Press Release
- 2005
Experience Highest Quality Home Theater TV
on Your PC
with ATI’s TV WONDER™ ELITE
Add home theater quality video to your
PC for a fraction of the cost of expensive consumer electronics systems
Thursday January 6, 2005
MARKHAM, Ontario – January
6, 2005 – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT)
today delivers home theater quality TV to your PC with the TV
WONDER™ ELITE. This new TV capture card incorporates the
same advanced video processing technology that ATI developed
for high-end televisions – almost all the major TV manufacturers
are using ATI’s digital television (DTV) technology. As
a result, TV WONDER ELITE delivers high-end TV image quality
to PCs, offering exceptional visual results previously seen only
in home theater settings.
ATI is bundling the new and improved Remote Wonder™ PLUS
for full wireless application control. TV WONDER ELITE will be
available this winter from major computer retailers and ATI.com
with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of
US $149.00.
“ATI's Multimedia division is delivering a new era of
digital entertainment capabilities for the personal computer,” said
Paul Lypaczewski, Vice-President & General Manager, Multimedia
Business Unit, ATI Technologies Inc. “ATI’s leadership
in both DTV and graphics technologies has led to a unique PC
TV video breakthrough for Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft
Windows XP Media Center solutions for both ATI’s customers
and end consumers. TV on the PC will never be the seen the same
way again.”
TV WONDER ELITE is certified by the Imaging Science Foundation
(ISF) as proof of its high quality image presentation. ISF
is a key component for the Display Standards industry, and is
dedicated
to improving the quality of electronic imaging. With an approved
ISF logo, TV WONDER ELITE customers can be assured of having
the best image quality.
TV WONDER ELITE powers a variety of complete software solutions
and offers full personal video recorder (PVR) capabilities allowing
users to watch, record and pause live television with ease.
- TV WONDER ELITE also offers the following unique features:
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- ATI THEATER™ 550 PRO video processor
- Delivers sharper images, truer colors, and more symphonic
sound than any other
PC-based TV solution. 12-bit analog-to-digital conversion optimizes
analog video reception from TV channels or external video sources.
Advanced motion-adaptive 3D comb filter delivers true color
and fine picture detail from cable and antenna TV broadcasts,
VCRs,
and other video sources.
- Hardware MPEG-2 Encoder - Performs
artifact-free MPEG2 encoding in real time enabling more video
content to be recorded to
a single DVD-R/DVD-RW disk or hard drive while achieving home theater
quality.
- Fully digital audio - Simplified installation and
setup with the highest audio fidelity and without sound card
connections.
- Remote Wonder™ PLUS – New
and improved radio frequency (RF) wireless remote control allows
easy access to record and
watch TV broadcasts. Also offers complete control over any
computer application.
Copyright 2005 ATI
Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc.
All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications
are subject to change without notice.
About ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. is the world leader in the design
and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon
solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world’s
foremost visual processor unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated
to delivering leading-edge performance solutions for the full
range of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation,
set-top and digital television, game console and handheld device
markets. With 2004 revenues of US $2 billion, ATI has more than
2,700 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common
shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange
(ATY).
Contact Information
For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site at
http://www.ati.com .
Other ATI Contacts:
Trevor Campbell, Director, Porter Novelli Canada, at (416) 422-7202
or trevor.campbell@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
John Swinimer, Public Relations Manager, Consumer Products Division,
at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8456 or swinimer@ati.com
For investor relations support, please contact:
Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies Inc.,
at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or janet@ati.com
