hdtv/tv wonder

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Does anyone know if it is possible to run a HDTV wonder card AND a TV wonder
card at the same time?
Well maybe not AT the same time.
But if I install both in a machine .... any problems that are known?

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St said:
Does anyone know if it is possible to run a HDTV wonder card AND a TV wonder
card at the same time?
Well maybe not AT the same time.
But if I install both in a machine .... any problems that are known?

st
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Don't know about a TV Wonder but MMC9.13 supports Multview with the HDTV
Wonder. I tried it with an AIW. I had stability problems with 9.13 and the
HDTV Wonder. Was only successful with Multview a few times. Finally gave up
and went back to 9.08. I could use either analog tuner by telling MMC which
one I wanted to run either permanently in the Configuration program or a
dialog box when TV starts(9.08). Could use both analog tuners but still had
stability problems with & without Multview in 9.13.

I can still view both by running TV first on my AIW and then running a free
third party program called WatchHDTV for the HDTV Wonder. I can capture on
TV at lower quality settings while watching HDTV but it maxes my system.
Haven't tried it yet but should be able to watch TV and do a "silent
capture"(no display) on the HDTV Wonder. Its basically a D/L so uses low
resources.

Make sure the HDTV Wonder is/stays on its own IRQ.

P4-2.4GHZ 1GB ram
 
T Shadow said:
Don't know about a TV Wonder but MMC9.13 supports Multview with the HDTV
Wonder. I tried it with an AIW. I had stability problems with 9.13 and the
HDTV Wonder. Was only successful with Multview a few times. Finally gave up
and went back to 9.08. I could use either analog tuner by telling MMC which
one I wanted to run either permanently in the Configuration program or a
dialog box when TV starts(9.08). Could use both analog tuners but still had
stability problems with & without Multview in 9.13.

I can still view both by running TV first on my AIW and then running a free
third party program called WatchHDTV for the HDTV Wonder. I can capture on
TV at lower quality settings while watching HDTV but it maxes my system.
Haven't tried it yet but should be able to watch TV and do a "silent
capture"(no display) on the HDTV Wonder. Its basically a D/L so uses low
resources.

Make sure the HDTV Wonder is/stays on its own IRQ.

P4-2.4GHZ 1GB ram
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I problem will not word this correctly but one of the ati support managers told me this about my HDTV wonder.

A HDTV Wonder has a digital tuner and does not actually have a analog tuner. The analog TV is completely done in software.
For that reason Microsoft media center systems will only see a digital tuner on the HDTV wonder.

Hope that's helpful.
Dan
 
Danny said:
I problem will not word this correctly but one of the ati support managers told me this about my HDTV wonder.

A HDTV Wonder has a digital tuner and does not actually have a analog tuner. The analog TV is completely done in software.
For that reason Microsoft media center systems will only see a digital tuner on the HDTV wonder.

Hope that's helpful.
Dan
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Beyond TV sees both the HD and analog tuners of my HDTV wonder under
Windows XP. Only one can be used at a time.

dan
 
Danny said:
I problem will not word this correctly but one of the ati support managers
told me this about my HDTV wonder.

A HDTV Wonder has a digital tuner and does not actually have a analog
tuner. The analog TV is completely done in software. For that reason
Microsoft media center systems will only see a digital tuner on the HDTV
wonder.
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The digital TV is done in software to the same extent as analog. Only real
difference is that digital comes pre-digitized so there is no encoding step
needed.

Media Center Edition will not see an analog tuner on the HDTV Wonder because
the HDTV Wonder does not have a hardware encoder chip. MCE will also not
see an analog tuner on the numerous BTx8x, CX82xxx, and Philips I Forget
The Number based analog-only boards out there for the same reason.
 
If I'm reading correctly... the HDTV Wonder tuner has both digital and
analog tuners? So I would not need my TV wonder in the machine to maintain
analog stations?

st
 
Well, I have 7 tuners. Sometimes two shows are on at the same time!
St said:
If I'm reading correctly... the HDTV Wonder tuner has both digital and
analog tuners? So I would not need my TV wonder in the machine to maintain
analog stations?

st
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St said:
If I'm reading correctly... the HDTV Wonder tuner has both digital and
analog tuners? So I would not need my TV wonder in the machine to maintain
analog stations?
Click to expand...

It has only one tuner that can tune both analog and digital stations.
 
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