Bundle and Presentation
The presentation of Point of View's 5900XT was impressive, so it's slightly disappointing that it's so average here. However, what can you really do to tart up a TV-tuner card?
The box lets you know what you're purchasing, should you find it in a retail scenario, with the remote pictured on the attractive box art.
The rear has some basic specifications and capabilities, all wrapped up in Point of View's familiar style.
Opening up the box simply reveals the remote (more on that soon) and the small card, so lifting up the cardboard box divider is next, revealing the rest of the goodies.
You'll find the remote control receiver, a lengthy S-Video cable, an S-Video-to-composite convertor cable, a composite video cable and a 3.5mm-to-3.5mm audio jack to feed the audio input. Here's the receiver for the remote.
It's a USB device and receives the radio signals from the remote control. You'll also find a CD in the box with the ForceWare Multimedia software package, Ulead MovieFactory for DVD authoring and remote control drivers. Here's the remote.
Looks familiar? You'd be right, since it's scarily similar to the original ATI Remote Wonder remote. They're manufactured by the same company so it's no surprise, but it does bring a smile to my face to see competing products use such similar remotes.
The remote itself is a little large for my tastes and the directional pad is pretty terrible, but the rest of the remote is up to scratch. The buttons are tactile and well labelled and familiarity with the remote comes quickly. Point of View, crucially, put a set of batteries in the box, unlike a TV-tuner bundle I looked at recently from Prolink.
