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Ordered this on March 20th, arrived the following Monday (23rd) with expedited shipping. The product works very nicely with Windows 7 x64 beta.

I'm a bit more familiar with Windows Media Center so I generally use it instead of what software was included. The included software works fine too, no hiccups at all with the Windows beta.

I purchased this to replace my analog only tuner card that came included with my HP Media Center PC. I'm glad I did.

I've been using this tuner for about 3 weeks now and so far I've had no problems or issues with it. When I got it I was able to put it into my PC, install the drivers from the CD and it was ready to go. This tuner works great with Windows Media Center as you can record TV and also rewind, fast forward and pause and play a program you're currently watching or one that you've recorded. The remote works great for me and it's still going strong even after I managed to accidentally drop it on the floor on a few occasions. For the price you really can't beat it. I feel like I definitely got my money's worth with this item and I'm glad I purchased it. I'd definitely recommend picking one of these up if you're looking for something at a decent price and want good value from it.

Hi, this package is great. I've used TV tuner cards for several years and seen them develop. This card is by far more mature than anything I've used. It's very easy to use, the interface is like a TIVO and the functions are fairly intuitive. Overall, I give it high marks and am satisfied with my purchase.

I got this product a few days ago, installed it, and found it to work fairly well using the software it came with. I did have a few computer lock ups, because I was trying to change the NTSC settings to see about getting a better looking full screen picture. Analog TV on this card is OK at best, using the software that comes with the card. Windows Media Center software only sees the digital side of the card.
If I hook up my OTA antenna I get great picture on all digital channels in my area. I was amazed at the way it looked.

If looking to do both digital and analog, you're gonna be stuck with the software that came with the card.

I have not used this to watch tv yet so I'm not going to review that part. This is a great capture card witch allows you to hook up a dvd player or a VCR and copy any video you want. It will even let you make back up coppies of commercial videos. When you try to copy a vhs to vhs it scrambles the picture and when you use this it doesn't. That's right! You can use this to put all of your aging VHS movies onto dvd. One drawback is that the software is horrible. It does not compress the video file any so a normal movie has to be put onto an 8 gig dual layer disk instead of the cheaper 4 gig single layer. The interface takes some getting use to but is painfully simple. Very little options. I would recomend this card to any one that has some computer know how and wants to have a way to capture video files.