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Following the highs of the initial purchase and the excitement of opening up of the product, and the customary break in period the Leadfast Winfast TV 2000XP is really quite a fantastic TV tuner. It allows you to record in Mpeg 1, 2 and 4 as well as as an AVI file. It allows you to not only adjust the traditional brightness, hue and colour settings but also slight frequency changes that ensures a great picture quality. The picture quality is just that, great. I have seen many competitors tuner's and while some come close to the output I am getting on this tuner, I have yet to see one look better.

The remote control is very handy and turns the computer screen into a television very quickly and easily. The IR sensor could be a bit more effective as you really have to learn to angle the remote towards it. This product comes with Timeshifting, something that everyone has been seeking, evident in Tivo's rise to fame. The video editing software that comes with this Leadtek product should not be considered another free disc to throw into the drawer. I have used both Ulead Video Studio and DVD Movie Factory and both are excellent pieces of beginner software for creating and burning videos as they are fairly easy to use but at the same time they produce pretty good results. No they are not likely to win you an Academy Award for editing (the votes are rigged I tell you!) but they will impress family and friends. The software has been somewhat future proofed as it allows for both 4:3 aspect ratio and 16:9 for those lucky enough to have a widescreen display on the desktop.

The remote is easy to hold and understand, it fits comfortably in the hand and all the buttons are easily accessed. I found that I actually did use the majority of the keys and that the "41 button" advertising was not just a few useless buttons that many remote companies throw out just to increase their numbers as the snapshot, full screen and power buttons were very useful. The volume control was rendered useless as soon as I connected it through the auxiliary cable although it may have been due to an error during set up.