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All In Wonder vs. Graphics Card + TV Tuner
I read an article recently that said that tuner cards coming out after this
summer will include a new anti piracy key which prevents sharing of recorded files. Aparently the all in wonder 9800 is one of the few that will record hdtv and still be able to share the files. RandyL "Rick" wrote in message ... The best part about having a separate TV tuner, is you can keep it in your system when you upgrade the video card. There's no real sense in paying the extra $50.00 for the TV tuner portion every time you upgrade your video card. I have a Rage II ATI All-in-wonder and a Rage 128 ATI All-in-Wonder gathering dust on a shelf that proves my point. bye, Rick "Spiderman" wrote in message ... Are there any pros'cons to the All In Wonder vs separate ATI graphics and tuner cards. I'm currently running 9600 with a TV Tuner Pro card. Would the All In Wonder 9600 provide any advantage? I would think 2 separate cards can handle the "load" better...is that right? |
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RandyNews wrote:
I read an article recently that said that tuner cards coming out after this summer will include a new anti piracy key which prevents sharing of recorded files. Aparently the all in wonder 9800 is one of the few that will record hdtv and still be able to share the files. The 9800 All In Wonder doesn't have any kind of input that supports HDTV signals so this is moot. RandyL "Rick" wrote in message ... The best part about having a separate TV tuner, is you can keep it in your system when you upgrade the video card. There's no real sense in paying the extra $50.00 for the TV tuner portion every time you upgrade your video card. I have a Rage II ATI All-in-wonder and a Rage 128 ATI All-in-Wonder gathering dust on a shelf that proves my point. bye, Rick "Spiderman" wrote in message ... Are there any pros'cons to the All In Wonder vs separate ATI graphics and tuner cards. I'm currently running 9600 with a TV Tuner Pro card. Would the All In Wonder 9600 provide any advantage? I would think 2 separate cards can handle the "load" better...is that right? -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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In article , "J. Clarke" wrote:
RandyNews wrote: I read an article recently that said that tuner cards coming out after this summer will include a new anti piracy key which prevents sharing of recorded files. Aparently the all in wonder 9800 is one of the few that will record hdtv and still be able to share the files. The 9800 All In Wonder doesn't have any kind of input that supports HDTV signals so this is moot. RandyL That is wrong, a HDTV TV tuner card and a ATI 9800 card would communicate at the bus level. HDTV support has been in the Theater chip for years now. "Rick" wrote in message ... The best part about having a separate TV tuner, is you can keep it in your system when you upgrade the video card. There's no real sense in paying the extra $50.00 for the TV tuner portion every time you upgrade your video card. I have a Rage II ATI All-in-wonder and a Rage 128 ATI All-in-Wonder gathering dust on a shelf that proves my point. bye, Rick "Spiderman" wrote in message ... Are there any pros'cons to the All In Wonder vs separate ATI graphics and tuner cards. I'm currently running 9600 with a TV Tuner Pro card. Would the All In Wonder 9600 provide any advantage? I would think 2 separate cards can handle the "load" better...is that right? |
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It says on the box that it will OUTPUT to HDTV. I'm not sure about the hdtv
reception though. You could be right....on the other hand, the hdtv signals aren't that common yet. Can it record hdtv? RandyL "GMAN" wrote in message ... In article , "J. Clarke" wrote: RandyNews wrote: I read an article recently that said that tuner cards coming out after this summer will include a new anti piracy key which prevents sharing of recorded files. Aparently the all in wonder 9800 is one of the few that will record hdtv and still be able to share the files. The 9800 All In Wonder doesn't have any kind of input that supports HDTV signals so this is moot. RandyL That is wrong, a HDTV TV tuner card and a ATI 9800 card would communicate at the bus level. HDTV support has been in the Theater chip for years now. "Rick" wrote in message ... The best part about having a separate TV tuner, is you can keep it in your system when you upgrade the video card. There's no real sense in paying the extra $50.00 for the TV tuner portion every time you upgrade your video card. I have a Rage II ATI All-in-wonder and a Rage 128 ATI All-in-Wonder gathering dust on a shelf that proves my point. bye, Rick "Spiderman" wrote in message ... Are there any pros'cons to the All In Wonder vs separate ATI graphics and tuner cards. I'm currently running 9600 with a TV Tuner Pro card. Would the All In Wonder 9600 provide any advantage? I would think 2 separate cards can handle the "load" better...is that right? |
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"Rick" wrote in message ... The best part about having a separate TV tuner, is you can keep it in your system when you upgrade the video card. There's no real sense in paying the extra $50.00 for the TV tuner portion every time you upgrade your video card. I have a Rage II ATI All-in-wonder and a Rage 128 ATI All-in-Wonder gathering dust on a shelf that proves my point. bye, Rick Query. I was originally planning on getting the AIW 9600XT since it seems to have the most bang for the buck for what I need. I'm not a gamer so the ultimate in speed isn't an issue. Graphics wise I use the computer mainly for watching DVD's, TV, occasionally recording TV shows. I also occasionally have need to copy video off a VCR into an MPG or AVI file where I can capture individual frames. For the preverts, sorry. This is footage off Security cameras. Right now I'm using an HIS Excalibur Radeon 9000 and ATI TV Wonder VE and it does what I want. Now I'm going to assemble a new system and these will stay with the old one. I've always liked the idea of separate components. Now I'm looking at combining the HIS Radeon 9600XT 128MB with the AsusTV/FM card w/remote. The Asus says it includes an Electronic Program Guide. How does this compare with ATI's Guide Plus (which I find very useful)? How well would these two components work together? I'll be using them under W98SE. For those that suggest I 'upgrade' to XP sorry, not a chance. I don't support Activationware. As well, there's just far too many bugs in XP and I don't want to spend my time patching it. And I don't like the way it looks and works. And... Anyways, my next OS upgrade will be to Linux. Oh, and I'm using a Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1 sound card which will be going into the new system Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- If you can't figure out my address from this, then we probably don't have a lot to talk about: bpoulton$vcn:bc:ca |
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