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VisionTek TV Wonder HD 650 USB TV Tuner

VisionTek TV Wonder HD 650 USB TV Tuner

HDTV - MPN: 900193

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Description: The TV Wonder 650 series of HD PVRs are loaded with features such as advanced 3D comb filter, noise reduction, automatic color control, and edge enhancement produce brilliant, sharp video that rivals high-end consumer television sets. Loaded with abilities, schedule, watch a... read more

The TV Wonder 650 series of HD PVRs are loaded with features such as advanced 3D comb filter, noise reduction, automatic color control, and edge enhancement produce brilliant, sharp video that rivals high-end consumer television sets. Loaded with abilities, schedule, watch and record analog TV, "free-to-air" HDTV, unencrypted digital ClearQAM cable TV and FM stations, making the TV Wonder 650 the ultimate media upgrade for your PC. These complete solutions even allow you to watch the latest DVD titles, author your own DVD, or convert your recorded TV shows to take with you on your Portable Media Player. The entire experience is then elegantly packaged within the attractive, easy-to-use 3D interface of ATI Catalyst Media Center software.Demand minimize
 

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thomasenglis... from NC
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Nov 2007
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5 Star Review TV Wonder HD 650 USB TV Tuner

Strengths:

With proper antenna picks up HD and digital stations well. ATI Catalyst Media Center seems to work well also for viewing and recording.

Weaknesses:

Installation instructions for software was a bit lacking as there are two disks one for ATI and one for AMD.I was confused about witch one contained the drivers for the USB device.

Posted Nov 3, 2007 - I have used other ATI TV Wonder products in the past and allways had problems with driver installation causeing computer crashes and the remotes not working properly but this one seems to be spot on. The big power button on the remote sends my whole computer into shut down mode. I guess this is what it i supposed to do but there is no mention of how to use the remote in the printed instructions but maybe on the disk. I have hooked a roof top type antenna to the box and in a channel scan found lots of HD and digital channels. The antenna is on a 25 foot tall tellephone pole. I guess this is helping some. A few times the last two channels were jumpy and skipping some but it later cleared up this was most likely due to reception strength but having more ram would also help. I have 512 MB ram running XP Home with service pack 2. Over all I am very pleased with the product.

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tengst from CO
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3 Star Review Decent TV Tuner...

Strengths:

Easy install, easy setup

Weaknesses:

Not particularly fast

Posted Jan 7, 2008 - Having used many of ATI's All-In-Wonder cards I was VERY unhappy when they decided to not make drivers for Vista. After months of grumbling and not finding any other TV tuner receive better than average reviews, I broke down and purchased another ATI product but went with USB in order to avoid the PCI/PCI Express issue. The install went fine and it found all the TV channels available (and a few I wasn't aware of). Having both analog and HD tuners works well. A good antenna is required (but that's not exactly a surprise). Someday maybe someone will explain to my why it's so hard to make a TV tuner work as seamlessly as a word processor on a computer, but I suppose much of it has to do with the video issue. Funny, after years of PC development, full-motion video is still a sticking point, even if it's coming from the airwaves and not a hard drive...

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timbrill from PA
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3 Star Review Decent tuner for use with good signal

Strengths:

compact, quality image

Weaknesses:

included multimedia software, price

Posted Mar 3, 2008 - Having run out of PCI slots in my HTPC I needed a external tuner so I decided to try the Wonder HD 650 USB. Being an external tuner installing the hardware was easy, driver installation was easy too. The only problem I found during installation was that the tuner is so lightweight that it moves around when you attach a cable to it. At first I tried a indoor antenna and got a very poor signal. Then I hooked it up to a outdoor antenna and got much better reception. The multimedia software that Visiontek (ATI) provides is subpar and I'd recommend using something else. I'd also recommend using a outdoor antenna if you live any distance from the TV transmission towers.

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  • External Device Form Factor:
  • ATSC (Digital)
    NTSC (analog)     Video Standard:
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Slot/Port Type:
  • Video - Coaxial (RF)
    Video - mini-DIN (S-Video)
    Video - RCA Composite Video     A/V Connectors:

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