Advantages: the price, the quality, the usefulness of this card
Disadvantages: small codec problems can only be solved by a reinstallation

...This is one old review that needs improvements, I expanded it by adding a lot more information and details about this great product. ----------------------------------TERRATEC CINERGY 400 TV stereo------------------- I've always had the need of television on the PC and when I first set my eyes on this PCI card I couldn't believe it costed so little (I paid it 60 euro, about £40 years and years ago, I'm sure now they come even cheaper). The card gives you the possibility to add video/audio input on your computer and the great opportunity to record on hard disk (in different codecs included DivX). Considering that computer monitors with TV input hardly existed a few years ago when I bought this card and even nowadays are very expensive and don't allow you to record digitally on your computer... Easily it ended up being one... Read review

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Advantages: Exceptional Sound Quality
Disadvantages: Driver in the box are out of date

...This is a story that'll shock 99% of you, confuse 20% of those and probably bore the brains out of anyone that has no brains.. or something. Me being a big car fan and computer fan and fan of very good quality music reproduction decided one to day build a touchscreen operator computer into my car. Using all the components from your everyday desktop machine i got them wired up and had a fantastic music jukebox in my car. I was using a creative audigy ? sound card and feeding it into over £8000 worth of car stereo equipment. Sound quality was good but there was something obvious in the background that a vital component was missing. A friend of mine recommended terratec who i had never heard of before. So for the price I though why not and invested in the 7.1 space card. Well i got it out of the box and couldn't believe all... Read review

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Advantages: Great value for price
Disadvantages: No disad

.... A really good sound card highly recommended Specifications: Manufacturer - Terratec Model - E3312 Internal / External - External Interface - USB Sample Rate - Analogue: 32, 44.1 and 48kHz, Digital: 48kHz Line Ins - Optical SPDIF digital input (TOS link), # Microphone input (3.5mm jack plug) Line Outs - 3 stereo line outputs (3.5mm jack plug), Optical SPDIF digital output (TOS link) Software Included - Driver and Manual CD Warranty - 2 Years Manufacturers Warranty... Read review

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Advantages: Save LP's and Tapes To CD With Ease
Disadvantages: Initial Cost

...much a case of just playing you old track and recording it in, so the time taken is the length of the track. Then editing is entirely up to you, as soon as you feel it is right just burn it to CD. RELIABILITY Great I’ve heard a lot about TerraTec, but this is the first product I’ve used. Since I’ve had no problems probably will do again. It always sees the device when you plug it in and it never looses the connection with it either. EASE OF INSTALLATION Very easy, all you do is plug the USB cable into the back of your PC and then put the CD into the drive and follow the instructions on screen. The software is a case of playing with it once it is installed, although the manual will guide you through it pretty well. INSTRUCTION MANUAL Nice, easy to follow steps in a easy to follow format. Guides you through from the basics... Read review

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Advantages: Great quality, cheaper than an audigy 2
Disadvantages: Since I got an nforce2 motherboard I've had problems.

...The Sonic Xplosion is the next generation version of the Sonic Fury & according to specs it beats in it every regard (Having never owned a Fury I can't comment on this). As with the Fury the Xplosion has a 'sister card' which in this case is the Terratec SixPack 5.1+ Easy of install/Use : Disabling your current soundcard/onboard sound is recommended if not neccesary but is fairly simple to do. Installing the card itself was easy, simply slot it into a PCI slot, install drivers off CD & away you go. The drivers install a handy little Sonic Xplosion icon in your taskbar to alter various settings including 3D setup & an equaliser. Performance : Having owned a very nice but cheap Hercules Fortissimo 2 I wanted more compatibility with newer games which the fortissimo failed to provide (Eax option was nearly always greyed out). So... Read review

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Advantages: Optical in AND out! High quality recording and playback.
Disadvantages: Not a professional card (but neither in price).

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