ATI All-in-Wonder HD Card Review

Reviewed February, 2009

• Tuner works with included software application, Microsoft Media Center, and 3rd party applications such as BeyondTV
• Tunes HDTV/Digital (Over-the-air or clearQAM cable) and Analog (OTA or cable)
• The included ATI application works with TitanTV for 2 week recording scheduling
• Includes FM tuner that works with Microsoft Media Center
• HDMI connection that carries both video and 5.1 digital audio
• Card fan is quite, making it work well for Media Center PC's

• Single input port for TV tuner
• Card is full height so will not work in slim cases
• clearQAM will work only in Vista with the included ATI Media Center application

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• If your looking for a card to do it all HD media wise, check out the ATI All-in-Wonder HD PCI-e card. This card will tune digital (including clearQAM) or analog TV stations, FM radio, and is also a full graphics card (ATI HD 3650) with DVI and HDMI outputs. This is a great solution for a PC with limited card slots. The AIW HD is a full height card though, so it won’t fit in a slim case.

  The graphics portion will work with Blu-ray for full 1080p movies carrying both picture and digital sound thru the HDMI port which has HDCP built-in.

  The TV portion is the ATI 650 Theater Pro Hybrid tuner. There is only one RF input port, so you cannot use it for say both analog cable and digital over-the-air. But if you are doing just over-the-air or just cable, it will work fine.

  The FM tuner will work with Microsoft Media Center if you have the analog TV tuner configured. However since it uses the single RF port as the antenna, don’t expect to pick up many FM stations if you are using a cable company’s coax input.

• ATI RADEON 3650 Graphics Processing Unit
• 512MB DDR2 memory
• DirectX 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support
• PCI Express 2.0 support
• 55nm process technology
• Built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio

Technical Specs

• Single Hybrid Tuner
• Over-the-air Digital TV / HDTV (ATSC) Over-the-air / Cable Analog TV (NTSC) Clear-QAM (unscrambled) Digital HD Cable (Vista only) FM Radio

• ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
• Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD Video Content
• DVD Up-scaling
• Dynamic Contrast
• Built-in HDMI with 5.1 surround sound support
• On-chip HDCP4
• Hardware MPEG-2 compression

• Full PVR with Time Shifting Functionality
• Built-in Electronic Programming Guide
• DVD Playback and DVD Authoring
• ATI Avivo HD Video Converter

System Requirements

• PCI Express based PC is required with one x16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• AMD Phenom, AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron or compatible, Intel Pentium4 or Celeron, (or compatible) CPU.
• 400 Watt or greater power supply recommended Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
• 1GB of system memory
• Blu-ray playback requires Blu-ray drive
• Sound card (unless using HDMI) and speakers
• Cable TV signal or amplified antenna for NTSC TV signals
• Antenna for ATSC HDTV signals
• Cable TV signal for ClearQAM HD signals
• Electronic Programming Guide requires internet connection for listing updates
• Installation software requires CD-ROM driveDVD playback requires DVD drive
• DVD authoring requires DVD-RW drive 3,4,5
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista Premium, Windows Vista, Ultimate, Windows XP (Home or Professional), Windows XP Media Center Edition

• All-in-Wonder HD card
• DVI to VGA adapter
• Telescopic Antenna
• Installation CD
• User Manual
• Quick Start User Guide
• AMD LIVE! Explorer CD
• Additionally, the deluxe version comes with a Microsoft Media Center compatible remote/receiver and a HDTV (component) bracket with S-video to composite adapter.