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- By David_W @Feb 20, 2008
The ATI TV Wonder™ HD 650 loads your system with a complete set of media abilities, transforming your PC into the ultimate entertainment system. Attach your analog TV cable or an amplified high definition antenna1 and you can watch, pause, or record TV on your PC. TV is made brilliant with the 3D Comb Filter producing a sharp, true-to-life image.
Two built-in tuners offering combo tuning for: Over-the-air Digital TV / HDTV (ATSC)ATSC digital TV tuner. Over-the-air / Cable Analog TV (NTSC) Clear-QAM (unscrambled) Digital HD Cable
ATI Theater™ Video Processing Technology Hardware MPEG-2 compression Motion Adaptive 3D Comb Filter Automatic Color Control Automatic Gain Control Noise Reduction Edge Enhancement
ATI Catalyst Media Center™ featuring: Full PVR and time shifting functionality DVD Playback Software DVD Authoring Software ATI Theater™ Video Converter
AMD LIVE!™ CD featuring AMD LIVE! On Demand
Specifications
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General Information
Brand Name:
Diamond Multimedia
Manufacturer:
Diamond Multimedia, USA
Manufacturer Part Number:
TVW650PCIE
Marketing Information:
The ATI TV Wonder HD 650 loads your system with a complete set of media abilities, transforming your PC into the ultimate entertainment system. Attach your analog TV cable or an amplified high definition antenna and you can watch, pause, or record TV on your PC. TV is made brilliant with the 3D Comb Filter producing a sharp, true-to-life image.
Package Type:
Retail
Product Name:
TV Wonder HD 650 TV Tuner
Product Type:
TV Tuner
Interfaces/Ports
Interfaces/Ports:
1 x TV Input
1 x FM Input
1 x mini-DIN Input
1 x Audio Input
Miscellaneous
Additional Information:
Two built-in tuners offering combo tuning for:
Over-the-air Digital TV / HDTV (ATSC)
Clear-QAM (unscrambled) Digital HD Cable
Over-the-air / Cable Analog TV (NTSC)
FM Radio
ATI Theater Video Processing Technology:
Hardware MPEG-2 compression
Motion Adaptive 3D Comb Filter
Automatic Color Control
Automatic Gain Control
Noise Reduction
Edge Enhancement
Package Contents:
Diamond TV Wonder HD 650 TV Tuner
Audio Connector
Composite to S-Video adapter
FM Antenna
Full featured remote with receiver
Installation CD
Install Guide
AMD LIVE! CD
System Requirements:
AMD Athlon or AMD Sempron, Intel Pentium 4 or Celeron, (or compatible) CPU
An ATI Radeon 9600 or newer graphics card is recommended for optimal display output quality
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Rated by Abi_Y, October 21, 2009
This is a good combo tuner card for HTPC or PC. The channel change speed could be better that's why I have 4 of 5. Whatever signal input it improves it with 3D comb filter other filter which makes especially cable signal look better. Recommeneded.
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Rated by Roj, June 8, 2009
I got this card to replace a Hauppauge PVR-150, using WinXP (not MCE). Its a great upgrade. On standard Shaw cable, the PVR150 does not tune in several channels very well, resulting in a fuzzy picture, or ghosting, or interference patterns. This card tunes the same channels perfectly. Much better picture overall, with better color. Better sound level control than with the PVR150 too.
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Rated by Damaged, May 17, 2009
I'm pleased with this, as TV tuners are hit and miss with quality of picture , OS compatibility and can be hard to set the tuner. This unit is pretty much plug and play, a simple set up wizard helps set country settings and audio and Video settings. The quality of picture is good and I have to say I'm glad I bought this unit.
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I bought this to use in an HTPC and it works like a charm with Windows Vista and cable input - have yet to try out the OTA DTV with this card as well as a linux OS. will update as soon as I have the time to test.
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Rated by Nierdal, February 4, 2009
Bought this to build a HTPC with Vista Media Center.
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Rated by John_L, January 30, 2009
Bought to for two of my buddies. Just in time to record the Superbowl. No drivers needed. Didn't even really need to install the drivers. It just worked.
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Rated by Bull_D, November 16, 2008
After trying the PCI version I thought it better to buy the PCI-E x1 version and save a PCI slot. After getting dinged the surcharge(15%) for restocking I take the PCI-E x1 home and find it is too long. Hits on a block coming from my motherboard(AsusM3A78-EMH-HDMI). Now I'm gonna have to pay again the 15% and carry on from there. I did try to get the demensions from staff at NCIX but opening the box to measure is not allowed. Also the PCI version had a much better composite to RCA cable, way better. Originally I had trouble with the PCI version, eventually getting it figured out myself. Getting help from Diamond!!! FORGET IT, REALLY FORGET IT. They have the worst customer support, it's been 3 weeks and I still have not heard back from them.Other than the acknowledging e-mail of your assistance request.
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Rated by NEOhm, October 19, 2008
I ultimately will have to return this product because it would just not fit onto my motherboard due to the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe's heat-pipe cooling between the North/South Bridge chips. This card is very nice looking at it's sleek, slender length, and if it were not for the high demand for cards to fit into those Mini PC's 'half hight' boxes, than they would have probably continued to spread the design out onto a more stubby design that would have easily fit into this (awesome and popular) motherboard. If the heat-pipe wasn't a problem, than again this card would look very pretty along side the gorgeous A8N32-SLI Deluxe.
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Rated by Gameplaywarrior, October 4, 2008
It offers above-average video quality compared to other tuners and it plugs into one of your rarely used PCI Express (PCIe) x1 slot. It is also smaller than most of the other tuner cards out there at the moment, so it is perfect for HTPC cases. It even comes with its own remote and receiver
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