Pros: Complete Tv viewing/recording package. Cons: No FM. Recording requires a lot of CPU and hard drive.
This is TV card number 3 for me. First I had a Hauppauge WinTV. Their software was good, picture was bad. I switched to a Pinnacle PCTV Pro. There picture was good but their software and technical support is horrible. I played with switching between the...
Pros: Beautiful picture, low system requirements, clean capturing, inexpensive, and versatile Cons: finicky installation, not enough documentation, and saves to proprietary format
I paid $44 for the Tv-wonder VE (value edition). Installation was simple, but there were things I had to figure out, like that I had to disable Norton Antivirus for the software to install, and what "composite video" really is. But I figured it out....
Pros: Great video quality. VCR+ feature. Cons: Requires internal installation
I originally bought the USB version of this card. But, being connected to the computer through the USB port, it did not have enough bandwidth for high quality video (plus the video and audio would get out of sync).
So I decided to trade it in for...
Pros: TV on PC, record video, video snapshots. New Drivers fixed incompatibility problems(April 10/03) Cons: Finicky drivers (resolved), GeForce incompatibility (resolved), XP unfriendly (resolved), Soundblaster Audigy unfriendly (resolved).
Here I sit so broken hearted, paid a dime and only.. oh wait, this is a hardware review -
**ATI has since fixed all problems, if you want to skip my rants head to bottom**
Like many people I bought the ATI TV Wonder PCI due to the...
Pros: good quality picture (windowed), simple to use, affordable Cons: poor full screen quality, ATI slow to release updates, diagonal lines?!!!
Recently I hit on the idea of adding a TV tuner/capture card to my PC with the goal of creating Video-CD (VCD and SCVD) disks to view on my family room DVD player. There are a number of TV programs that I enjoy watching and keep tapes of. So, I thought,...
Pros: Works in Linux Cons: comes with "windows" only software
I switched my workstation over to linux and have been looking for a TV card for some time. I was talking to a friend of mine who also uses Linux and he said he was using this card with no problems. So I bought it and have it installed and working.
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Pros: Great quality, inexpensive Cons: Hard to install drivers
I was so excited when I got my new ATI TV Wonder card. I immediately took it out of the box and looked it over, then I decided to put it in my computer. The hardware installation was very easy, and the card was detected when I restarted my computer...
Pros: Really Good TV Tuner For the Money Cons: Can Slow Down GREATLY at times, Lack of ASF Codec, Installation Pretty Tedious
I got this for my birthday a few months ago. After a few tries to get it in correctly, i finally got it working without a hitch. The installation was a little tedious, especially since the drivers took so long to extract from CD. When I got it into...
Pros: Functions well as a TV and recorder, relatively cheap Cons: TV at full screen must be viewed several feet away; Drivers can be tricky
As a college student who is trying to save space in the dorm, I thought that a TV tuner card would be a cheap and easy way to get TV in my room without having to buy a seperate unit. Although the TV-wonder doesn't match the quality of a regular TV, it...
Pros: Good value, all cables included. Easy install, good software. Cons: Requires fast system, drivers should also be updated.
If you're like me, working your way through school, you're computer is often more important that your TV. You spend quite a bit more time with it at least. So after finding myself in a new apartment where I was unfortunate enough to be without a...
Pros: a useful card for the money. Cons: Software installation is involved. Audio line out is noisy.
Update: May 12, 2003
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With the release of their new MMC 7.9 in April 2003, ATI has taken significant steps towards improving their software. I've bumped the rating from 2 to 4 stars for this reason.
Pros: Easy to install, very simple software, LOADED with features. Cons: Does not work with windows XP!
Being the computer gadget man that I am, my eyes began to fix upon these so-called "TV-IN" cards for your computer. The thought of watching TV on my computer sounded like the ultimate way to become lazy. If I got this card I wouldn't have to reach up...
Pros: TV on the computer, MPEG Capture, Excellent Price Cons: Limited Compatibility, No Mpeg-2, Software could be better
The ATI TV Wonder is a PCI Add-on card for Windows 95 and 98. (It does not work with Windows 2000, an unfortunate fact I discovered after purchasing it.) It enables users to watch a television signal on their PCs, either enclosed within a window or...
Pros: Fills a need where there previously was none; good price Cons: Nitpicky with system config. Memory hog.
When I owned an i486 system, I had purchased a Reveal TV-for-PC, at a significant cost. That card was worth hours of enjoyment. As time wore on the Reveal card did not work on any upgraded system. Time passed as it usually does, and the ATI TV-Wonder...
Pros: It's TV, Easy to use, Can easily capture movie from VCR, clear picture Cons: Hard to set-up, no drivers available, bad editor
The ATI TV Wonder, a wonderful blend of computers and TV, but is it really worth it? I'll start with Pro's. This is TV right on your desktop. There is nothing better than that, except maybe free cable. The TV quality on this is excellent. You can watch...
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