Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert TV Tuner Review - PAGE 1

Michael Holtz, Terren Tong
- Thursday, May 13th, 2004 0 Favourite (0)

Introduction

The Winfast TV 2000XP Expert tuner card from Leadtek contains just about everything a retail consumer would want in one affordable package. This TV Tuner definitely packs enough utility to match its low price point. As a person who threw out the VCR long ago in the hopes of upgrading my computer with a TV Tuner, the Leadtek quickly has fulfilled my longing desire for an ability to have an affordable TV Tuner that accomplishes everything the old VCR did and more. My experience with TV Tuners has been completely secondary up to this point. I have never owned such a product in my own PC and as such I will approach this review as a consumer who finally stepped up to upgrade their computer into the media centerpiece that the technological world is trying to make it.

I was initially struck by the quantity of products inside the box. The packaging is a bit smaller than other TV tuner cards that I have seen and so as such I expected less inside. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that Leadtek supplied enough cables and accessories to complete the TV Tuner package that I would expect if I wanted to get set-up and recording right away. As a low price point item I would have expected to have to supply and purchase some of my own cables, I was wrong. Included in the box I found: