Hauppauge WinTV Hvr 1600

Pros: Great for watching TV on your computer. Stereo Sound. QAM tuning. Remote Control.

Cons: WinTV Scheduler & TitanTV are both incompatible with this tuner.

The Bottom Line: Product is easy to install if you have ever installed a pci card before. Think internet surfing is addictive? Try watching cable TV and surfing the internet simultaneously!

Review: WinTV in a nutshell The WinTV-HVR-1600 is a PCI TV tuner card. It provides the ability to watch, record, and/or pause television broadcasts on your computer. Attach a cable or satellite box and watch broadcasts or just plug your cable coaxial ...

Pros: Will record shows for watching later.
Comes with remote control.

Cons:

Install can be a nightmare.
Software can be complicated.

The Bottom Line: This card will work if Comcast is still broadcasting in analog and you have good computer skills.  I have read that QAM works but is limited to broadcast stations. 

Review: I have had the card purchased at Amazon for about two weeks. I have not yet tried Clear QAM, I am only using it for analog. I can get the Comcast analog stations 2 through 99 with problem. I mainly use it to record shows to watch later. I was using a ...

Pros: Cheap way to get cable non-HDTV channels and some HDTV channels.

Cons: Waiting for cheap cable card interface for PCs to get full features of cable.

The Bottom Line: Best cheap way to get cable on your PC though it wont get the all the HDTV channels and PPV.

Review: I got this really cheap, around 60 bucks at Circuit City six months ago. The usual price is quite high though when not on sale. A lot of the details have been covered in the other review before mine. The simple things people often want to know are ...