ATI’s New ATI VideoWonder Turns Your Computer into a Digital VCR

ATI Technologies Inc. has announced
the ATI-Video Wonder(TM) add-in-board, the
ultimate video upgrade for any graphics card
with video overlay, that turns the PC into a
digital VCR. ATI-Video Wonder provides
digital video editing, TV tuning, instant replay
and still and video capture. The ATI-Video
Wonder also enables time-shifting, where
viewers can scroll back TV broadcasts to
view missed segments, then scroll ahead to
“catch up'’ to the program in progress.

“This is the ultimate video upgrade for the
PC,'’ said Alan McCann, Director of the Visual
Products Group, ATI. “ATI has been the
leader in effectively converging the
intelligence and power of the PC with the
massive content of TV. Now we have gone
the logical step further to converge the
features and functions of the VCR, bringing
the benefits of digital technology to PC video
enthusiasts. It’s what those users who have
tons of family videos have been waiting for.'’

The ATI-Video Wonder, which is installed
easily into a PCI slot, provides all the
features and functionality of a VCR. A high
quality TV tuner means that TV broadcasts
can be recorded to the hard drive for later
playback. Programs can be recorded with one
easy click of a button and with video
compression technology, the ATI-Video
Wonder can record over two hours of
programming and store in under 3 Gigabytes
of free hard drive space.

The ATI-Video Wonder is ideal not only for
video capture, to transfer home videos to
digital file, for example, but also for still
capture, for incorporating stills into videos or
other uses.