Hardware:
Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-S-Plus Modell 794 or even better HD model WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2 Modell 229
Hauppauge WinTV-CI Modell 327 version A2 (don't get A1)
make sure you use the vista driver for vista. yes it does work on vista.
i like MCE 2005 very stable make sure you use MCE driver (Not XP driver).