HDTV Wonder Discussion

i completely agree that ATI needs to dump MMC and develop new software. The MMC interface is stale, boring and UGLY. ATI makes excellent hardware that is held back by their software. As the owner of a AIW 9800pro i have found capturing video to be more of a hassle than is should be. ATI needs a new exciting and FUN to use interface.

However, most of the other HDTV cards out there have issues as well. My biggest fear is anything worth recording may soon be flagged so it can't be recorded. Why is ATI including an antenna in the box. Any indoor antenna will be useless for anybody more than 25 miles from their stations. They could cut the price some by ditching it.
 
Work in conjunction with existing all-in-wonder?

Work in conjunction with existing all-in-wonder?

I have an existing All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro. Will the HDTV wonder work in conjunction with this card if I connect all my inputs(RF-in, S-Video,RCA) to the HDTV wonder card? Will the MMC be confused as to which tuner to use?
Is there a way to disable the tuner on the existing AIW card?
 
Hmm, that's a good ques. that I don't know the answer to. I do know right now that if you pair an AIW w/ one of ATI's TV Wonder cards and have inputs properly connected to both, you can watch two channels on TV at once in PIP mode and stuff. Perhaps you will be able to do something similar if you pair an HDTV Wonder w/ an existing AIW except that you would be able to watch one channel in HD potentially. :D

Since ATI is going to release some AIW packages that simply bundle in an HDTV Wonder along w/ the AIW, I assume they have already thought about and addressed this issue. Anyone know what ATI's official word on this is?
 
When you use the SVideo or Composite inputs on the HDTV WONDER, you get a TV Player specifically for the NTSC portion of the tuner, and through the standard desktop connector selector button you can change your input.

The initial release of the HDTV WONDER does not support HDTV playback in MULTVIEW. In a future release, the NTSC tuner on the HDTV WONDER could be a MULTVIEW source with an ALL-IN-WONDER in the same system.
 
I'm thinking that a X800Pro VIVO and the HDTV Wonder would be a interesting combo, especially bundled together for $500.
 
I am presently using my AIW9000 as the vid card in my HTPC which directly feeds my CRT PJ from the VGA port. The TV out is going to my plain old TV in another room.

I also have an 9000 Pro Radeon laying around that I would like to use as the Primary card so I could use the dual VGA output capabilities. However then I lose my TV tuner capability as well as video input.

Is it possible to simply add the HDTV Wonder to the 9000 Pro Radeon and still take advantage of the dual VGA outputs in overlay mode for feeding the fullscreen output to the CRT PJ while doing the controlling on a seperate primary monitor?

Another thought is to simply add a PCI Radeon card to my computer. Would this allow me to use the PCI card as the 2nd monitor (Overlay mode) output to my PJ?
 
New Post? Does the 8500 DV work the HDTV AIW?

New Post? Does the 8500 DV work the HDTV AIW?

First time not lurking on this board and could not find any FAQ for posting a new thread, so pressed Reply. Here goes..

Spent 70 minutes on ATI web site looking for info on the AIW HDTV Wonder card, if it worked with the 8500 DV. Heard that the 8500 may not have enough horsepower and/or not support a new video standard.

Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.

mjclifford
 
mjclifford said:
First time not lurking on this board and could not find any FAQ for posting a new thread, so pressed Reply. Here goes..

Spent 70 minutes on ATI web site looking for info on the AIW HDTV Wonder card, if it worked with the 8500 DV. Heard that the 8500 may not have enough horsepower and/or not support a new video standard.

Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.

mjclifford
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HDTV Wonder Already Shipping!!!

HDTV Wonder Already Shipping!!!

Guys and gals, it looks like the HDTV Wonder is already shipping. The evidence is as follows:

1. This website use to say pre-order, but now states it is currently shipping in 4-6 days
Link:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=662778

2. Their is a thread in the AVS forum from a guy who stated that he received his yesterday and is working on a review
Link:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=422845
 
The guy in question is: nintari. He said

"it is aprequalification sample for review. I am trying to get in contact with ATI with some questions I have right now." So it was not a retail purchase.

I'm trying to decide whether I'm better off ordering from buy.com at $165, or is there a benefit by going directly to ATI @ $199? (Better ship date, etc).
 
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I think I am ready to place a preorder somewhere for this. Who's done so? Has the delivery date been steady or has it slipped (particularly for ATI website preorders)? Thanks.
 
7/28/2004 is the first time ATi has released a ship date.
I preordered from Buy.com at $184 (with shipping)
 
Hello jgs9455,

We are still working on shipping the following item(s) from order
#xxxxxxxx.

You will not be billed until your product actually ships.

Order #xxxxxxxx

sku - 10375953 : description - ATI - HDTV Wonder PCI TV Turner w/
Remote Control

If you wish to cancel your order for this item, or if you have any
questions, please
contact customer support at http://www.buy.com/support.

Sincerely,
Customer Support Team


Anyone have any updates on ati orders that have shipped?
 
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