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Old 09-01-2004, 02:02 AM
Diesel Power
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Originally Posted by Lebenz
Isn't teh all in Wonder capable of recording TV shows as well? How do you like it overall? I mean the output probelms aside? What kind of drive space is used to record a show in high def? Also how much storage for, say an hour of recording?
Yes, the All In Wonder card is capable of recording TV. It was one of the primary reasons for buying the card. I have pretty much reduced an entire rack of A/V equipment down to three components, the PC, TV, and receiver.

That is the good. ATI's software however, has not worked as advertised. I've had major quality issues with video, despite using the DVD quality setting (MPEG), and have had issues with a known 4GB size barrier for movies. Something has gotten corrupted a couple of months ago as well, making the DVD player no longer play sound. The same problem has also transferred to anything recorded with the PVR software.

I do have the latest drivers, that were released just weeks ago, but have yet to get them installed. It takes a while to get stuff set up, and requires a second, regular monitor to be hooked up during the process.

Due to these issues, and ATI's blatant customer be damned support system, I cannot recommend it to anyone. ATI's phone support is a pay by the minute 900 number, even for brand new customers with products under warranty. Your only other recourse is through email, in which all you get is their tin can reply of looking up your issue in the FAQs, and are issued a case number for your email. When you respond that you've already done this, they ignore the reply, and never respond further to case numbers.

If the competition would come out with something that would give this card, and its features a run for the money, I'd rip this thing out in a millisecond.
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