ATI's Best: All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 128MB & TV/Capture Card Roundup

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Continuing on with descriptive names we have WinProducer which plays the same role as Ulead's VideoStudio and MGI's VideoWave. WinProducer is clearly the least capable out of the three video editing packages mentioned here as it lacks the same effects and manipulation options offered by the other solutions. The goal of these VIVO cards is to allow you to get video from your camcorder or some other source onto your PC and you shouldn't expect much more outside of that. The MSI card was bundled with WinProducer 1.0 SE. The final piece of software that comes with these cards is a DVD player, in this case it was a re-badged copy of WinDVD 3.1 that featured the MSI name.

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In the end these VIVO cards are a very simple way (and relatively inexpensive compared to the other options) of getting video on your PC. You won't find any remotes, no TV tuning options and definitely no other frills other than a couple of inputs to capture video. If you have a DV camera you're better off buying a bare video card and picking up a cheap Firewire adapter for true digital video editing, otherwise VIVO cards like the MSI and Gainward still have their place in spite of the introduction of NVIDIA's Personal Cinema.