VisionTek TV USB TV Tuner
VisionTek TV USB TV Tuner
VisionTek offers two main models of USB TV tuner. Both of these models of VisionTek TV
USB TV tuner are hybrid tuners, but one is box sized and the other is stick sized.
VisionTek TV USB TV Tuner Model VisionTek TV Wonder HD 650 USB
Dual Tuner/Recorder
This VisionTek TV USB TV tuner is a box sized hybrid tuner which is a lot smaller and
lighter than it looks onscreen. It can get digital TV signals wirelessly and analog TV signals with a wire
connection. TV viewing can be paused, fast-forwarded, or rewound. This TV tuner can also record TV. As an added
bonus, this tuner can also pick up FM radio. This VisionTek USB TV tuner is compatible with Windows XP and Vista,
and a separate version is also made for Mac platforms, compatible with G4, G5 and Intel Macintosh systems.
Mac users will find that the software will adjust the video quality accordingly for lower-end
graphics systems, but for best picture display, an OpenGL 2.0 or higher graphics card is recommended. Recordings
are made in MPEG-2 on Mac platforms. For the PC, a big strength of this VisionTek TV USB TV tuner is its ability to
convert between different video formats, allowing the user to port recorded shows to other devices.
Instead of using the included Catalyst Media Center software, some users found the tuner worked
equally well with the much more user-friendly Windows Media Center which is already present on most PCs. Overall,
this VisionTek TV USB TV tuner is well suited to those for whom it is important to get
both analog and digital TV signals, and who would be happy using Windows Media Center as an alternative viewing
option.
VisionTek TV USB TV Tuner Model VisionTek TV Wonder HD 600 USB PC
TV Tuner
This VisionTek TV USB TV tuner is a stick-sized hybrid TV tuner which can
pick up both digital and analog TV signals. Compatible with Windows XP and Vista, this tuner can pause,
fast-forward and rewind, as well as record TV. This USB TV tuner comes with a compact telescoping antenna, a USB
extension cord, a remote control, and software for installation and viewing. An audio/video input cable is also
included to enable recording of streaming video from other sources, such as VCR or camcorder.
The consensus on this VisionTek TV USB TV tuner’s hardware has been very positive; it gives good
video quality, and users in metropolitan areas report excellent signal strength and picture quality using the
antenna provided. Also, users were pleased with the efficiency of CPU usage by this USB TV tuner, even when doing
processor-intensive tasks such as recording one channel while watching another.
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