hi gorth  
 
i have a tuner card in mine and it to has pvr plus i did extensive testing on it 6months ago hope this helps
 
4000kbps / 720x576 / mpeg2 / highest capture / 25fps
 
this gave acceptable recordings off the tv and dependant what you need is better than vcd.
 
i also tried winfast tv choppy sound frame jumping on other settings
video studio 7 grainey picture
power producer grainey on moving cars
 
in the end i bought a dvd recorder lite-on 5005 / tuner and now i use this to record live tv with its own tuner or vhs/satellite via scart and the picture quality is superb.
 
if your serious about picture quality you'll be better off with a simular machine.
 
a couple of the guys here have the one's with built in hdd's and they will no doubt tell you the same.
 
when i tried before i was told by someone you have to spend in the hundreds for a good video card where as the stand alone recorder does it all in one and brill picture.
 
hope this helps  
 
regards

Hi m8's,
 
Thanx for your replies. I'm sure I can live with the picture quality, but I think the time shifting operation was a bit complicated, compared to the one on my DB. I use that a lot and wanted it on an extra device.
 
I have downloaded a sw called: BeyondTV. It's an evaluation copy, but it looks pretty good.
 
gorth 8) 8) 8)

I like this story from that site!
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4272041.stm
 
Very clever indeed
 
Dino