ATI's Theater 310 Chip - So this is newer and better than the Theater 200 currently in the TV Wonder and AIW 9700 PRO?

[Stealth1024]

http://mirror.ati.com/technology/hardware/theater310/index.html

Just trying to find a new stand-alone TV Tuner card with this newest chip. It was my understanding that ATI's AIW 9700 used the Theater 2 chip, but that ATI's TV Wonder cards used the old Theater 1? That sucks...

Anyone know of any products utilizing this new chip? Or what about the best TV Tuner card in general?

 

[Stealth1024]

Found this other press release: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030407S0087

Yep, looks brand new.


"<FONT face=Verdana>PARIS ? Hoping to boost the lagging U.S. digital TV market, ATI Technologies Inc. (Markham, Ontario) is introducing a next-generation DTV receiver chip integrated with digital terrestrial/cable demodulation capabilities and analog TV reception features. </FONT>
The new chip will be unveiled at this week's (April 7-11) National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas.
With its new Theater 310 chip, ATI said it hopes to set a "new benchmark for digital cable-ready DTV products, both in its integration and performance," said Mike Gittings, ATI's director of digital television marketing. "

 

[Stealth1024]

*bump*

oh well no one cares, lol.

 

[rbV5]

Just trying to find a new stand-alone TV Tuner card with this newest chip

There isn't one. ATI produces Chips for many applications. Probably be used for STB applications. Maybe never for PC.

AIW 9700 used the Theater 2 chip

Theater 200

ATI's TV Wonder cards used the old Theater 1?

TV wonder uses Brooktree chips, older units use Rockwell chips. Older AIW cards like AIW Radeon, AIW 7500, AIW 8500 use Rage Theater