Hardware MPEG2 TV tuner round-up @ TechReport

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DirectX 9-class graphics cards have been available for some time, but a year ago, hardware MPEG2 TV tuners were only widely available from Hauppauge. This situation changed recently with the release of ATI?s TV Wonder Elite and NVIDIA?s NVTV, both of which offer hardware MPEG2 encoding. Hauppauge has also been busy revising and expanding its PVR lineup with products specifically designed for Media Center Edition 2005. But which hardware MPEG2 TV tuner reigns supreme? We've rounded up ATI?s TV Wonder Elite, NVIDIA?s NVTV, and Hauppauge?s PVR-150MCE-l.p to find out.