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ChrisTV is an excellent piece of software which, in it's next version will have hardware support for the 550 Pro.
Fructal,
ChrisTV is an excellent piece of software which, in it's next version will have hardware support for the 550 Pro.
So far I got the best results with WindvdRecorder. One can capture to mpeg2 in many variations, but I couldn't get the Teletext and Scheduele recording running. I will try Chris TV. Thanks!
Well it look like nVidia going give Hauppauge & ATI run for it money
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/PureVideo/
nVidia got smart and switch to ViXS
Last edited by SHSPVR; 19-09-2005 at 07:41 PM.
Ummmm,…Originally Posted by SHSPVR
OK,….
I want my PureTV!!!!!
$149? I paid ~$75 for my theatrix (which is the SAME card). And I did get a 'High quality tuner', 'special noise reduction circuit' and 'high quality at low bitrates'... weird.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/N...reVideo-33.jpg
The slide says “ATI TV Wonder Elite” and the Elite does indeed cost ~$149.99. Why the ATI TV Wonder Elite cost more then other Theater 550 Pro cards is anyone’s guess. Maybe it has something to do with the warranty period,…
I have a Sapphire Theatrix Theater 550 Pro ($75) and a Visiontek Xtasy Theater 550 Pro MCE card (with included Beyond TV SE and Beyond Media OEM bundle for $115). Both cost less and both are a better deal IMO.
Ok, the TV Wonder Elite does cost 149, but the other things (the noise reduction, good tuner and good quality) were completely fake. Just see the other pics showing 'comparisons' between the Nvidia and ATI cards, and you'll see what I mean. Just bull**** from nvidia...
If look on ATI web store Price $149 and Bestbuy Price $149 and etc, but the avg Price Range for an ATI WONDER ELITE is $134 to $149 but you fail to see what nVidia talk about is MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price).
As for
'High Quality Tuner' This is about Analog Tuners not Silicon Tuners.
'Special Noise Reduction Circuit' There talk about the Filtering Enhancement Features, Speckle (analog) Noise Reduction and Image Edge Rectification which both ATI and Hauppauge don't have.
'High Quality at Low Bitrates' both ATI and Hauppauge fail with some MPEG Artifact.
Also ViXS chip can also dbl as Transcoding in REALtime so there one major plus which not enable on ATI 550 drivers and didn't say on there web weather not it support Transcoding.
Last edited by SHSPVR; 21-09-2005 at 03:32 AM.
I think there's some misunderstanding here. As far as I know PureVideo is a software product that unlocks hardware decoding in Nvidia graphics cards (not all of them either) So talking about PureVideo is misleading. We're really talking about NVTV or Nvidia DualTV AND PureVideo. I must say I'm not at all thrilled about Nvidia tuner cards. Being an owner of an Nvidia graphics/video card I was excited to see that they finally made a tuner card... unfortunately.... the tuner card turned out to be... well... not so good.
http://store.nvidia.com/
Jonas
ATI's answer, R520 + T550P combo AKA “Avivo”:
http://www.ati.com/technology/avivo/index.html
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2536
Perasonly all I graphics cards that use soft decoder are misleading any way and don't hold candle to Real Hardware Decoder.
ATI's answer that not a answer
I just wanted to report that audio volume is definitely louder ("normal") with the 6.14.10.102 driver released on September 9, 2005.
Jonas
I would agree with that.
Both my Sapphire Theatrix Theater 550 Pro under MCE 2K5 and Visiontek Xtasy Theater 550 Pro (MCE) under Beyond TV seem louder.
Well Good news SageTV can make use ATI 550 Pro Biterate
So own if SageTV besure get SageTV v3.0.11 Beta.
Other then that you have wait for nonbeta but also in work's check out ChrisTV it some what works.
Everything you wanted to do with your 550P and more,
ChrisTV, check it out,
with full support for the 550P as of the 19th
Went to their web site... but put off downloading it because I didn't see a statement specifically stating that it supports Theater 550 Pro.... then again I could be just blind
Jonas
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