Well, if you ever do read this, Boba, just wanted to tell you that I've taken the jump into the ATI camp. That's right, my first ATI card, a 9600Pro. Not the greatest right now, but the price was right. And you know what?

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But seriously, I've got a 9700 pro All-in-Wonder. I really like the additional features nVidia doesn't offer. Maybe someday I'll use them other than just watching my TV desk top.

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They gave me a work-around.

Every time I use it I have to change my display properties from 16 bit to 32 bit or vice versa.

I wish they would have made it clear when you buy it that you need their video card. I would have never bought it then...

I'll never buy ATI...

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From what I've read on various boards over the years, it's basically a toss of the coin with ATI products in regards to their stability in various setups. Something like which Cac described with that tuner card *should* have a blurb on the retail packaging stating it works best with ATI video cards.

Imagine some HP Pavilion dude going into Best Buy to get a tuner and then having to take it back for the 19 yr old geek to install for him and charge 50 bucks just to say, "Oh, yea Sir, you have to switch your bit color each time you use this, standard stuff, dude sir"

can u use a tv remote?? like a universal one and change volume somehow??

man, so many people can watch tv on their computer.
oh and one more questoin, can u hook up a console to it??

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BTW, I'm off the plasma screen wagon. I think I wanna build a 50" Samsung DLP into my wall. $4K sounds better than $8K, especially after I fond out the kids need another bout with braces.

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Jon - I believe Hauppauge makes high end stuff in addition to low-mid range. I've seen their low end analog card for $50.00 which is similar to the ATI card I bought.

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If you buy a low end analog card you can get all the basic channels up to 120 or so. In fact I get free HBO on mine which is channel 5 for Comcast.

If you want to get the digital channels you need a digital tuner card or external tuner which cost over $200.00

Either way I don't think you will get porn channels unless you already subscribe to them.

Tip: If/when you move into a new house/apartment and only sign up for high speed internet from a cable provider and don't get cable tv service you can simply split off the cable to your modem and get free basic cable. If you want digital cable then your stuck paying...

[ 07-01-2003: Message edited by: Cacophonous ]

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From their website as of today:

Q2: With what graphics cards is ATI-TV WONDER family compatible?

A2: ATI-TV WONDER family is compatible with all graphics cards that support overlay. However, due to the number of graphics cards available in the market, ATI cannot test each and every one. Here is the list of manufacturers whose cards are supported:

ATI
3Dfx
S3
NVIDIA

[ 07-02-2003: Message edited by: Cacophonous ]

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The last time Fett was in internet wave silence I hunted down him at his parent's house (using a strange type of deduction) and called him. He said he was busy at his job. I felt like a stalker and never hunted down or called any internet person again.

Don't get scared, I PROMISE TO BE GOOD!

Trivia: Who said "I PROMISE TO BE GOOD" in UBB history?

Take care,

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quote:

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Originally posted by Cacophonous:
So why were you stalking bubba?

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That was a joke Cac.

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That was a joke too.

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