DIAMOND ATI TV Wonder HD 650 Combo TVW650USB USB 2.0 Interface - Retail

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I had problems with Windows 7 but while it was working with third party software, I found the solution on a Vista forum. Set the listening service to System account. It now works with WMC.

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First of all, you must know that ATI(AMD) didnt release any windows 7 driver for this product yet. They should be out in the first quarter of 2010. How ever, I was able to install it using the vista 64bit drivers available on Diamond website. Please be aware, the unit I received was white and it came with a copy of ATI Media Center. I don't use the ati application, because it works great in Windows 7 Media Center.

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The software did not install correctly, and I ultimately had to use Windows restore to fix Windows Movie Maker. Media Center recognized it and it worked without installing any Diamond software. The quality is okay, but the picture defaults to letterbox and can be choppy - might be my notebook PC can't keep up though, not sure. I did a bunch of research before this purchase but still wonder if there was a better choice.

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No Excuse would make it ok

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I purchased this item a few days ago, and installed it on my HP running Windows7, and it works fine; I haven't been able to get the remote to work as of yet but over all I like the system. I am able to catch the radio station as well as have both tuners work just fine. One is attached to my digital antenna and the other is attached to Dish Network Satellite and they both work okay.

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I was hoping for a lot more than I received. Open air HD tuner needs a powered antenna to get any signal at all. Supplied antenna is garbage. If you do not have media center or other tv tuner type software on your computer you cannot use this as it comes with no software. Very expensive for features contained. If this product was sold for $25 it would be worth every penny.

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The software was not compatible with Windows Vista. The software would not install and locked up the computer every time I tried to install it. Teck support said the software was defective, so I returned the product and reordered it. Had the same problem. Returned it again.

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I installed this item with out any trouble. It works great although I have not tried everything as yet. I beleive that you must use the very latest vista update (service pak 1) and the latest drivers available from diamond. It lacks in good documentation, for instance no directions as to how to set up the remote operation or even that it exists. How I figured it out and it works fine. When chaging channels, it is slow in confirming which channel you are now watching and this makes the channel up - down hard to use. Use a direct method for going to your desired channel (punch in the number or select it from the channel line up).

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This tuner offers good quality of live and recorded TV video and installation is not difficult. However, documentation for this unit is abysmal, practically non-existent. Many features are only described, instruction on how to actually use them are missing. The labels next to the ports on the unit serve as all the documentation for connections. Features are misrepresented! ATI states the TV Wonder has a dual tuner. What the unit actually has is a NTSC analog tuner and a HD ATSC tuner on two separate coaxial ports. This means that to play and record at same time you would, for instance, need a cable connection to watch AND a HD antenna connection to record, which is just plain silly. The unit does NOT have a dual tuner that allows play and record from a single cable TV connection like TiVo can do. Also, the FM-tuner antenna uses the same coaxial port as the cable-TV requiring unplugging the TV to listen to the radio!

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I have a unit which has failed after less than 20 hours. It appears to be intermittent as well as a software driver problem. I have consulted with manufactor with no result. I would not recomend this unit since it appears to have multiple problems and no support.

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I have owned this for a month, and there are a lot of functions I haven't tried (recording, avivo, time-shifting). I have tried tuning fm radio, cable, and antenna hdtv signals, all with excellent quality. I also played Wii over the composite input, but had to use dScaler since the included catalyst media center software lagged too much.