ATI TV Wonder VE TV-tuner $19.99 after MIR at COMPUSA.

[hatexd]

It is a potential good deal.

CompUSA SKU: 275162

 

[jbaj007]

If one were to combine this card with a Radeon 64MB DDR, you would essentially have an All-In-Wonder 64MB. Video capture rate for MPEG is only 640x480 for the Radeon 64 as compared to 720x576 for the All-In-Wonder, but hey. ViVo, DVD, timed programs to your hard drive, would all be there except the TVGuide thingy(and that's promo software), and you could have 64 MB of DDR instead of 32 MB for around $20 more. Does this sound right or am I missing a large chunk of obvious logic?

 

[XzeroR3]

don't forget to pick up alice for $20 and a maybe a d-link ethernet card for $10

 

[CoolMint]

big chunk.. for 1 the VE doesnt do mpeg. not a bad deal though
i almost bought 1 several times..just not too sure about win2k drivers

 

[hatexd]

Does anybody know how many HD space needed for 2 hours TV program?

 

[jbaj007]

Coolmint, The Radeon 64 does the mpeg (see capture figures above), the VE would just act as the TUNER. ViVo on both. In one, out to the other?
Hatexd, @640x420 MPEG2 NTSC 5hrs. = 13Gb I think? (read it off the log on my AIW)

 

[Airwalker]

This card has no TV output. I like a TV tuner card with TV output, so that I can watch movie on TV.

 

[WDK]

mono simply sucks. =)

 

[hatexd]

I did not see it is mono in specifications. How do you konw, WDK?

And jbaj007, 5hrs. = 13Gb? So 2 hrs=5Gb? But I know a 2 hrs DVD movie only need 1 DVD, and 2 hrs VCD/SVCD need no more than 2 CDR(mpeg format, or .dat file). If 2 hrs=5Gb, how can I compress them to 2-3 CDR?

 

[jblondi]

This card is not mono. It does not have mpeg compression. The way around that is to use a software package that does aka Virtualdub. I have this card and it is a cheap video editing and recording solution. Plays TV just fine but you might have to do some registry editing to get the frames to display correctly for certain cards. About the question for how much hard drive space does it take for 2 hours of TV. Well, it all depends on the compression you use. I used Divx quality compression, with full cd quality sound, and it took about 2 gigs for a two hour movie. I then compressed the audio to 128bit mp3 and the whole thing was about 900 megs. Not too bad. For the price, this card is a good deal.

 

[1200monkey]

Not too sure if this is a dumb question, but here it is anyways: Is the "in" connection coax, RCA, BNC?

 

[dman]

The The TVWonder VE has an RCA input for capturing video, no SuperVideo connector (the SVHS input is available on the standard TV Wonder not the Value Edition (VE). Both TV Wonders have compatibility issues with Nvidia based video cards and overlay support (there are workarounds, but, there are still issues).

FYI, ATI doesn't put updated drivers for this card on their webpage because of some kind of licensing issues... so, if they do come out with any they'll have to be ordered via snailmail.

 

[1200monkey]

ahhhhh, thanks. ^

 

[hatexd]

Thanks jblondi.

Yeah, if I can record a movie in 2-3 CD-R after compressing, it is nice. Then I do not need VHS tape to record movies. But what kind of software can do this job? 2 Gig HD is still too large. It costs much more than VHS tape actually.

 

[8602081]

The site says that there is a manufacturer rebate, do you know where i can find one?

 

[Hawk]

The rebate is *usually* on the box, and this is mono, says so on their site.

 

[busmaster11]

doesn't work in win2k afaik... I had the regular edition ATI put out a year and a half ago. Thats why I'm opting for the Pinnacle PCTV pro...

 

[8602081]

It says that it will support win2000,
u sure it wasn't your system?

 

[busmaster11]

http://support.ati.com/products/pc/tuners/win2k/tvwonder_ve_win2k_mmc.html

Here's the 2k driver page. It's what I interpret to be rudimentary support for watching TV if everything goes well. But buggy and other mm functions aren't supported yet. Key word being yet... And we know how ATI is with driver support... **cough** Rage MAXX **cough**

 

[ElGato]

Just went to the store and picked it up along with the rebates. One rebate seems like MFG and the other seems like CompUSA and both
say they want original UPC code. Has anyone else noticed this?
Will CompUSA accept a copy of the UPC symbol.

EG

 

[cejay]

I have a video Highway Extreme tv/video card..
Does tv/svga out .. and has an input for tv/cable or whatever..
(you can do webcam via video camera..etc)

Anybody interested? I want to sell it.. 50$
cj

 

[Wei2Cool]

Shouldn't this be a better deal?

Studio PCTV Pro for $29.88 plus tax

Stereo
DBX
FM tuner
S-video
Remote control
Works with Win98, WinMe, Win2K.

 

[Bagger]

What about this deal?
STB Stereo TV/FM Tuner for $33 @ Overstock.com
(If you buy $17 more stuff, you can use the $20 off $50 coupon which has been posted in another thread)

 

[Edsel]

<< One rebate seems like MFG and the other seems like CompUSA and both >>



I noticed this, as well. I'm going to go to CompUSA when I get a chance and request that they give me $10 to cover the CompUSA rebate, in any case.

 

[nighto]

Found one rebate(Ati rebate), couldnt find the compusa rebate. Ayone in Southern California find them both. Let me know which location plz.