Binding: Electronics Brand: ATI EAN: 0727419414012 Label: ATI Technologies Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Model: 100-703271 Publisher: ATI Technologies Sales Rank: 9545 Studio: ATI Technologies Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features:
Large, bright easy-to-read buttons and clear, colorful icons pave a quick path to where you want to go
Compatibility - All high quality graphics sub-systems supporting DirectX overlay, including products from the following manufacturers ATI and NVIDIA and an ATI Radeon 9600 or newer graphics card is recommended for optimal display output quality
System Requirements - AMD Athlon or Sempron, Intel Pentium 4, Celeron or compatible CPU, Sound card and speakers, 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more is recommended for best performance, Motherboard with free PCI slot, CD-ROM drive (for installation software), Cable TV signal or amplified antenna, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 requires use of a compatible remote control and DVD decoder (not included), DVD decoder is included with Catalyst Media Center, Windows XP Media Center Editi
Product DescriptionThe TV Wonder 550 is filled with leading-edge TV technologies. Features such as its advanced 3D comb filter, noise reduction, automatic color control and automatic gain control produce brilliant, sharp video rival high-end consumer television sets. You'll be able to schedule, watch and record TV or listen to FM stations. This complete package further possesses the ability to allow you to watch the latest DVD title, author your own DVD or convert your recorded TV shows to take with you on your Portable Media Player. The entire experience is then elegantly packaged within Catalyst Media Center's attractive, easy-to-use 3D interface. Catalyst Media Center further adds the ability to watch the latest DVD movie or author your own DVD from a library of TV programs and captured home videos. With Avivo Video Converter, capture or convert your favorite-recorded TV programs to one of a number of formats including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, DivX and H.264, enabling you to transfer this video to your portable media device.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - I'm extremely happy
I have just purchased my third ATI TV Wonder 550. This is an excellent product. I suppose I had no expectation when it came to anything other than the hardware, I have used lots of ATI video cards and been very happy with them. My only complaint would be changing channels for Live TV is slow but I hardly watch Live TV on the PC. I have been running two cards in a WinXP Pro PC coupled with Snapstream's Beyond TV and I also bought the Snapstream Firefly wireless remote. In addition I don't use Beyond ... Read More
Rating: - A complete waste of time and money
Buyer Beware! Stay away from this product if you have Vista, especially if you have no stand-alone video card (i.e. only on-board video). The box and user guide say "certified for Windows Vista." Don't believe it. Also, you get no "Catalyst Media Center" software, as the box promises. The drivers on the CD are only for XP. The ATI website Vista driver did not work for me. Customer support was snotty. The first hung up on me, and the second cut me off, telling me to return the item and buy a ... Read More
Rating: - DO NOT BUY THIS CARD!
I bought this card because it is advertised as being windows vista certified and so that i could also play my video game consoles through the my computer moniter. When i got it and tried to install the software and drivers the only thning that would install was the remote wonder software, which is lovely seeing as it doesnt come with the remote.
now, i am used to things not working with vista, so i proceeded to go diging on the internet for the drivers, i was able to find the drivers after ... Read More
Rating: - A waste of time
I bought this to replace the AVIVO feature that my ATI AIW 9800 video card had. I love that card but since my new motherboard is PCI-E I can't use it anymore. The 550 was a total disappointment.
The auto-install on the CD only completely installs the Remote Wonder software, an accessory that's not even in the box. You have to get the "working" drivers off ATI's site and if you want to use Catalyst Media Center, you need to dig through the install CD and run it manually (...CMC/CMC/install.exe). ... Read More
Rating: - Terrible software and support
I cannot comment on the hardware, as I never could get it to work on my computer. The so called software included is not worth even trying, and it is impossible to find any updated software on the AMD/ATI website. I was very disappointed with this product, as I have had no problems with the ATI video cards I've had.
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- I'm extremely happy
- A complete waste of time and money