Profile PCI TV Tuner Card, Audio cable - Mini Stereo to RCA, S-Video to Composite adaptor, Low Profile Bracket, Quick Installation Guide, Saber DA-1N1-I drivers
• The Saber DA-1N1-I works with Vista Media Center, XP-MCE and other third party media applications. No application software is included
• Hardware encoding with ViXS' XCode II video processor with 3D Comb filtering
• Microsoft Vista Ultimate and XP MCE certified drivers
• Low Profile PCI Card allows good air circulation

The Vista View Saber DA-1N1-I is the one Tuner card that answers all your needs. The Saber 1N1 is both a high quality Analog (NTSC) tuner with hardware encoding and an HDTV (ATSC) tuner, on one low profile PCI card. Watch HDTV while you record analog TV or vice versa. The Saber DA-1N1-I s hardware encoder does all the hard work so your computer's CPU remains free for other uses. The Saber DA-1N1-I encoder is the industry's finest, providing a much clearer and color true picture than competing last generation tuner cards. It accepts analog input from RF antenna, S-Video and Composite Video. The HDTV (ATSC) Tuner lets you watch OTA (over-the-air) HDTV, and Turn your computer into a digital PVR. Supports all ATSC standards including 1080p. The ATSC hardware is QAM capable. The Saber DA-1N1-I comes with Microsoft Vista and MCE certified BDA drivers, which work flawlessly with Microsoft Vista. The onboard video encoder means that you can use older computers with XP and leading software packages to provide all the capabilities of the newer Media Center computers. HDTV support for entire range of ATSC standard including 1080p Analog TV Encoding up to Full D1 quality (720x 480 NTSC) FCC, CE, EN55020 Certified Minimum System Requirements - CPU - 1 GHz or faster, RAM - 256 MB minimum, Microsoft XP (SP2) XP-MCE or Vista Operating System, VGA card with 64MB RAM and full hardware DirectX 9.0c support, DirectX 9.0c or higher installed, MPEG-2 decoder software installed and enabled (for play back), AC3 Audio decoder software installed and enabled (for play back), Available PCI slot, HDTV Antenna (for ATSC reception), TV Antenna or Cable TV S-Video or Composite connection (for NTSC reception)

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Total lack of support - Alan D. Walker - Stokesdale, NC
I purchased this card for a Windows Media Center 2005 XP computer system since it is advertised to work with it. It does not. Support to resolve the issue has been nonexistent from Vista View. All they would say is that they knew there was a problem but could not correct it until they got more information from the chip manufacturer. That was over a month ago. I found that this card would work correctly though with Sage software where it would not work with Microsoft Media Center software so I kept it. Just don't expect any help from these people if you have a problem. I certainly didn't get any.Vista View Saber DA-1N1-I Combo Analog/Digital PCI TV Tuner Card

Works well for me. - chillwater - MIAMI, FL USA
No new drivers since forever as far as I can tell. This makes me nervous about wether this product is being supported properly. Just a thought.


Nov 04, 2010 07:24:04