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Using PC as digital recorder?? anyone doing it? What do I need to do?

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Elizabeth

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I have just put together a new PC with 480Gb of hard drive and nothing to put on them!!! I got all that (6 maxtor 80Gb's) 4 in a Raid 0 off a promise card, and 2 more in another (Asus A7V333 with Raid) just for fun. So now I want to be able to store DVD's or TV as a "digital VCR" ( I don't have a normal VCR anymore and I tossed all those tapes to my co-workers)... I have a Chaintech GForce Ti4600 vid card. So??? what do I need to do this? I have heard the 'Hollywood Plus' card is good for this, but the manufacturers website doen't mention this at all... (Also they show a chip for MEPG4 coding which i would like to get IF it was in a card??? Thne the card they show with it also is not a retail item.... Any ideas???? and I heard that MEPG4 is also available as a free download software and is way faster than any MEPG. comments??

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ATI All in Wonder Radeon... it works! - EdM 13:29:49 05/02/02 (2)
Check ATI's web site for complete info. They have a complete Digital Video Recorder solution that works pretty well.
http://www.ati.com/
- http://www.ati.com/
- Re: ATI All in Wonder Radeon... it works! - Larry S 12:32:06 05/07/02 (1)
  IMHO, I suggest avoiding the current 8500 series Radeons. ATI's (to my knowledge) not been able to fix a problem with the Drivers that distorts the gamma on the cards, not since they were released late last year. I personally dumped my 8500 (not the AIW version) for an NVidia card.
  - Re: ATI All in Wonder Radeon... it works! - PeteHK 05:04:59 06/01/02 (0)
    Cliff Wilson posted over at av science that the gamma problem is now fixed. Good news for 8500 owners. Not sure when the new drivers will be released...

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