Features

• Full PVR functionality: stop, pause, and rewind live TV on the PC
• 3D interface powered by ATI graphics cards
• MulTView functionality. Record and watch two shows at the same time, or watch one show in a picture-in-picture window while watching another full-screen.
• Advanced video compression and conversion settings – record or convert to MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, WMV9, H.264
• Capture video from VCRs or camcorders
• ThruView – translucent video window over other desktop applications
• Hybrid tuner support – both analog and digital TV with one TV card
• Advanced electronic program guide (EPG)

Casual/Novice
Simplify the power of visual velocity with Catalyst Media Center™, the ultimate software control suite for TV Wonder®. Today’s digital scene is a complex cast but ATI Catalyst™ puts everyone in the director’s chair, evaporating the boundaries of content, format, time and location. Whatever the input type, compression requirement, scheduling issue or playback device, ATI Catalyst™ comes through. Software can be hard to use but Catalyst Media Center™ puts a friendly face to it. Basic PVR operations are as easy as clicking buttons on the remote control or using simple mouse/keyboard commands but advanced options are just a right mouse click away.

Enthusiast
The modern interface is approachable and attractive but the controls run to the core of what makes TV Wonder® the natural choice for multimedia enthusiasts.

The layered interface design keeps things simple but higher-end functions are nested to be instantly available for harder play. Advanced options evaporate the boundaries of content, format, time and location. Catalyst Media Center™ handles analog or digital, live, canned or time shifted and processes it to any advanced media format to stay or to go, be it H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX or WMV9.

Turn your PC into an Advanced PVR
Personal Video Recording on the PC makes a giant leap into the future with Catalyst Media Center™, the software console that unleashes the hardware power of TV Wonder®.

Casual PVR is click-button simple with familiar mouse or keyboard strokes or using the TV Wonder® remote. But an arsenal of performance options is instantly available through advanced option menus or right mouse click fly-outs.

Today’s home user lifestyle demands portability beyond the PC. ATI Catalyst™ comprehensive format support means programming can easily be encoding to fit any number of portable digital formats, be it Apple iPod Video, Windows Portable Media Center or Sony Playstation Portable.

Advanced Functionality for the Enthusiast
Newly engineered from a clean sheet, Catalyst Media Center™ takes over where other media centers leave off, launching power users to new realms of functionality without the confusion often associated with software console solutions.

ATI Catalyst™ evaporates the boundaries of content, format location and time, giving enthusiasts admission to leading edge multimedia standards from H.264 to DivX. Input flexibility means analog and digital co-exist. MulTView allows picture-in-picture while ThruView offers play while you work. Today’s media lifestyle means content portability, and Catalyst delivers there too – to iPod Video or other portable formats

File Format Versatility
Catalyst Media Center™ unleashes the multimedia power of TV Wonder® by evaporating the boundaries of source, format, time and space. Today’s digital lifestyle demands content anywhere, any time and ATI Catalyst™ delivers it to iPod Video or other portable formats. Rich video means advanced formats like H.264, which retain incredible video quality while taming file size. This application makes anyone a player in this bandwidth-friendly sweepstake.

Media software can be intimidating, but Catalyst Media Center™ is new and improved solution. Its layered interface provides a flexible and intuitive environment that will serve casual users and power enthusiasts alike.

Easy Interface
Casual users turned off by software complexity will appreciate The ATI Catalyst™ simple functionality. For basic PVR tasks, familiar mouse clicks, keyboard strokes or the external remote, used with the advanced online programming guide mean click-button simplicity.

But the arsenal of advanced tools is never far away. High performance functions are layered into advanced option menus or right mouse click fly-outs readily understood by advanced users. With these advanced controls Catalyst Media Center™ elevates the multimedia PC to an entirely new level, taking over where other media center solutions leave off.