Woolen Horde
11-02-2003, 10:14 AM
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=14-122-132&depa=1
I love this TV card. I used to own an ATI TV Wonder which was easily the worse hardware purchase I ever made. The drivers were complete shite, and the number of times that thing worked correctly I could count on one hand. But the Leadtek TV card is just the best purchase I've made in a long time, and it only cost me $42 from Newegg, no sales tax and free shipping (the price fluxuates daily, now it's $46.)
The drivers and hardware are rock solid in WinXP. It's got TIVO functionality, but the best feature is that I can record TV or FM Radio in any codec that I have installed on my system. Or, it can burn directly to DVD. I recorded Gilmore and 24 Tuesday night, and both shows (with commercials) took up about 500MB each, easy to fit on a CD. And quality was pretty good. Not MPEG-4 perfect, but better than I ever got from the ATI.
It has an S-Video input, so you can plug an Xbox or other console directly in and play on the screen. It even comes with a remote control and a little IR sensor, and I haven't played with that yet.
My only nits right now is that I can't seem to find the "Use TV as Wallpaper" function that people have talked about, or that it doesn't seem to let you keep the TV Window on Top of everything. Aside from that, it's an amazing deal for <$50.
But it has completely replaced my TV and VCR, especially with my slim new Samsung 19-inch LCD. ;)
I love this TV card. I used to own an ATI TV Wonder which was easily the worse hardware purchase I ever made. The drivers were complete shite, and the number of times that thing worked correctly I could count on one hand. But the Leadtek TV card is just the best purchase I've made in a long time, and it only cost me $42 from Newegg, no sales tax and free shipping (the price fluxuates daily, now it's $46.)
The drivers and hardware are rock solid in WinXP. It's got TIVO functionality, but the best feature is that I can record TV or FM Radio in any codec that I have installed on my system. Or, it can burn directly to DVD. I recorded Gilmore and 24 Tuesday night, and both shows (with commercials) took up about 500MB each, easy to fit on a CD. And quality was pretty good. Not MPEG-4 perfect, but better than I ever got from the ATI.
It has an S-Video input, so you can plug an Xbox or other console directly in and play on the screen. It even comes with a remote control and a little IR sensor, and I haven't played with that yet.
My only nits right now is that I can't seem to find the "Use TV as Wallpaper" function that people have talked about, or that it doesn't seem to let you keep the TV Window on Top of everything. Aside from that, it's an amazing deal for <$50.
But it has completely replaced my TV and VCR, especially with my slim new Samsung 19-inch LCD. ;)