Hauppauge WinTV GO (00190) TV Input

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Even if the card is a bit older, it's one of the best cards you can get for this money. I bought it, because I hadn't enough space for a TV set and I was looking for an alternative. This card also still exists but it has the name WinTV PCI-FM and this...

Pros: Clear picture, single audio out to sound card for both component video input and tuner.
Cons: Poor TV viewer interface and separate recorder with AVI output only.

Hardware: Intel Celeron 766Mhz w/ 384Megs of RAM and on-board video card.
Operating system: Windows XP Home Edition

I had an ATI TV Wonder VE before this, which I had traded out with my company's new WinTV Go 190 and I'd say the...

Pros: Easy to set up, easy to use.
Cons: None.

I bought the WinTV-Go TV tuner card because I spend a lot of time at my computer, and while I usually don't miss watching TV, sometimes it would be nice to be able to watch, or at least listen, to a program while I keep working. I thought about putting a small TV in my office, but the TV card worked out cheaper, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Installation was a breeze. I had no problems adding in the PCI card, or installing the software. The instructions in the included manual were enough to help me get started, and once I'd performed the auto-scan to find all the available channels, everything was ready to go.

I've had the card for several months, and found I don't use it as often as I thought I would. But sometimes it really does come in handy. I haven't tried any of the more advanced features, like recording a program to my hard drive or anything like that, but for what I wanted it to do, it does it just find.