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AMD TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI Express
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Posted on Monday, October 15 2007 @ 16:56:04 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck |
AMD has added three new products to its TV Wonder lineup: the ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB, TV Wonder 600 PCI and TV Wonder 600 PC Express.
ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB, with a manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) of $149, includes two TV tuners allowing users to watch and record off-the-air Digital TV/HDTV, unencrypted Digital TV (ClearQAM) cable programming, analog TV, and listen to FM broadcasts. TV Wonder 600 PCI and TV Wonder 600 PCI Express TV tuners break new ground by offering ClearQAM at a value of $99 MSRP.
AMD’s strong lineup of USB, PCI and PCI Express tuners includes the previously announced ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI, ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo PCI Express, ATI TV Wonder 600 USB, and the ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner – the only solution to enjoy premium digital cable shows , such as HBO and Showtime, on the PC.
The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB is a combo-tuner DVR (digital video recorder) allowing users to switch between analog and digital TV to watch and record a digital TV program while watching/recording an analog TV channel. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB features ClearQAM tuning to receive unencrypted digital content from local cable television providers. The new offering also features high image quality, advanced 2D and 3D comb filtering, and FM tuner powered by ATI Theater 650 Pro.
The ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI and PCI Express add-in TV tuners feature: ClearQAM; powerful PVR based on ATI Theater 600 Pro video decoder; world-leading ATI Theater ATSC reception technology; and, analog TV reception.
ATI TV Wonder products feature Catalyst Media Center software -- an easy-to-use big-screen TV interface with an advanced electronic programming guide, DVD authoring and playback, video conversion and AMD LIVE! OnDemand to access the DVR from any computer with a broadband connectivity.
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Re: AMD TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI Express (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, October 15 2007 @ 20:12:57 CEST | | BEWARE! Clear QAM support will NOT be compatible with Windows Media Center. You will be forced to use the package ATI software to view and record clear QAM channels with this device. HDHomeRun is still the only device capable of tuning clear QAM within Windows Media Center. |
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Re: AMD TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI Express (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, October 22 2007 @ 08:45:33 CEST | I bought an ATI TV Wonder 650 combo yesterday and attempted to installed it into my Toshiba A215-4747 laptop running Vista 32 bit OS.
I find the fit between the plastic outside of the box and the RCA connectors and S-Video connector to be off-center, making it impossible to connect external cables to the box without forcing things. I don't know if this is a poor case design or shoddy assembly. <---- But it prevents me from using the external connections to capture from my camcorder with standard cables (not fancy, oversized monster cables).
Nevertheless, I have connected it to Comcast Analog cable, USB to my laptop and power to the wall. Then I installed the Software from the CD 100 / 180-V01126-100 and run the Catalyst MC.
I enter the following settings in the setup wizard:
1) Aspect Ratio: Standard 4:3
2) It does look like it went away while detecting the hardware, but it did not report that it detected a Wonder 650 combo box
3) Tuner: Analog
4) Antenna Connection: Cable
5) Region: USA
6) Autoscan for TV: Clicking on the bar seems to do something for a few seconds, but the TV channels that it finds are not reported, nor does the circle-arrow GIF indicating activity turn.
7) EPG: Titan (no other choice)
8) Scanning for FM: This looks like it's doing something - scanning, please wait and there is a progress bar that goes from 0 to 100%
Then when running the Application:
1) TV: The TV Function cannot be opened <--- cannot get to TV
2) DVD: Seems to work
3) Radio: Seems to work
4) Extras: Seems to work
5) Settings: Seems to work
Due to the connector issue, I will return the unit and see if I have better luck with another one.
Question to the group: Do I need to update the drivers, or did I miss something in the install?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions and assistance!
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