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Sapphire Theatrix - ATI Theater 550 Pro
I'm considering getting a Sapphire Theatrix TV card to complement my 9200
VIVO, does anyone know of a UK supplier as I can't seem to track one down. The Theatrix uses ATI's new Theater 550 Pro chip. Also, I have completely failed to get the Video In component of MMC to work on Windows ME with my VIVO card - Rage Theater - (despite trying a wide variety of driver versions and DX 8.1 through to 9c) I've heard of AIW problems too. Does anyone have any experience of running a Theatrix tv tuner under WME, does it work? I was also wondering whether two Rage Theater chips (the 550 Pro in the Theatrix and a standard Rage Theater in the VIVO)would co-exist happily on a single system (I remember the Brooktree ones tended not to). Thanks, Paul |
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"Paul Davis" wrote in message
... I'm considering getting a Sapphire Theatrix TV card to complement my 9200 VIVO, does anyone know of a UK supplier as I can't seem to track one down. The Theatrix uses ATI's new Theater 550 Pro chip. Also, I have completely failed to get the Video In component of MMC to work on Windows ME with my VIVO card - Rage Theater - (despite trying a wide variety of driver versions and DX 8.1 through to 9c) I've heard of AIW problems too. Does anyone have any experience of running a Theatrix tv tuner under WME, does it work? I was also wondering whether two Rage Theater chips (the 550 Pro in the Theatrix and a standard Rage Theater in the VIVO)would co-exist happily on a single system (I remember the Brooktree ones tended not to). Thanks, Paul Thanks for the "heads up" on that product - its looks exactly like what I've been looking for but I have some concerns. 1. That 550 chipset uses Hardware MPEG 2 Encoding whereas the Rage Theatre (and Theatre 220) rely on software encoding through ATIs MMC Software (or other software designed for it). I doubt current ATI software would cope with such a mix (but I'm not sure) - perhaps someone has tried it? 2. Availability in the UK - I note the website photo shows a US/Canadian card with the threaded aerial connectors. ATI products with tuners usually turn up firstly in NTSC format for (predominantly) the US and Canadian markets. Unfortunately the PAL/SECAM version usually turns up several months later - who knows though, perhaps Sapphire is more on the ball than ATI in this regard and already have a PAL version being made. The ATI Tv Wonder Pro has been out for many months (if not a year) in the US and Candian markets yet a PAL/SECAM version hasn't even been made yet! My email has been sent to the sales address for the UK agent (on their website). Paul (another one). |
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