All In Wonder

[lakedude]

So I'm married with children now and space is a premium these days. Daddy is getting rid of a ton of old stuff and one of the things I've run across is an old ATI "All In Wonder" video card. I'm pretty sure it cost $300 to $500 dollars back in the day.

Here is the thing, it is not PCI express, in fact I'm not even sure what it is, AGP maybe? If that wasn't bad enough I'm sure the tuner predates digital broadcast so the thing is totally obsolete and unusable in today's world, right?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

The software is incompatible with digital broadcasts not, the hardware. The All-In-Wonder series covered a multitude of different cards. Which do you have?

 

[Kenmitch]

A picture would help. Probably not worth much.

 

[lakedude]

My picture service is no longer viable. What is a good free way to post a picture here?

Host it somewhere and then surround with img tags?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You might try imgur.com

 

[LurchFrinky]

I know it also came in a PCI version, because I had one.
The AGP version is probably not usable in any modern setup because of the difficulty in finding a mobo with an AGP slot. PCI slots can still be found on workstation/server motherboards, and I think a PCIE to PCI riser should be easier to find than PCIE to AGP.
You would still need a cable box from your local cable supplier and connect that output to the AIW with coax, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

It isn't very practical, to be sure, and it isn't as graphically powerful as current integrated graphics, but it could be used by someone willing to put forth the effort.

 

[lakedude]

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

ATI Radeon 32M AGP Video - TV Tuner
According to Amazon, worth about $8

 

[tweakboy]

Your playing with fire.. Dont do it!

 

[tcsenter]

Based on Radeon 7000 with only 32MB. Older than my R8500/9100-based AIW with 128MB. Would cost more to ship it than it's worth.

 

[lakedude]

I most likely also have a newer version AIW, maybe even one that that fits in a modern video card slot. Something like an a900, IDK. It would still predate digital broadcast. Recycle that one too?

 

[lakedude]

I had a devil of a time taking an in focus picture of this stupid thing BTW??

 

[stahlhart]

I still have running an AIW X800XL here -- they're useful for capturing analog video sources for encoding to digital format, should the need exist.

 

[lakedude]

I still have running an AIW X800XL here -- they're useful for capturing analog video sources for encoding to digital format, should the need exist.

I bet I have one of those too. That is the one I was thinking of when I said a900...

 

[stahlhart]

I bet I have one of those too. That is the one I was thinking of when I said a900...

What awesome cards those were. You got pretty much most or all of the gaming performance of the GPU with the video features thrown in.

I used VirtualDub to capture uncompressed AVI from a VHS deck, then set it up as a frame server to Pegasus TMPGEnc to create MP2s for DVD authoring. I had the encoder bit rate tweaked to get the best video quality for fitting the full contents of an SP T-120 on a single-layer DVD-R. The bundled software wasn't much to write home about, but the hardware worked beautifully with other stuff.

 

[lakedude]

Yep, purchased 3/26/2005 for $349.00 and ... ATI ALL IN WONDER X800XL 100-714500 Radeon X800XL 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card - OEM

So still AGP. I bet that is the newest AIW I have...