deagletime 1 Posted December 4, 2003 ok so im thinking of getting a tv tuner card...ive heard that they can be used in place of TiVo for those of u in the states....but id just like to hear some real user feedback before i chose one from the 50 on the market...some things i have some questions, if anyone knows...is it fully compatible with digital cable? what format are the files stored if i record them to my HD? how much space would they take?? thanks dt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted December 4, 2003 The only one I would ever recommend you get is the All In Wonder. ATI has the best on the market. I just upgraded from the All In Wonder Pro 128 to the All In Wonder Radeon 8500. I haven't used any of the record functions yet becasue I'm waiting for a cable that I had to order but I have seen some DVD's that my brother has made with his (he recorded Survivor on his computer then transfered that to a DVD) and it looks great. Check out EBay when you are ready to buy, I got this one there for $85 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deagletime 1 Posted December 5, 2003 The only one I would ever recommend you get is the All In Wonder. ATI has the best on the market. I just upgraded from the All In Wonder Pro 128 to the All In Wonder Radeon 8500. I haven't used any of the record functions yet becasue I'm waiting for a cable that I had to order but I have seen some DVD's that my brother has made with his (he recorded Survivor on his computer then transfered that to a DVD) and it looks great. Check out EBay when you are ready to buy, I got this one there for $85 bottom line... u can use it like tivo right? i dont have to be home to decide whether to record or not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cptwright 1 Posted December 5, 2003 way cool,i think i need to get me one of those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MongoBongo 0 Posted December 5, 2003 The only one I would ever recommend you get is the All In Wonder. ATI has the best on the market. I just upgraded from the All In Wonder Pro 128 to the All In Wonder Radeon 8500. I haven't used any of the record functions yet becasue I'm waiting for a cable that I had to order but I have seen some DVD's that my brother has made with his (he recorded Survivor on his computer then transfered that to a DVD) and it looks great. Check out EBay when you are ready to buy, I got this one there for $85 bottom line... u can use it like tivo right? i dont have to be home to decide whether to record or not? The ATI All in Wonder can be used like a TiVO with one thing to remember, make sure you have a big enough hard drive, 80 gigs or better. Video files take up a lot of storage space on your hard drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted December 5, 2003 The only one I would ever recommend you get is the All In Wonder. ATI has the best on the market. I just upgraded from the All In Wonder Pro 128 to the All In Wonder Radeon 8500. I haven't used any of the record functions yet becasue I'm waiting for a cable that I had to order but I have seen some DVD's that my brother has made with his (he recorded Survivor on his computer then transfered that to a DVD) and it looks great. Check out EBay when you are ready to buy, I got this one there for $85 bottom line... u can use it like tivo right? i dont have to be home to decide whether to record or not? The ATI All in Wonder can be used like a TiVO with one thing to remember, make sure you have a big enough hard drive, 80 gigs or better. Video files take up a lot of storage space on your hard drive. When I use the "Tivo" function it doesn't seem to use a whole lot of space. The drive I use for the video file usually only has a couple of gigs of free space too. But if you want to record more then a few hours of video then yes, be sure to have a good amount of space free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deagletime 1 Posted December 6, 2003 i got a few hard drives laying around so i think ill set up another 30gig slave as temp storage for stuff that i record... btw is it in mpeg format or can i have it in divx/avi as it will save more space Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
