Hi, I just got the ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO 64MB DDR Graphics Card . I was wondering since I got it for only a 130, is this a bad capture card? I am totally new to capturing so I really need advice if this is a good buy. Also can I capture movies from my digiital camcorder that uses minidv discs, and can I also capture vhs movies, will this card do both and convert them to dvd quality so I can make home movies? If so, what type of cables would I need, and also can you please suggest any guides. I really don't know which one to use. If you guys could help. that would be great. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by oOGoldenSunOo
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I don't know if mine is retail, but this is what I got. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051826238964&skuId=5431794&type=product
Please, if anyone has this exact product, I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer my questions. When I did a search a lot of people seemed to have the AIW 7500 or somethign like that, is that one better? It seems like best buy only has the 9000, and the 9700. -
Originally Posted by oOGoldenSunOo
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Ok now I'm kinda worried that I didn't buy the right card. With the link I provided above, did I get cheated out of the deal? I don't think the card I bought came with Remote Wonder, it did say RF remote, but I'm not really sure. Please, I need help.
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Read my guides at www.lordsmurf.com
Want my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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wow, lord smurf, your site looks extremely promising! When do you expect to have it completed?
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If the remote isn't in the box, then you didn't get one. It would be hard to miss.
The price for what you got is good. That is ATI's latest AIW card, all the Radeon series function very similarly in regards to capture. Not familiar with the improvements in the Theater 200 chip.
You will need whatever cables are appropriate to your source which were not included in the package. You can capture from any analog source, or using the analog outputs from a digital source. S-Video and Composite cables should have been included. You will need a set of stereo audio cables and probably a stereo Y-cable appropriate to your camera.
For "capture" from a digital source, it is best to use a firewire card for the transfer, unless real-time conversion to MPEG-2 is your goal. -
The ATI AIW 7500 I have was probably one of the best investments dollar for dollar that I have spent in a long time. The only other thing that I think was better was the Universal Touch-Screen Remote from Sony. You can program it to control anything that has a remote.
That price seems very good to me, so I'm thinking with a little rummaging through the forum and the guides and you should be capturing some pretty good stuff. -
wow guys, thanks for the replies. Yeah I kinda jumped at the product when I saw the price without thinking about if it was good or not. I got 15% off the original because there was a coupon, then theres a 20 dollar mail in rebate going on right now. I actually have a question, the thing I don't understand with the All in wonder is that, since it has tv tuner built in, u can basically watch local channels on your desktop? What if you have digital cable or normal cable televiision? Sorry if I sound so dumb, but I don't really understand the tv tuner capabilities.
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Originally Posted by oOGoldenSunOo
More to follow throughout August, hope to finish by end of the month. Having issues with full hard drives at the moment, but I should be buying a 300GB drive soon, get rid of that problem, can work faster that way too.Want my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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It's a terrible capture card. Send it to me and I'll give you $50.00
Then you can get a Dazzle. -
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its terrible? Is he being sarcastic? Sorry.....but I heard dazzle was horrible..
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Originally Posted by oOGoldenSunOo
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a few weeks ago, i bought that same exact card for 200 bucks at best buy. i love the thing, it is GREAT. if you want to capture from a digital camcorder, you can hook it up via s video and the red and white rca wires. you can capture in dvd compatible mpeg2 with the multimedia center included with your card. the remote wonder is a huge silver remote control. its very hard to miss. mine came with it and we got the same thing so i assume yours has it too. you can capture from just about any source you can think of as long as it has video and audio outputs. this particular card has svideo input, composite (the yellow rca jack) input, and left and right audio channel input (the red and white rca jacks). you digital camera probably has an svideo out and an audio minijack out, in which case you would have to buy an inexpensive wire that will allow you to output the minijack into the red and white rca inputs.
if you are using a relativley new vcr and want to capture store bought vhs tapes, most of the store bought vhs movies have a copy protection called MacroVision. this makes it so you can view those vhs movies on your vcr and also through you AIW, but when you capture you will just get a blank green screen with audio for your captured file. there are ways around this but they cost money. older vcrs do not have this copy protection so if you use an old vcr, you wont have this problem.
you can watch cable tv with it, just hook up the coaxial cable from wherever into the coax input on the card. i watch cable tv on it all the time and the picture quality is very good. i dont know anything about digital cable so i dont know if its compatable, but regular cable tv works great.
this card is a very good card, one of the best there is, at least in the price range of up to 500 bucks, and you got a great deal on it. -
Wow, xsbs52x, thanks for your very thourough reply. I actually have alot more questions, is tehere anyway I can contact you through instant messenging or something like that? Thanks!
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you can PM me through this website, there should be a little button next to my post that says PM.
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If I don't have cable tv, and I just get the few broadcast channels like NBC, ABC. Does this tv tuner automatically pick it up? Sorry...I don't really understand.
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Originally Posted by oOGoldenSunOoWant my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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Originally Posted by xsbs52x
If he got the OEM version, he may not have gotten the extras(cables,RF reciever, remote,etc) one of the good reasons to go ahead and cough up the extra moola to get the full version. -
I think the one i got does come with the remote, cuz it says RF remote on the best buy website. I guess i'll just have to wait till it arrives
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Hey guys, I just got my card today. It did come with a remote and a ton of other wires. I'm wondering if you could answer these new questions. This came with a purple cable that has RCA (the red, yellow, white) jacks in them. What is this used for? Then it also came with this one other cable that branched into 3 other cables. Sorry if I can't describe that better, but do you know what this is for as well? Thanks!
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Can you guys also tell me where to get an attenna thing like you said I might need? Or do you think I probably won't need an antenna to get national broadcast channels like NBC.
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i described the purple wire to you in a PM, did you get it? the purple box is called a breakoutbox. you attach it to the input on your card. then you attach your sources such as vcr or camera to the box part of it. the black wire with wires coming out of it is the output dongle. you plug that into the output on your card. the output dongle has an audio minijack like i was telling you about in the PM. that can go into the line in on your soundcard and thats how you get sound with your video. (you could also get an internal audio cable and hook it up directly to the motherboard, but that is more complicated).
i am not srue where or if you can buy an antenna, but try it out without an antenna and see what happens. if you cant get regular channels like nbc, you will need to get an antenna somewhere. try radio shack. it will look like 2 wires coming out of a coaxial connector. if you cant find one, try searching ebay. -
Dude, if you just do some READING on your own, you can do this.
http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9000/aiw9000pro/index.html
or
http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/radeon9000/aiw9000prosetup.html
http://www.ati.com/support/manualpdf/AW9000Pr.pdf
It will be easier. Just Read
I can come over and do it for you, but I'm guessing you would ask what kind of drink to have while watching it . -
wow you're really nice.........geez.....the fact is that I didn't know about those links and when I tried researching the card I didn't get that info.......geez.....sorry
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Hey, I wasnt trying to be a butt, just telling you that it will really be better for you to READ. We were all unknowing at one time. You just seem to be asking question after question and it seems that you want a walk thru and it's not gonna happen here. You can find anything on the net if u search, but OMG I'm not getting into that. LOL. My last comment was just a little sarcasm, cmon we all need a chuckle here and there. I gave ya the links and nope I didnt have them handy, I did know they were there though as I have use them before. So i just did what you can do(searched the ati web site). Anyways, there ya go and yea U have a good card. And this was answered earlier, but when u hook up ur cable to it, u will only get basic cable, or if u have no cable then antenna reception only.
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