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ATI Ships All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro

Monday, March 31st, 2003


Reprinted from an ATI press release:

ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced the North American availability of ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO, a cost-effective multimedia video card that combines great game graphics with intelligent TV-on-the-PC PVR (personal video recording) functionality. In addition to availability in major computer retail outlets and on ATI.com, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO is also an option for purchase from Dell Computers.

Available for (US)$199, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO provides incredible 3D games graphics performance. Users can benefit from the free interactive program guide and ATI’s TV-ON-DEMAND to record and timeshift their favorite TV programs.

“ATI’s ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO enables desktop PC users to keep current with late-breaking TV news or with their favorite TV programs,” said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. “Favorite TV shows and home movies, recorded by the ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO, can be archived to DVD. In addition, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO provides a great multimedia computer experience by combining eye-popping game graphics including support for Microsoft DirectX 8.1, with high quality video editing and enhanced TV viewing.”

ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO offers the following features:

- ATI’s MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.1 offers a full range of critically-acclaimed multimedia functions including:

  • Enhanced TV-ON-DEMAND PVR for instant replays, pausing live TV or recording live broadcasts for later viewing;
  • mulTView - Enables dual TV tuner capabilities such as Picture-in-Picture when combined with ATI-TV WONDER or TV WONDER VE;
  • THRUVIEW - Allows for translucent viewing of TV, DVD (digital versatile disk) and video file playback;
  • VIDEOSOAP - Delivers advanced filtering to reduce noise, improve sharpness and soften focus as desired to provide the highest quality video compression for PVR and personal video editing functions;
  • FULLSTREAM - Uses pixel shaders, based on innovative technology in RADEON 9000 PRO, to remove blocky artifacts from streaming video and provides sharper image quality and greater scalability; and,
  • Closed Caption Search within TV-ON-DEMAND complements the popular “Hotwords” functionality with the PVR allowing the computer to search for content of interest whether it happens in the future or the recent past;

    - REMOTE WONDER offers remote control via RF (radio frequency) for instant easy access to all the multimedia features (TV, video, DVD - and more) from another room in the house or office (requires USB - universal serial bus) - thus providing a 30-foot User Interface in the palm of your hand;

    - ATI’s THEATER 200 - Provides exceptional video and stereo audio quality viewing during live TV and video input and capture - all based on technologies from ATI’s digital television research and development;

    - Gemstar’s GuidePlus+ provides an intelligent free integrated program guide (North America only) allowing user to view and search TV listing by category, actor/performer, or date. Schedule and record programs at the click of a mouse - all the benefits of a PVR without the monthly fees;

    - RADEON 9000 PRO (video processor unit) and 64MB (megabyte) DDR memory

    - Designed for exciting 3D graphics and gaming;

    - VIDEOSHADERS - Uses programmable pixel shader technology to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals;

    - Security/monitoring camera functionality (using attached separate camera);

    - Stereo TV-tuner with 125 channels;

    - Analog video capture and editing in MPEG-2 format at up to 720×480x30 fps NTSC and 720×576x25 fps PAL/Secam;

    - Support for DirectX 8.1 pixel shaders and OpenGL and,

    - Backed by quality ATI customer support and a 3-year limited warranty, ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 PRO supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows 98/98 SE (Windows Me driver can be installed on Windows 98/98SE).

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