WinTV-GO or ATI TV Wonder VE?

[Morphx22]

The WinTV-GO is 20 dollars after rebates (40 before) and the ATI Tv Wonder VE is around 34 dollars, but I do not know which to get.

Here is what I would like it to do:

Record tv shows or DVDs to a svcd format (record straight to svcd if possible), be able to program what shows I want it to record, can it record 2 shows at once (that would be great!).

I know both are mono sound, but whatever, I will mostly be using it for tv shows that I miss due to class or just not being around.

So what do you all recommend me to get? Are both good quality?

My computer stats are:

AMD 1600+
256 RAM (will be 512 soon, 1 stick went bad)
GeForce 4 Ti4600 128 RAM
120 gig + 40 gig HD's at 7200 rpm
MSI motherboard with via chipset

[Morphx22]

No one used any of those 2 pieces of hardware?

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[SatStorm]

Read the user reviews at the capture card section, on your left

[Will Hay]

I had the WinTV-Go and hated it.
I now have the ATI 64mb Radeon DiVo and although don't use it for capture anymore it was (pound for pound sorry, dollar for dollar) the best peice of hardware I ever, ever, ever bought.
Good luck
Will

[Morphx22]

Oh well, too late now. I got the WinTV-GO for 20 bucks after rebates from CompUSA. After some trouble setting it up, it works great. At first I had a bad coxial cable to the card and channels werent that clear, but I got a new one and its great. And with PowerVCR II, its perfect. The only thing I wish it had was hardware encoding instead of processor so I can play games while its recording, but for just getting it to see what the whole tv on computer thing is all about, it is definately cool.

[SatStorm]

Will, Morphx22 didn't talk about ati Radeon divo, but for the old good ATI TV Wonder VE ....

There is a small difference...

[jg0001]

The TV Wonders were a wonder in that they never seemed to work well for me, ESPECIALLY when recording. I refuse to spend endless hours tweaking my PC to get it to do what it should. However, my new ATI-AIW-9800 PRO 128 has been quite good to me (the video card + tuner). I think it is universally agreed that the All-In-Wonder vid cards work better than the TV Wonders... I know mine does.

[Will Hay]

Will, Morphx22 didn't talk about ati Radeon divo, but for the old good ATI TV Wonder VE ....

There is a small difference...

No, I know, but my badly made point was that for me there's no comparison between ATI and Happauge and I hope (as far as capturing an analogue signal) you're not suggesting the Radeon was significantly inferior to the AIW!!!
Shame on you Sat...
...moderator or not I'll kick your ass
I had no need for the tuner, and even without it the ViVo was superb.
Will

[SatStorm]

I dare you to kick my mod ass...