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tv tuner - Leadtek Winfast TV 2000XP Expert - anyone?

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leepark

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Anyone have experience using the Leadtek Winfast TV 2000XP Expert? How does it compare to others out there?

Is it better to get a separate vid card + tv or all-in-wonder type of card?
 
The 2000XP Expert uses the Philips chipset, better choice than the ancient BT878 found on many others - higher color depth video, and stereo audio processed by the main chip itself.

The card's design is OK too. What stands out is the internal audio connector. This lets you use your mainboard's AUX connector if you have that, to eliminate the rather silly loopback cable round the outside that'd occupy your sound card's Line-In plug.

Also, I've found Leadtek's software to be generally working for the vast majority of systems - something you absolutely can't say about the stuff from high profile brands like Pinnacle and Hauppauge.
 
I have one right here and it has the Conexant cx23881-19 decoder chip. The software works fine, but I really disliked the Miami color theme it sports and couldn't find any software which suited my needs. Now I use an Ati e-home wonder which works nicely with MCE20005.
 
I'm recording some TV on my TV2000XP Expert right now. Works nicely, but I have had horrible problems with audio jumping out of sync when editing captured files..dunno what's causing it.
 
I have one but it doesn't handle the signals from cable very well. BTW I live in Denmark so it could be a local problem.
 
Is the Hauppauge 250 a better card and software?

What about other cards like MSI TV@nywhere Master TV Tuner Card, ATI TV Wonder VE PCI, AVerMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE TV Tuner Card, etc.?
 
I'm currently using the 2000Expert. Its a great card.

I had been using an Hauppage PVR-250 but switched back because of several reasons:

The Hauppage has a slight delay when switching between channels, the Leadtek doesn't.
I don't record enough to warrant the hardware encoding (and my CPU is fast enough that I have power left over when recording with the Leadtek).
The Hauppage uses more CPU power when just watching and not recording
The Leadtek has better image quality when just watching
The Leadtek has just better software when using the manufacturer's (haven't tried MCE or other that works well with the PVR-250).
I had been using my tv tuner to input my console games, and they was unplayable lag on the PVR-250.

Both are pretty good cards, but the PVR-250 is more suited for recording a lot and then watching in WMP.

I've been wanting to test out nVidia's new NVTV card. There's one that has dual hardware encoders.
 
hello, i am using the exact card, the deluxe edition. it's excellent, and the software is good, but i think could be even better. it captures at a decent resolution, max 720x480 i believe.
 
The deleay switching chanels is due to the hardware encodeing card always recording, so is the CPU usage. As for MCE, it only works with hardware incodeing cards.
 
I got a Winfast TV 2000 tuner card with S-video intput and FM, not sure the version. The TV reception is reasonably good but I found many noise on recorded image in MPEG I or II mode and when using Windows media video, noise wsa redued but the pic was blur. Is it related to the software encoding. I am using it on Athlon 64 2800+ w/XP platform, I guess there should no problem on the CPU.
 
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