Today I returned the third 650 and am testing my
4th TV wonder 650 card.
The rework looks the same, But the ATSC tuner works and works well and the cable looks great too.
This cards ATSC tuner does seem a bit finicky, I now have the amplifier moved close to the antenna as it is split 2 more times.
The 650 now pulls in as many channels as the HDTV Wonder.
Both ATSC and cable look very good.
4th board ive tried, 1st that works.
Hmmm.
update regarding cable picture quality: As some complained with the 550 the
650 produces a somewhat grainy soft digital picture that looked horrible with a
less than perfect cable and low cable signal strength. As we all do I have
split my feed more than once. I am using an amplifier on the Antenna feed for the ATSC
tuner which helped considerably.
I will now have to add another for the cable feed.