September 1, 2004 by
Baub
Does the ATI MMC crash when you start up the TV (notDTV) app? For me, I had the CC captions set to show up in an external window. Well, it turns out that when MMC couldn't recognize the CC in the external window, it crashes. To fix it, I had to edit the reistry to turn off the external window for CCs. More details later.... Can't run after the install? Uninstall _everything_ ATI related and then install the latest drivers.
OTA - Over The Air - The HDTV signals that are broadcast for you to pick up with _just_ an antenna. No cable service is required. QAM - No clue, but this is how HDTV is sent to you through a cable system. No antenna needed. 2 flavors of QAM though, you have encrypted and unencrypted QAM. SD - Standard Definition - This is the 'old' style or regular TV ED - Enhanced Definition - A little bit better than SD, but not HDTV
Over the weekend, I installed a ATI Technologies HD-TV All-in-Wonder after reading some good reviews of it. I'll write up what I've gone through to get it working, it was (as is with computers) not a quick or painless event, but in the end it might have been worth it. Luckily for me, I already had the ATI Technologies Radeon 9800 Pro video card. This card or another one that supports DirectX9 is required for installation. Purchased at retail, this card came with adirectional antenna an...