Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe

As I write this today the Leadtek brand is mostly present on Dooyoo.uk with its graphics cards based on Nvidia chipsets. However, and not everybody knows this, Leadtek also ventures in other - related - domains. And so since a while already they are making TV tuner cards. Here of course they have to compete with well known brands like Hauppage (well represented on Dooyoo.uk) and Pinnacle. Those two alone cover almost the bulk of the market in TV-tuner cards. And I did have a Hauppage WinTV primio FM card before this Leadtek card, but I sold it off to a friend, not because it didn't work well, but because it lacked some of the features this Leadtek card ...  Read the complete review

I bought this TV card some time ago, but due to tremendous problems with Evesham Computers (that's another story that would fill a book) I was not able to use it until now. Bearing in mind that I have some limited computer knowledge, I internally installed the card and set about to follow the instructions. The loading process is lengthy but I plodded on, however the on screen messages did not eventually tie in with the booklet and loading seemed to come to an end too soon. When I came to try to use the TV card it failed to load. So I uninstalled every thing, took out the card, rebooted and put the card back in. Same thing happened again. Iasked for help from the ...  Read the complete review

The Winfast TV 2000 XP Deluxe is a PCI based solution for getting analog television (the five UK-based aerial channels) or composite or S-video (camcorders) onto your PC. Software included with the Winfast TV 2000 XP Deluxe allows for recording of any of these video sources for whatever kind of editing or archival reasons you may have. For an analog reception card, the picture is quite good while viewing TV or recording a camcorder via composite video. With an non-powered TV-top aerial, I am able to pull in all five channels with only a bit of snow. I'd recommend a roof-top aerial. Camcorder footage is pretty clearly recorded. The one caveat that ...  Read the complete review

I was bought this as a birthday present as u can guess i couldnt wait to install it and thanks to the great design of everything i was watching tv with 30 minuets it does need some i dea of the inside of a computer but if you follow the instuctions any idiot can install it the picture quality is good and sound is precise i also love the feature that you can set programmes to record aswell as having it as the desktop ...  Read the complete review