TV viewing

Thanks to the integrated TV tuner, you can transform your PC into a television, or hook your PC up to your current home entertainment system and use the PC to output to your TV. The tuner supports up to 125 cable television stations (70 if you use the antenna).

King of the Hill

Hello Mr. Hill

Another slow afternoon

The tuner is quite responsive, adjusting channels in the blink of an eye. Keep in mind that the quality of the tuner (and the THEATER 200’s 12-bit analog-to-digital converters) far exceeds the display quality of most cable providers, so you will see just how good or bad your cable signal is on your monitor.

They look happy

Heading out for the weekend

Can I drive?

Setting everything up is a snap. Simply install the ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 like you would any other video card, connect the VIVO module, video connector, and your television’s cable or antenna connection. Finally run your speakers into the ALL-IN-WONDER 9600’s audio input on the video connector, and use the provided audio output to hook up your sound card. Once everything’s setup, boot up your system and install ATI’s software. The entire process shouldn’t take more than ten minutes (although that will depend on the speed of your system) and just in case, ATI provides a wealth of documentation to walk you through the process. Once the software is installed and you launch the TV application, the tuner can automatically scan for stations, just like a regular television.

Hank lecturing as usual

Terrell Owens piece on SportsCenter

TO wants to go to Philly

ATI has integrated the TV player seamlessly into Windows. One popular example is THRUVIEW. This feature makes your television display transparent -- your desktop can literally be transformed into a transparent television display!

This is also a cool toy to use in programs like Excel or Photoshop, as the TV show you’re watching appears underneath the application you’re using. It can be a bit distracting, just imagine trying to focus on a Word document while a high-speed car chase literally appears underneath your work. The ATI TV bar can be used to provide somewhat similar functionality, and even integrates the GUIDE PLUS+ listings so you can see what’s on other channels.

ATI TV bar

ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 also supports mulTView. mulTView adds picture-in-picture support to the ALL-IN-WONDER 9600’s repertoire. You can also use it to record one channel while watching another. Just pop in a second TV tuner and you’re all set.