ATI kinda sucks

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These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )
 
Cueless said:
These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )
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One from NV is due shortly, like within a week or so. Dual tuners
on a single card.
 
Cueless said:
These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue
after another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea
make a tv tuner card? )
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ATI might suck, but certain technologies are that way too. Good
luck.
 
Cueless said:
These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )
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I have a nVidia 6800GT OC and an ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 and they appear
to work perfectly together. That is a potential option for you...
 
Cueless said:
These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )
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Put a Hauppage WinTV PVR card in my wife's computer as a Christmas
gift... works great for her. A lot less troublesome than my Radeon9800
All-in-Wonder. Only drawback is the lack of a good listings app (the
bundled one supports US broadcasters and cable companies only). Cost me
CDN$100, including remote, and even has an IR blaster so it can control
cable/satellite boxes.



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Matt said:
Put a Hauppage WinTV PVR card in my wife's computer as a Christmas
gift... works great for her. A lot less troublesome than my Radeon9800
All-in-Wonder. Only drawback is the lack of a good listings app (the
bundled one supports US broadcasters and cable companies only). Cost me
CDN$100, including remote, and even has an IR blaster so it can control
cable/satellite boxes.
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A question:

"All-in-Wonders"..do they have a hw-based mpg2-encoder onboard - or is it
always software/CPU based as far as video recording is concerned..

(= a common and important feature on many/most TV cards..)
 
Cueless said:
These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )
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From everything I've read in the newsgroups and Internet forums over the
years, I would not buy an All-In-Wonder card of any sort. However, other
than that, I really have little to complain about with ATI. My own
experience has been solid.
 
kalev- said:
A question:

"All-in-Wonders"..do they have a hw-based mpg2-encoder onboard - or is it
always software/CPU based as far as video recording is concerned..

(= a common and important feature on many/most TV cards..)
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No, they do not.
 
NightSky said:
From everything I've read in the newsgroups and Internet forums over the
years, I would not buy an All-In-Wonder card of any sort. However, other
than that, I really have little to complain about with ATI. My own
experience has been solid.
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I don't have a problem so much with the card, it works well... it's the
damn crappy flaky MMC software and the lame-ass system-hogging GuidePlus
app they bundle with it.


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These cards are just a constant battle. There is always one issue after
another. Can anyone suggest an alternative. ( does NVidea make a tv tuner
card? )
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If you want TV, get a separate TV card that is supported by a company
that just make TV card products and doesn't toss in a TV tuner as an
afterthought.

I find ATI cards are fine as long as I stay as far away as possible
from the AIW models :-).
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Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't realize that the hardware on a separate
card would take care of what the software does on an ATI. It stands to
reason that the performance would be better, not having to rely so much on
the CPU. Does that sound about right?
 
I'll concur, get a separate capture card is much better than any video card
with VIVo if for no reason other than the driver hassles all the time. I
won't make that mistake again even though my 7200 contiues to work properly.
Mind you I never update drivers anymore etc. for it.
 
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