Re: Upgrade ATI Video Card on MCE 2004--Please Help

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From: Alinds (Alinds_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:18:04 -0800

Thanks, I believe I want to go to a Hardware based Encoder. I output my
mediacenter to Tv's through the Avcast system. I am not sure I will upgrade
to 2005, since DELL told me I can't (Why does HP over an upgrade but not
dell??). I do want to keep my options open. I guess I was wondering if
there was anyhting out there now I could use (hardware Based)?

"Peter Near [MCE MVP]" wrote:

> When we're talking about picture quality, it's important to understand
> the device you're going to be viewing on.
>
> Is it a television, CRT monitor, LCD monitor, High-definition
> television? The answer will depend on that.
>
> Generally, I would guess that the AIW card does not encode video as well
> as a hardware-based encoder such as the Hauppauge 150, 250MCE, or 500.
> If your ultimate goal is to go to MCE 2005, I might recommend the
> Hauppauge 500 card with dual tuners - this will probably improve your
> recorded tv quality quite a bit.
>
> I would expect to hear something from ATI in the upcoming months about a
> new All-in-wonder card that will support MCE 2005 with hardware encoding
> and some extra video processing capabilities. Personally, I'd wait for
> that if I were you and swap out the entire card.
>
> As for video output, I'd recommend the following (assuming you don't
> want to wait for the new AIW card):
>
> To a Standard television - get a Media Center Extender
> To a high-def television - get a card with outputs that match your TV
> To a CRT monitor - get a good ATI or Nvidia card
> To an LCD monitor - get a good ATI or Nvidia card that supports the
> native LCD resolution.
>
> Cheers,
> Pete
>
> Alinds wrote:
> > I asked ATI Support This Question, and they were lost!
> >
> > I want to try
> > and improve my current system. I have a dell 8300 with a ATI All in Wonder
> > Radeon 9000 Low video card. Though this is not bad, I was wondering if I
> > would get better picture quality by upgrading this card.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I could use in my system to accomplish this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Al
> >
>

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