AMD Introduces New Tuner Products to Deliver Exceptional HDTV on PCs
xpands industry’s premier placeshifting
TV-on-the-PC portfolio with addition of TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB and TV
Wonder™ 600 PCI/PCI Express
Sunnyvale, Calif. — October 15, 2007 —AMD
(NYSE: AMD) is expanding its TV Wonder™ product lineup that enables
HDTV on the PC. Available through VisionTek at Best Buy stores across
North America, ATI TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB, TV Wonder™ 600 PCI and TV
Wonder™ 600 PCI Express transform PCs into exceptional high definition
digital video recorders. The TV Wonder™ family of products is AMD
LIVE!™ Ready and Certified for Windows Vista® — delivering The
Ultimate Visual Experience™ and strengthening the value of multimedia
PCs.
ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB, with a manufacturers suggested
retail price (MSRP) of $149, includes two TV tuners allowing users to
watch and record off-the-air Digital TV/HDTV, unencrypted Digital TV
(ClearQAM) cable programming, analog TV, and listen to FM broadcasts.
TV Wonder 600 PCI and TV Wonder 600 PCI Express TV tuners break new
ground by offering ClearQAM at a value of $99 MSRP.
“No other company offers this exceptional choice of connectivity and
configuration in TV tuner PC products,” said Matt Skynner, vice
president of marketing, Graphics Products Group, AMD. “Our graphics
pedigree is built on long-standing leadership in TV and video on the
PC. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI
Express, offered through VisionTek, take the best of our company’s
digital TV experience and enable amazing HDTV on PCs today.”
AMD’s strong lineup of USB, PCI and PCI Express tuners
includes the previously announced ATI TV Wonder™ 650 PCI, ATI TV
Wonder™ 650 Combo PCI Express, ATI TV Wonder™ 600 USB, and the ATI TV
Wonder™ Digital Cable Tuner – the only solution to enjoy premium
digital cable shows , such as HBO and Showtime, on the PC.
Catalyst Media Center™ software, available with the ATI TV Wonder
products, features placeshifting to view TV programs in a variety of
environments. Unrestricted recorded TV programs can be quickly
converted with two mouse clicks into most popular formats currently
used today for viewing video on portable media devices.
The ATI TV Wonder™ hybrid and combo TV tuner solutions easily
enable best-in-class HD reception for Windows® Media Center bundled
with Windows Vista® Home Premium and Windows Vista® Ultimate editions,
as well as Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005. The TV Wonder™
products complement media-rich AMD LIVE! PCs.
“AMD’s TV Wonder family makes HDTV multimedia PCs a reality,”
said Michael Innes, EVP & COO of VisionTek Products, LLC. “The ATI
TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and ATI TV Wonder 600 series deliver
exceptional performance at a great price for PC owners who want to
experience HDTV in their home, office or dorm room. We are thrilled to
offer our customers the greatest selection of best-in-class TV tuners
for the PC.”
“We’re excited by the collaboration from AMD and VisionTek
that brings HDTV tuners to the PC just in time for the new fall TV
season,” said Dean Jahnke, Sr. Buyer from Best Buy. “HDTV demand is
very strong and with the outstanding lineup of ATI TV Wonder tuners,
BestBuy can provide customers with a broad range of priced-right
solutions.”
The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB is a combo-tuner DVR (digital
video recorder) allowing users to switch between analog and digital TV
to watch and record a digital TV program while watching/recording an
analog TV channel. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB features ClearQAM
tuning to receive unencrypted digital content from local cable
television providers. The new offering also features high image
quality, advanced 2D and 3D comb filtering, and FM tuner powered by ATI
Theater™ 650 Pro.
The ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI and PCI Express add-in TV tuners
feature: ClearQAM; powerful PVR based on ATI Theater 600 Pro video
decoder; world-leading ATI Theater™ ATSC reception technology; and,
analog TV reception.
ATI TV Wonder products feature Catalyst Media Center software — an
easy-to-use big-screen TV interface with an advanced electronic
programming guide, DVD authoring and playback, video conversion and AMD
LIVE! OnDemand to access the DVR from any computer with a broadband
connectivity.