ATI TV Wonderâ„¢ VE (100-703102) Video Capture

Pros: Latest software and drivers work well, inexpensive,
Cons: Video quality won't quite match your television, yellow tint to still captures

WHAT IS THE ATI TV WONDER? The ATI Wonder VE is ATI's entry level TV Tuner card for your PC, though the only limitation that this card has which warrants the VE (value edition) name is that audio playback is mono. The card installs in a PCI ...

Pros: Good record quality. Guide Plus software.
Cons: Tech support, not fully compatible with XP as indicated by their drivers.

The thought of being able to watch TV on my desktop intrigued me enough to go out and spring for a TV Tuner card ($30). This plus the fact that I could record programming for future viewing or to archive.


What’s in the...

Pros: An interesting idea for a product that is easy to install.
Cons: It doesn't always work.

Background...

Have you ever wanted to watch tv while your surfing the net or working on your computer? Or have you ever wanted to edit your own home movies right on your own computer?

If you've answered yes to either of...

Pros: You can watch and record TV
Cons: I couldn't get the current drivers to work.

I've always liked the idea of recording my favorite shows in digital format and eventually just have a CD of my favorite scenes from various shows. I bought this product at Circuit City for 49 bucks but it was really 39 bucks with a 10 dollar rebate...

Pros: It works weightlessly without taxing your computer. You've never seen such fluid video.
Cons: The software is buggy, actually unfinished, and difficult to work with in Windows XP

The TV Wonder VE

Want to watch Buffy while surfing? Thinking of editing video for fun and profit? This card may be a cost-effective high-quality method of doing so. It lacks software you’d want for extensive editing, but you can easily record,...

Pros: Decent TV recording, Captures camcorder footage well with 3rd-party software
Cons: ATI software does not take full advantage of the card's capture capability

With the advantage of having read the earlier reviews, I am restricting my comments to topics not covered or covered inadequately. In general, I found the TV Wonder VE card to be quite functional and capable of high-quality TV playback and video capture...

Pros: Half priced.
Cons: Half featured.

    TV capture cards are one of those odd little things. You don't know why anyone would ever need one, but then you get one and you find all kinds of uses for it and pretty soon you can't live without it.     ATI makes ...

Pros: Good "rabbit ears" reception & Fluid video
Cons: None

Where can you get a $39, 19 inch TV/VCR combo?

I bought the card with a reasonable expectations. More than anything, I wanted to be able to browse the web and write email while listening to the 3-4 shows a week I like.

My system...

Pros: Nice concept
Cons: Execution lacking

I bought this for use in my K6 II clone that's a couple of years old. All the ports are on the motherboard, so that should have been my first sign that things would not go well - but I carried on and tried anyway.

The card went in fine, and...

Pros: PCI SLOT, easy install, UPDATED DRIVERS AVAILABLE at ATI, easy to find at store
Cons: DRIVERS HARD TO CONFIGURE, SYSTEM MAY LOCK UP

Be warned, This was not an easy card to set up. My install took 4 hours. I have been building my own PC's since 1990. This was a moderately difficult install. My guess it that ATI brand labels this card as the technical support is non-existant. It goes...

Pros: Serves purpose. Great value. Some nice features.
Cons: Mono audio [not suitable for surround sound]. Slightly blurry picture

Hi people! I'm a 13 year old computer computer nerd reviewing this GREAT product...ATI TV Wonder is a product of simplicity that works fine..Installation is easy, pop in the PCI card, install the drivers software [5-10 mins..]and you're good to go! It ...

Pros: inexpensive tv and video capture
Cons: tricky installation, mono audio

I purchased ATI's TV-Wonder VE at Best Buy for $39 ($49-$10 rebate)

Installation was a little tricky,Windows XP installed it's own driver for the TV Wonder and I had to manually remove it to get the card to work right

My main reason...

Pros: Good picture quality, cheap
Cons: Horrible drivers/software

The ATI TV Wonder VE is a great card it just has one problem, and that really isn’t even with the card itself. The drivers and video software that comes with the card has major bugs. The major problem that I have had is in Windows XP (I’m not sure if...

Pros: Low price for great-quality TV on your PC
Cons: Software, lousy video capture

Features of this TV card abound. It includes most of the features of the more expensive ATI-TV Wonder, including digital VCR with scheduled viewing, multi-channel preview, and some closed captioning features. I found that most of these were...

Pros: None. No wait...I was able to get TV listings for my area code. That's neat.
Cons: TV function doesn't work at all. Software, manual, and support is poor.

I always wanted to have this feature. It's a cheap way of getting another TV. When I bought my Dell in March 2001, it didn't offer a video card at the time with the TV option.

So when I saw the TV Wonder VE (3/02), I was interested. The...