Do you absolutely need deinterlacing? As you know Media Center only supports deinterlacing by DScaler. You would need to get a device that is supported by DScaler.
Yes, I know it only support dscaler deinterlacing now.
Not sure if I need deinterlacing at all, no. But on the tv tuner that I have now, I REALLY need it. I have tuned the settings in preview pin to the max.
I'm using PAL signals with a projector (up to 88 inches) by the way.
If I watch anything in movement, half of the lines willl stand really far out from the moving object. Might be funny if I'm high. But most of the time I'm not
So, if the quality and interlacing problems is far less, or build in (or something) on newer tv tuners I might not need the support for dscaler. But I have never seen other tuners in action.
On my HTPC I use 2 disks with XP and swap the booting for media og games partition. I got 2 Gforce 6600 in SLI used for games OS and one of them for dual screen out when in media mode. So I really think i will drop the idea of a All-In-Wonder card. Can't afford one that will beat my dual 6600 anyway.
And when MC don't support much of digital dual tuners yet, my choise is a < 100$ tuner to use untill better support.
I have been looking for a MC TV tuner support list. Is there none?