MC or ATI MC?, From what I read, its ATI MC, how about you?

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From: joesloppy (joesloppy_at_peoplepc.NOSPAM.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 07:30:35 -0800

I just purchased an ATI TV WONDER™ PRO REMOTE CONTROL EDITION.

I wanted to use it for WMCE, so I downloaded, formatted, & installed
WMCE.

Then I Installed DVD Software and All ATI Software and Drivers from
CD. Tested card with ATI Multimedia Center Software, worked great,
Recorded a show choosing from about 15 different formats (avi, mpeg 1
& 2, wm, dvd, etc…) and with what quality I wanted, each showing how
much time I could record.

The quality of the tv capture is ok, some channels are a lot better
than others, some very clear even full screen. I don’t know why some
are a little fuzzy (it seems the bigger you make the tv, the more
noticeable) but it seems also when recording, quality increases, I
have no idea why.

There is a quick launch Bar that is sort of like the taskbar running
on the right hand side, only 50 pixels wide or so with the options
for tv, music, library, player, guide, etc…

The guide is rather nice, sort of like the tv guide channel but I am
in control of the scrolling. Just enter zip and download a weeks
viewing, free I might add. Recording is easy as right clicking,
record, or watch when on. You can search for whatever you want, or
browse by any category.

There are lots of tv features, display controls, quality controls.
Channels and shows are displayed when watching tv, sort of like a
digital cable receiver that gives you show info, time, etc… You can
also just fix a little tv anywhere you want, on top, just the tv, no
border, controls, etc.

The remote is cool, its RF and works anywhere in the house, hook the
computer up to any tv in the house via tv out and control it from
anywhere. Now I can watch those divx movies without having to run
over to the computer to control it. The remote controls the whole
computer and you can create a couple custom buttons.

Overall it was a great experience, just what I wanted. But now to try
WMC and see how much better it could be.

Started WMC and downloaded listings, and clicked on MY TV, right away,
error, decoder don’t work! So I end up here, and everyone says, NO,
TV WONDER does not work with WMCE, … opps, Oh well, I am rather
pleased with the ATI package, its very nice, and from what I also
read, WMC is restricted, limited, in some rather important areas.
Most obvious is recording. Since I can’t test drive media center
using my tv wonder, anybody else want to comment on WMCE vs other
Multimedia center software, I don’t know of any other besides ATI
Media center software and WMC. But I know there has to be more that
capture and record, and have misc. options and a possible a viewing
guide.

Joe

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