The WinTV go is the budget TV card from Hauppauge’s range. Upon opening the package, you receive a driver CD, the WinTV card, and a cable to link the TV card’s audio out to your sound card’s Line In.

I would recommend at least a Voodoo3 running in the computer, as my previous card couldn’t handle WinTV full screen. A graphics card supporting Overlay is also recommended, as this avoids un-necessary flicker.

Installation was extremely simple, the only niggles I had, were the length of the sound cable. This didn’t reach from the TV card to the soundcard, and had to move some PCI cards around to fix this. The card also didn’t quite fit flush with the back panel of the PC.

The drivers supplied on the CD aren’t particularly stable, I highly recommend Hauppauge’s instructions in the box and downloading the latest drivers, as I got many a blue screen. The WinTV software itself is extremely comprehensive, but doesn’t support time-shift recording.

Image quality is very good, but the quality slips when you go full screen.

This is highly recommended to a TV card buyer on a budget.