no offence but who the hell recommended a mercury card to u ... my friend..
i bet the price diff is marginal..
so try a exchange with the dealer...
(hopefully he'll agree)
i have got a pinacle PCTV pro card... no probs as yet.. but one thing .. the soft thats bundled is sick.. cause whenever i try to use total recorder to record songs from mtv, channel v etc it says the device is in use although i have a sb card (duplex).. power vcr has no probs whatsoever..