Best low profile TV card?

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Hi

Having spent ages getting my MCE working flawlessly i decided to upgrade my
TV to a 42" HD plasma. Big mistake!

The TV is great and the picture fed directly from the STB is extremely good.
Unfortunately all this does is highlight the relatively poor quality TV
picture from MCE. Connection are S-Video from STB to MCE then DVI to the TV
so I can't improve that much and I have all the latest drivers etc.

I've seen good comments about the ATI Wonder TV Elite card but would
appreciate any first hand experience recommendations or alternatives.

All I want to do is take an S-Video input through a card and out to the TV.
No tuners needed or anything like that but I do want the best image quality
I can get. Only real complication is that it is to fit a slim chassis that
will only take a low profile card.

Also thinking about going HD later this year so it would make sense for the
card to be HD.

All comments appreciated.

Thanks


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