ATI’s ALL-IN-WONDER® RADEON™ now coming to Europe!

The European versionof the RADEON-based all-in-one TV-ON-DEMAND™, DVD, and Video editing graphicscard will be available at the beginning of December 2000.

RADEON™ graphics performance featuring CHARISMA ENGINE™ with T&L and DDRmemory for the fastest, latest games TV-ON-DEMAND™ for Timeshifting – pauseand control live Television turning your PC into a Personal Video RecorderHigh quality home video editing with MPEG-2 video capture and bundled UleadVideoStudio™ software.

It is the newest member of the company’s award-winning ALL-IN-WONDER®series of all-in-one TV, Video and Graphics cards. The ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON is based on ATI’s RADEONgraphics processor and features 32 MB of DDR memory, providing gamers and high end users with more thanadequate memory for the latest games.

TV-ON-DEMAND™ for pausing live TV, time-shifting and Instant ReplaysALL-IN-WONDER RADEON is the first to bring the latest home entertainment features to the PC includingTV-ON-DEMAND™ Timeshifting. TV-ON-DEMAND™ offers you the ability to pause live TV and create your owninstant replays – letting you watch what you want, when you want to watch it. With TV-ON-DEMAND, you can viewthe show from the beginning, even after it has started, without having to wait until the VCR has finished recordingthe whole program.

The all-in-one, no-compromise solution:
ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON uses only one precious expansion slot, as it replaces the functionality of several separatecards, including a high-end graphics and video board with DVI (Digital Video Interface), a TV tuner board, a DVDboard and a Video Output scan converter box. The ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON is a true no-compromise solution,providing the best graphics together with the best multimedia features.

ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON users can enjoy the latest true color multi-textured, high polygon count games at highframe rates, switch to watching TV with Timeshifting, edit their home videos and enhance their presentations orweb sites. ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON turns your PC into a digital Personal Video Recorder (PVR) with features andfunctions no VCR can provide.

Digital audio for true 5.1 surround sound:
This is the first ALL-IN-WONDER to provide digital audio during DVD playback using the S/PDIF connection tochannel the audio from the DVD disc to your Dolby® Digital receiver for true 5.1 surround sound. Anotherinnovation is the support for the latest DVI compatible digital displays. The DVI-I connector on the ALL-IN-WONDERRADEON enables the user to attach a digital display directly or a traditional VGA type analog display via theincluded DVI-I to VGA adapter. This enables the logical combination of ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON with premiumdisplays.

Microsoft DirectShow infrastructure:
The ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON works with a collection of richly featured video applications, all built on top of theMicrosoft DirectShow infrastructure, including Enhanced TV viewing and timeshifting, Video Editing, StreamingInternet Video, Video Conferencing and more.

“Microsoft is delighted to see ATI with the new ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON making full use of the DirectShowarchitecture provided in Windows ME and Windows 2000,” stated Dave Marsh, technical evangelist, TV and video,Microsoft Corp. “Couple this with ATI’s impressive MPEG acceleration, dramatically improved video de-interlacingand the well-implemented multitap scaling, and the PC becomes an even better solution for all aspects oftelevision and video entertainment.”

Best video support for DVD and TV:
Within the RADEON chip, the VIDEO IMMERSION™ engine provides integrated iDCT and Motion Compensationtogether with adaptive de-interlacing for the best DVD, TV and video quality and the best video experience.

MULTIMEDIA CENTER 7.0 turns the PC into a digital Personal Video Recorder ALL-IN WONDER RADEON will ship with the ATI’s MULTIMEDIA CENTER 7.0, the most comprehensive softwarecontrol suite on the market. MULTIMEDIA CENTER 7.0 enables the best set of DVD, Media Playback and advancedTV Tuning features which put control into the hands of users – the true personal digital video recorder.

In combination with Ulead VideoStudio 4.01 video editing software, the ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON furthermoreserves as an excellent video editing system, able to integrate live TV, recorded videotapes and still images intoprofessional-looking video productions. Other features include:

• Teletext
• Visual Channel Selection and Channel Surfing
• Digital VCR
• Favorite Channel Selection
• Channel Naming
• Parental and Program Locking
• Scheduled Viewing and Recording
• Digital photography capture
• Video Desktop Functionality
• Zoom-in and panning within the zoomed video

Software:
The ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON supports Windows®98SE, Windows®ME and Windows® 2000. Bundled with theALL-IN-WONDER RADEON retail board will be MULTIMEDIA CENTER 7.0, Ulead VideoStudio 4.01 video editingsoftware, Ulead Cool 3D 2.5 SE and MatchWare Mediator 5, a multimedia creation tool.

Price and Availability:
The European version of the ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 32MB DDR AGP card, backwards compatible for AGP 2Xand fully equipped for AGP 4X systems, ships at the beginning of December, 2000. The Manufacturers SuggestedRetail Price will be 399 € (excl. VAT). The European PCI version will ship in February, 2001.

News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2000.