upgrade ?

[abdoun]

hi every one
long time no see

i am planning to upgrade my system and i need advice
which is the best video card with tv in ?
secondly which dvd recorder you recomend ?

i hope i get answer and thanx in advance

[Pakalolo]

The best bang for your buck would have to be the

ATI All In Wonder AGP- There are a ton of features loaded up on this graphics card! It's based on the ATI Radeon 9500/9600 graphics chip (note there are also cheaper packages based on the 7600/7500 chipsets). It has all the functions you would want in a PVR (personal video recorder). The included software is easy to use and understand!

IMO- The ATI All In Wonder is one of the best DVD/Tv Tuner/Video Capture combo cards available...

On a side note- I am still using an older- ATI All-In-Wonder (actually ancient!) 8mb PCI card, that I have had for at least the last 7years!!! It still works great! It has all of the Video Capture, DVD and TV features of it's newer siblings and still functions flawlessy!!!

for more info. go to http<atitech.ca>

[abdoun]

thanx pak

what about the dvd recorder any suggesion ?

[Pakalolo]

Originally posted by abdoun
thanx pak

what about the dvd recorder any suggesion ?

I've been waiting for the DVD manufacturers to agree on a standard before paying $$ for something that may or may not be supported in the future.

In order to get by in the meantime-

I have been playing around with the DiVX mpeg encoder!

Pick a DVD Ripper + the DiVX mpeg codec = you can compile a full length feature video (1hr 30min) rip it straight from a DVD.

With a little bit of tweaking you can get the final product to fit on a 700mb CD-R!

You end up w/decent video quality (better than VCD), + Dolby Surround Sound.

Pretty cool stuff

[abdoun]

thanx pak 4 reply

u r the best

[addy]

DVD+R is the outstanding format.
For the cost, go with whats cheapest, cause in a short time they are all going to drop in price dramatically.
The software you use to rip and burn is more important than the DVD RW that you use.

[bboysatch1]

ok then what is a good program to use a DVD-RW drive?