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| Asus TV Tuner Card | Tv Tuner Analog VideoIn |
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PCI | $50 | 8.6/10 21 votes |
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| Watch and Record TV on Your PC
ASUS TV Tuner Card, the first TV tuner card to attain Microsoft® CX23880 WHQL Certification, provides a total solution suitable for watching TV programs, making scheduled recordings (EPG supported), recording videos from TVs or camcorders, and making movies on your PC. The ASUS TV Tuner card introduces a new dimension in video quality by incorporating the newest video/audio decoder for enhanced performance, functionality and enjoyment. Combined with the ASUS remote control kits and useful software bundle, the ASUS TV Tuner Card lets your PC be a smart multimedia center! |
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Tried the ASUS P7131 TV Tuner card to replace an older more expensive card. Was not at all happy with the clarity of the sound or video. I am glad I asked about the return policy before purchasing. After reading some of the postings about other manufacturers and other ASUS TV Tuner cards I think I will see what ATI has to offer. Comments posted by walman from Canada, February 06, 2008: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 6 of 10. |
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I got my computer from Gateway and the card came in my computer as I ordered it. The first card was bad and Gateway sent a teck out to put another one in. It works fine but when I go to copy to DVD it takes 6.5 hrs to copy one hr show. Teck.support at asus was no help, can't get hold of them. You can't find any info on web site either. that is on how to make copy's of programs on DVD.I didn't get any info with my card. Comments posted by Mel Heckert from United States, April 11, 2007: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 6 of 10. |
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This is a great card, when it's working. I use it almost everyday, and probably once a week or so, I either have to reinstall the drivers, or physically unseat the card and reseat it so it will install itself again. I have tried installing both the XP drivers and the regular drivers, and I always get the error "Failed to create [sic] surfaces" again. I use the card with the ASUS EZTV FM program downloaded the ASUS.com - it works well with the FM and also the connection to my VCR. The card will also accept a cable line-in and then you are able to channel surf and set programs to record on a certain channel at a certain time. I'm basically using mine to convert VHS to VCD, so mine is always connected with RCA cables to the VCR audio / video out; this allows me to watch TV if I set the channel on my cable box, and I may set the EZTV FM program to record for a duration or to start recording at a later time for a duration. The setup is super-convoluted but I was able to configure it to meet almost all of my needs. The video quality is fairly good. It can be a little fuzzy and looks great on the PC monitor, but when trying to watch on a DVD player in the living room the 320x240 resolution looks like you're eatching underwater. This is a good card for the money I paid for it, plus it's discontinued. I will probably step up to a better card for more $$$ when I want to capture high quality video that I can share with my friends. Comments posted by Stacie Hebert from United States, August 03, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 6 of 10. |
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I have just purchased the latest ASUS TV FM Video Capture Card with Remote Control after weighing my options, having no experience with tv cards in the past. I have to say I am very pleased with this product although like the other posts...the software needs to be improved. I have a digital feed from a Starchoice (Canadian satelite) receiver and the picture is excellent. I have only encountered one problem and it relates to the remote and not the card itself. I have downloaded the updated drivers and accessory software including Remote Master. Now that the Remote Master software is installed, I receive a Windows XP error message stating "could not find IR501 device" and the program is not launched. The receiver is plugged in and the remote does work within the supplied software for the TV Tuner, ASUS Home Theatre, so I know it works. Any solutions? ASUS "tech support" unfortunately has not been of any help. Overall I have been quite happy with the image quality and the PVR functionability but then again I have had nothing to compare it to in the past. System: Windows XP Home, AMD 1600+, 256 MB, 4 x USB 1 Ports Comments posted by kevinjillmady from Canada, March 08, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I have tried the following tuner cards under WinXP Pro: - ASUS TV Tuner Card - ASUS TV FM Card - Matrox G450eTV - ATI 9600 AIW Pro and several other ATI cards (with FM) - AverMedia AverTV (with FM) By far the best viewing and recorded quality comes from the AverMedia. The best FM reception is on the ASUS TV FM card. I have found no decent software for FM recording or FM time shifting. ATI claims (and in fact, CPU and PCMag reviews of the ATI card) glow with the wonders of their software. I find the claims to be bogus. However, absolute worst software title goes to Matrox for (a) dropping all support for the card and (b) leaving the software 1/2 done. Although many people seem to like the ASUS TV Tuner card; I found it to be second best to the AverMedia. I would rate the AverTV an 8. So far I have not found a card which will record a signal as good as the digital cable I receive. Comments posted by John Welch from Other, January 12, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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Reply to Lester. Generaly, for sound input a sound card or motherboard has a little cable that runs from the CD drive to the card for audio input. it has a connector that is about 1/4 inch wide. most cards have multiple inputs. I assume that this is how this 'internal' connection works. I would also assume that this card's coax input would also recieve sound. The ebay add is for the 'FM' model (is the picture for the non FM model?) From the Asus site this appears to be a different card altogether, W/O a video input other that the COAX? http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/tvfm/overview.htm Can anyone conferm the difference between the two cards. Comments posted by bob from Other, January 03, 2004: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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I just bought this card after reading the reviews and I love it. The remote feature is awsome and the video quality is suberb. This card is so much better than my old Hauppauge WinTv, drops less frames. The only problem that I have with it is getting the sound to work in certain video capturing programs.Also the serial numbers for the programs, one has it on the cd sleeve and the other has the number on the cd itself.I don't think the other two cds need serials. But great value $66 shipped via fed ex, with remote control package at newegg.com It comes with 4 software cds, remote & receiver,s-video and rca inputs. Great value in my opinon. Comments posted by Brandon from Other, November 28, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Bought the Asus TV880 a few months ago. I mostly use it to capture from VHS to burn to VCD/SVCD and some DVD. I also use it to record some TV shows here and there. This is hands-down the BEST TV-tuner/capture card I have used in its price range! I have yet to have it drop frames on any capture I've done and with excellent synch! It pops onto Newegg's site every now and again, so if you are looking for this card, keep checking their site and grab it when you can! Comments posted by Heretik from Other, August 03, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Asus TV880 Capture Cards are back in stock at newegg.com. Purchased to convert VHS movies to burn to DVD. Worked great for VHS movie capture. Will capture @ 720x480 NTSC for encoding to DVD. Quality was excellent-no dropped frames using either PowerDirector Pro or Ulead DVD Movie Factory. After 5 weeks, developed a hardware vertical sync problem. RMA'd back to Asus for replacement - S@!T happens. Can't wait to get it back - does a great job. Will post a follow-up on RMA from Asus. Would be a 10 without the belated DOA problem. At $59.95, it's a buy! That is all... Comments posted by GaZa from Other, July 24, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 8 of 10. |
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I bought my Asus TV Tuner from Newegg last week and I'm happy with my purchase. I'm somewhat computer illiterate but even I was able to install the card without any major problems. The software it comes with is great except I've only had the chance to try Power Director and Power VCR so far. Captures are alright but of course, the quality depends on your video source. To give you an idea of picture quality, here is a site I found that has some sample pic captures using the Asus TV Tuner: http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=112645&P=3 The only gripe I have with this card is that the sound is low when capturing but I heard this could be remedied by using a VCR as the tuner and connecting an audio cable directly into your computer's soundcard. Otherwise, just turn your volume up. Overall, I highly recommend this product to newbies like me if you want to be able to watch tv on your computer and capture decent video. It's definitely worth the money! Comments posted by ML from Other, June 23, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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I've been using the card for two days and I love it!! It is so much better than the MSI TV Anywhere I was using before. The picture is the best I've seen on any TV card. Very impressive. What I've mainly been using it for is capturing from VHS tapes in .avi. It does a very good job of it. I have a pretty decent system (XP 1800, 512MB 2700 generic Samsung, Ti4200), but I can tell that I would could have even better quality if it were more robust. Especially the processor. The software package is impressive. Asus gives you a lot here. I'm relatively new to editing and such. So I don't know what's better out there. But I'm digging PowerDirector. I've done so much with it in such a short period of time. It's great. But you have to buy the upgrade to get all the toys (like converting to Quicktime). I haven't used the DVD or MediaShow software yet. The remote also kicks butt. Very fast. It's actually a real remote.....and not the little drink coaster I got from MSI. And the AV adapter is a godsend. It gives you the option of using all three RCA cables and an S-Video. And both adapters (remote/AV) have plenty of slack (AV cable is nearly 5 feet long). Good thinking here. However, I too am experiencing low volume audio when using the Line-In on my SB Live Value card. I have to really crank it up to get a good volume. And there is a lot of clipping when using PowerVCRII set to stereo on a certain channel. But it only happened during one show and I have yet to recreate the problem. I haven't downloaded the patch to fix the audio because I saw something down below about it causing mpeg2 problems. But the sound is still better than MSI (which only support Mono in North America). And I've only had the clipping in PowerVCR. After reading this thread, I also downloaded Asus DVCR from the site for comparison purposes. However, I have not been able to get it working. I don't seem to have a channel tab (only 4 tabs instead of 5). It's almost as if it's set to "antenna"....with huge bars thru the picture (which is green). I haven't messed with it much since or reinstalled it yet. But I will. It's only been two days. And I've got a lot more to do. But I am seriously impressed with this card. For $59 (and free shipping...Newegg), you can't beat it. It's an absolute gem of a deal. Look nowhere else. This card is IT!! Comments posted by Muck from Other, June 11, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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I use to a Matrox Marvel G400-tv. Very good, hardware MJPEG 704x480, but I wanted a better video card. I got a ATI TV Wonder. I found this to be alittle fuzzy. It could only capture 240 lines so 352x240. But it had hardware mpeg1 and mpeg2. Then I got the Asus TV Tuner. Very nice up to 740x480, hardware MPEG1 MPEG2 (although someone claims it does not have this). It uses the Connexant CX23880 10-bit decoder, but the picture does not look that much clearer. Perhaps my cable is just poor. I have the audio connected to my SB Live Value Line In, but the sound is not very good. The volume is quite low, I have to turn it all the way up. Plus the audio always sounds like it is over amplfied and I can hear clipping. PowerVCRII and PowerDirector do not work for me. I am using Windows XP. PowerDirector crashes everytime I use it. PowerVCRII is too bulky and takes up alot of memory. Plus, I have never been able to capture with out dropping frames. I still had my ATI TV viewing software from my ATI TV Wonder. I just use that, works much better. As for capturing, The Connexant CX233880 decoder is not supported by Virtualdub so I had to use the directshow filters. I'm able to capture at 720x480 YUY2, then compress to huffyuv, mjpeg, divx, etc. This seems to work well but I still find that the video is not that clear. Overall, I would rate this card as one of the best I have ever used. Picture: Kinda fuzzy Audio: Over-amplified and clipping even at low volumes Compatibility: Must use software which supports DirectShow Filters Software: Horrible. Use ATI TV or some other software. I just got an ASUS TVFM http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/tvfm/overview.htm It uses the Philips SAA713x decoder which is only 9-bit, but we'll see if it works better. Comments posted by Ng from Other, June 11, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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In reponse to the question about the key, the key is printed directly on the CDs themselves. (at least that was the case for my CDs from newegg as well) Comments posted by Tegster from Other, June 10, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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I would like to know if this card will work with ShowShifter. I would love it if SnapStreams PVR 3 would have full AVI support. It would take ShowShifter too much work to get close to PVR 3. But the sad thing is that I will never use PVR 3 if they never get support for AVI. I have posted all about this at: http://discuss2.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7760 Comments posted by BigRedBrent from Other, June 09, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Well, this is my first experience with a capture card, and I don't have any real problems. Installed fine, etc. Seems to capture nice at MPEG2 high quality. I haven't even gotten to playing with the remote control, which looks fun. It seems like a great deal. I do have a question. I too experience the resolution problem with VirtualDub. I can't set the capture video format in VirtualDub to the (higher) formats this card supposedly supports. I'm curious if anybody does NOT have this problem, or has a remedy for this problem. Given that everybody seems to love VirtualDub so much, I am forced to wonder if there is a problem with the card, which might (silently) be affecting the quality of video when I use other capture programs. Thanks, Mark Comments posted by Tegster from Other, May 27, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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ASUS TV Tuner means flawless capture and high full D1 image quality. I capture 740x480 image without any problems. Before I was using an old BT848 tuner and image on ASUS is far much better. Crystal clear quality identical with TV or VCR. Small notice - software that comes with tuner is just basic stuff and it's better to use WinDVR 2.0 or Winproducer 3.0, iuVCR... WinDVR should be definitely included with ASUS because it works perfect with it. When I set Mpeg2 9000Mbits/60fps/720x480 I get flawless DVD capture from TV/VCR. No sync issues whatsoever. I have P42.8/TI42/SB5.1/WD60 - Epox 4SDA5+ and never had problems with the tuner or drivers under WinXP. Win98SE seems to have some problems with loosing sound but XP never gives any problems. Very recommended for cheap HQ home video creating tool. Comments posted by Anonymous from Other, May 25, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98 Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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I got the card and it works much better than the Pinnacle PCTV card I had. Noticed the Powervcr II software that comes with it doesn't do 480x480 for SVCD. The other software does do it. I am using a 1G PIII and using the supplied software I get a slight audio sync problem doing 640x480 or 480x480 mpg encoding in high quality mode. Happens with Powervcr and Power Director. If I use fast encoding for the mpg while capturing audio is in sync but I get some blocking in motion. Looks like I am a little short on power for software encoding at these resolutions. Didn't see 352x480 available to test it. Have to look further in Power Director and see if I can setup a custom profile for 352x480. CVD resolution is also not available in the PowerVCR II that comes with the card. Hacking PowerVCR registry settings to get 480x480 or 352x480 causes an error when you try to use those settings. "I downloaded ASUS DVCR 2.352 from ASUS website and it works fine. I dont know why they don't include that on the tv tuner disk, it comes with the 8460 Ti4600 vid cards." I tried downloading and using this but noticed it is crippled. The ability to adjust some of the capture settings are grayed out. Looks nice but wish I had access to all the settings since you are limited to only a few capture choices. Haven't tested the Asus DVCR yet in capture modes that are available. Comments posted by Randy from Other, May 20, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Well, first of all let me say that I have had two other capture cards prior to buying this card. I have a Pinnacle DC10 and Also the AVER Media TV Tuner card. My Aver started giving me problems after about one years use. I admit it got a good workout over that year. I don't use the Pinnacle at all. Not because it's not a good card. It can get a decent capture if you play with it long enough. My biggest complaint with the Pinnacle is that the processing time from capture to mpg was taking about 10 hours for one hour of video. After reading articles on the web I found out that good captures could be made with just a basic TV Tuner card and free software(namely Virtual Dub and TMPGEnc). So I purchsed the AVER. This reduced my processing time to about 6 hours for one hour and I was making a decent, watchable quality mpg from the process. Now as to the ASUS. I was in the market for a new card so I checked this site and read all the reviews on the different cards and came to the conclusion that the ASUS would be right for me. I was encouraged by all the positive reviews here. I must say that I had the card working in no time. The only problem I had was I had to uninstall my Pinnacle DC10 and the drivers. Once I did the ASUS worked like a champ! The only problem I have had is the PowerDirector CD will not install because the printed serial number does not match. I was a little disappointed in this cause I really wanted to try it's AVI capture feature. However, Virtual Dub works very well. You just cannot custom set the frame size larger than 480x352. Even though the card should support larger. The PowerVCR software that comes with the ASUS supports larger but only records in mpgs. Speaking of which, I have not been impressed with the quality of the mpgs the PowerVCR software package makes. Using Virtual Dub and then using TMPGEnc to encode to mpg produces fabulous results. I would say the quality of the VCDs I make are 50% better than what I could make with the AVER, which translates to REALLY good! Also when I read about this card I searched the internet over and could not find this card anywhere. Every site that carried it said it was out of stock and backordered. I found a brand new one on ebay and ordered it. Now I wish I had waited a week because www.newegg.com had them in stock again for $59.00. I paid $75.00 on ebay. I'm very happy with the card though! So anyone wanting a good capture card that can give you good watchable VCDs, this is the one! I will definitely buy another ASUS!! Ktrek Comments posted by Ktrek from Other, May 08, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Provides a very good quality picture. Changes channels quickly. Comes with a bountiful listing of software...security camera processing, AsusDVD XP, PowerVCR, etc. You need to download a patch from Cyberlink to get PowerVCR to work with the EPG TitanTV. PowerVCR is a fairly good DVR program, better than most PC based DVR programs, but still falls behind Tivo (but you do not have to pay Tivo’s monthly service fee). Unlike Tivo with its “on screen EPG”, PowerVCR uses a web browser program view the TV guide schedule. By default PowerVCR does not support direct SVCD record resolutions and chops files off into 600MB chunks. Both of these can be fixed by tweaking registry settings. Just make sure to close PowerVCR completely before changing its registry settings. Seems that PowerVCR may change them back if you edit the registry while PowerVCR is running. PowerVCR can be set to record MPEG1, 2, DVD and DV but not Divx. Perhaps you could add support for Divx by more registry hacking, but not going to try for now. Each format is highly configurable to resolution, bitrate (for both audio and video), quality, etc. Plus you can make your personal format profiles. I tend to record in my personally made profile of a high quality MPEG1 (for compatibility) and then covert that to Divx, VCD, SVCD at a later point with TMPGEnc rather than direct format encoding for best results (which is usually true for all video capture cards). This card does NOT have an onboard hardware MPEG solution, so it will require some CPU horsepower. The higher the resolution/bitrate/format, the more MHz you need. Ranging from 350MHz for the lowest to a 1.3GHz for some of the highest. If this card came with a MPEG chip to offload the CPU, I would of given this card a 10. This card comes with a remote and a USB infrared sensor to use the remote with. Some people have stated they had trouble to get the infrared sensor to work. I bought two of these cards to install in two different systems and both worked (infrared sensor and all) right out of the box. The remote works with the AsusDVD and PowerVCR by default. Heck it even supports Teletext. The remote also contain an IR mouse interface built into it as well. Also included in the box is an RCA audio with RCA-video OR S-video input adapter than can be used rather than the standard TV F-connector. This adapter has to be used when doing DV recording from digital output feeds from camcorders and such. Both of the cards I have were installed into Win2000 systems. Have not tried them with Linux, but have heard the newer Conexant XC2388X chip that this card uses it not 100% there yet driver wise for Linux. Information for this card is fairly lacking from Asus. Sure you can download a copy of the instruction booklet for it from Asus or a window driver for it, but trying to get any info beyond that is virtually impossible. This includes Linux support, specifications, etc. Pros: Good picture and software Most problems can be fixed by minor tweaks to registry or other freeware software use Ease of installation Cons: No hardware MPEG support (need a 1.0GHz+ system) No Divx recording Below-par Asus tech support Comments posted by Jeffro from Other, May 02, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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After over a year of dealing with the erratic behavior of my ATI TV-Wonder, I finally gave up and replaced it with the ASUS TV Tuner. What a welcome change! First off, it worked straight out of the box, install the card, install the drivers on the CD - and it works - no futzing required. The picture is great, the sound works all the time - no more praying that my timed recording is going to capture the sound as well as the video. This card is perfect for my use: watching TV, and timed recording of programs. PowerDirector is a nice extra that comes with the card that can be used to edit out the commercials in files I plan to keep. The remote control is slightly tempramental - but the solution to the problem of another post here is to start up either PowerVCR or the ASUS DVD player with the remote - only then will the remote work with these programs. You can program the remote to work with other programs like Powerpoint - a pretty handy feature. If you want a card that can deliver consistantly good quality captures with no hassles, this is the one for you. Comments posted by salanth from Other, April 15, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Great card, can't say anything else...except that i can't get the remote control to work :( WindowsXp keeps telling that the Ir501 device cant be find. I hope someone knows what the problem is? Comments posted by Perra from Other, April 02, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Easy to install card with a great software bundle. High quality picture. If you use power VCR II to record VCD or SVCD the quality is lower. If you record the highest setting MPG2 (Excellent) it will play in my Apex 5131 without conversion on an ISO CD and produces much better quality. If you want high quality VCD/SVCD use the power director pro to capture an AVI and convert. In fact the drivers allow you to capture with virtual dub and many other programs. The only problem is the AVI will be huge. The EPG does not work for me the titantv website channel line-up has not caught up with the Cable Company. If you apply the patch http://www.gocyberlink.com you can no longer record any MPG2 and the power off on the remote becomes a power on. The patch fixes switching between stereo/mono/sap. Without the patch the VCRII program thinks it is mono but I fairly certain it is stereo and you can not switch. I emailed Cyberlink about the problem and a week later they said that the patch was not designed for that version. That is and excuse and not a solution. I also emailed Asus and have yet to get a response. Comments posted by Wood from Other, March 13, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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bought mine from newegg.com, great capture card and great software. this is my first capture card and i LOVE it! Installation went smoothly and the capture is stunning. I capture w/ mpep2 @ 8000kbps using powervcr, and I edit using Power Director and encode to svcd @ 10,000kbps and finalize w/ tmpgenc w/ a vbr.. yes i'm probably making my encoding longer than it should be, but its all good as long as i get great video quality! definitely the best capture card out there. i highly recommend it. Comments posted by Guy from the US from Other, February 28, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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Good card, only complaints is with the included PowerVCR program, as it's a bit buggy and a tivo it is not, but certainly comes close. PowerVCR uses titantv.com as its tv guide. Well let's just say that titantv.com (you can try it) can get really sluggish at times. Quite a bummer, but at least when titantv is running quickly it's a real treat to use -- one click will get the powervcr timer settings adjusted properly. The remote control is incredible; I would pay good money just for the remote itself as it controls the mouse cursor really well, and the IR sensors have a wide beam so you don't even need to point this thing directly at the sensor pod. I came from an older generation wintv that had sucky 320x240 resolution so the 720x480 resolution is a major transformation for me. I love the resolution, but in order to save the full resolution you'll need to encode in mpeg 2 at least 640x480 with average setting, at the minimum. At that rate, disk space will be about 650 megabytes every 35 minutes or so. I use a Celeron 2.0 GHz system overclocked to 2.6 GHz so my system has plenty of power left over even when doing high quality mpeg2 captures (which of course, eats up even more disk space). I'm a bit puzzled as to how the guy below got real time captures using divx, I could not see this option anywhere, and I do have divx 5 installed on my system. Comments posted by Steve from Other, February 11, 2003: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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dont look at another review. this is your card. i requested this card be posted on vcdhelp. i've been waiting to post my review to make a fair review. the software that is included only works with the tv880. that has to be made clear. power vcr and powerdirector 2.1 do not work with other cards!Also this card is the only one that comes with Cyberlink software. but thats fine with me. powerdirector has replaced flask,virtual-dub,TMPGEnc,CCE encoder,dvd2avi,IUvcr,M1-M2 edit, Adobe Premiere, easy vcd, and any other video software ive ever used. powerdirector 2.1 retails for $99.95. a very good deal for sure. But im resourceful with software. so that isnt what im basing my review on, its just a added bonus. This card has beutiful picture. It comes with a usb programmable remote, external audio out,8 pin av input(with a coax and SVHS adapter),and composite input. Very clean and functional at the same time. A piece of advice, use the asus install to install the Drivers, windows xp messes it up, dont know why.And use the software included with the card, its all made to work together. It also comes with some nifty security software for commercial use. i might tinker with it. but i dont have any real use for it. now for the technical part. this card does not cheat. i repeat this card doesnt cheat. ati cards capture at half frame rate. avermedia only does half the vertical resolution. if you are capturing 30fps at 640x480 thats what you get. resolutions are 720x576 in standard increments down to 88x72. capture formats are mpeg1 mpeg2 and windows. that means even directly to divx if you have the processor power. i dont even come close. my personal favorite is capture in uncompressed avi and then convert to divx. this card saves me time and effort to work over videos. i think i will stop there, or i will never stop. my brother and two friend are buying the same card so i know this is the card to own. i will offer a sample on icq to any one who wants to see it. icq#162200037 It will speak for itself. Comments posted by brian_porter2000 from Other, December 25, 2002: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Card= New Capture Card since your last vist. Feature What kind of main capture features it supports Analog VideoIn = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input Video Card = If it is a Video Card/Graphic Card Tv Tuner = Built-In TV-Tuner Digital TV = Built-In Digital TV-Tuner DV/Firewire = DV/Firewire/i.Link input DV Converter = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input and converts to DV video MPEG1 hardware = Capture directly MPEG1(VCD) video using hardware* MPEG2 hardware = Capture directly MPEG2(SVCD and DVD) video using hardware* MJPEG hardware = Capture directly to MJPEG using hardware* MPEG4 hardware = Capture directly to MPEG4(DivX,Xvid) video using hardware* * = Most capture cards can capture to this format using software but it usually requires a very fast computer, if it supports realtime capturing it uses the capture cards hardware and it doesn't require a very fast computer and you may get better quality but less options/settings than software capturing. Compatibility What Operating System our users have reported that it works on, Win95=Works Cnx = Connection What type of connection the capture device has to the computer, PCI, AGP, USB1/1.1/2, DV or PCMCIA. Price The price in US dollar. Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. Comment User comments, click on view to view them or add to post a own comment. We can not gurantee that this list is 100% correct. Don't forget to read the User Comments for more Info about each Capture card. If you find any features that are not correct contact us instead of posting a comment about it. |
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