HDTV Wonder

[phenixdragon]

So I am leaning towards the HDTV Wonder but I was reading how it dubs everything down to 480p. Is this correct? Or any suggestions of cards that can keep the 720p and 1080i resolutions?

Thanks!

[paulbeers]

Oy. I am not sure what the opinion is of the ATI HDTV Wonder now, but for a long time it was fairly hated. Very buggy. The popular choices are the Avermedia A180, the Vbox cards, and I use a FusionLite.

[phenixdragon]

Cool, I emailed the diffrent companies to see if they do the downgrading. Do you know if the Fision Lite does it? From what I was looking out breafly it seems like the best card out there.

[lobosrul]

I have an ATI HDTV Wonder, and I would recommend against it. The software that comes with it, is horrendous, which is why I purchased sage in the 1st place.

But even worse, the analog picture (regardless if its from cable, s-video or composite), is extremely ugly, and i have no idea why. I think i might just have a defective card. Digital thru the ATSC tuner looks great however. Thats its one saving grace.

[stanger89]

AFAIK, all the ATSC cards just capture the bistream, at least in Sage they do. Of course I'd second (or is it third or fourth) the recommendation against the HDTV Blunder.