The MSi Personal Cinema offers TV recording, a remote control and gaming in one neat package. With no fan noise to spoil the party and a low price it should be perfect. However the card fails to deliver in the usability stakes thanks to disappointing software and a lack of hardware assisted encoding.
nVidia FX5200 (250MHz) GPU128MB DDR (400MHz)D-SUBAnalogue TV TunerComposite Video in/outS-Video in/outStereo Audio in/outRemote ControlWinDVDR 2.0nvDVDUlead Movie StudioUlead Video StudioRead full review
Overall
7/10
By Benny Har-Even
Reviewed 26 September 2003
Updated 05 February 2011