All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV
FEATURE COMPARISON OF ATI'S All-in-Wonder®
Radeon™ 8500DV AND NVIDIA PERSONAL CINEMA BASED BOARD PRODUCTS
AS OF AUGUST 30, 2001
- Highlights
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- Radeon™ 8500 Graphics Accelerator
- ATI's All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV is powered by the
revolutionary Radeon™ 8500 GPU and 64MB DDR memory. ATI's
innovative TruForm™ and SmartShader™ technologies
make characters and objects more realistic and the Video Immersion™ II technology enables industry-leading
digital video features, including advanced de-interlacing algorithms
for unprecedented video quality.
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- First All-in-Wonder® with Digital Video Capture
& Editing Using IEEE 1394
- All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV provides digital video (DV) capture
& editing capabilities with two (2) IEEE 1394/FireWire® ports.
DV/IEEE 1394 is recognized as the new standard for video capture
from digital camcorders.
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- Industry-Leading TV Feature Set
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All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV provides the most comprehensive
suite of TV applications. TV-on-Demand™ personal
video recording technology lets you watch what you want when
you want. Other
distinct features include Closed Caption transcripts, Hot Words,
TV Magazine and Video Security to create a truly personalized
multimedia experience.
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- Control the All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV from
up to 30' away using ATI's radio frequency (RF) remote control
- allowing you to control your PC from the comfort of your
living room! RF technology means you don't need line-of-sight
to your PC and you don't have to aim the remote control
while operating the mouse pad and buttons.
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- All-in-One Production Solution
ATI's All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV ensures reliability
since the complete product development pipeline is managed by
ATI and uses ATI technology - ensuring quality control and complete
product ownership.
Feature Comparison
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All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ 8500DV |
NVIDIA® Personal Cinema |
| Sugg. Retail Price |
Under $500
(Note: All-in-Wonder 128 16 MB $129) |
$149-$419 |
| True color 2D/3D accelerator |
Radeon™ 8500 |
Select NVIDIA™ graphics cards
GeForce 2 MX 200, 400, GeForce 3 |
| DirectX 8.1 Pixel Shaders |
Yes |
No |
| Memory |
64MB DDR |
32MB or 64MB DDR |
| Remote control |
RF |
IR |
| DVI-I for flat panel support |
Yes |
Will vary by graphics card manufacturer |
| Adaptive De-interlacing |
Yes |
No (Bob only) |
| Hardware support for component video output via DVI-I to
YPrPb dongle |
Yes |
No |
| Digital Audio output via S/PDIF |
Yes |
No |
| Hardware IDCT Acceleration for PVR & DVD |
Yes |
No |
| Analog Input/Output Ports |
Yes |
Yes |
| Digital Input/Output Ports |
Yes - Two IEEE 1394 |
No |
| Stereo TV-tuner |
NTSC: NA & Japan
PAN-European Stereo |
None announced to date |
| Digital VCR |
ATI Multimedia Center |
WinDVR |
| Analog video capture/editing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Digital video capture/editing |
Yes |
No |
| WHQL Capture Certification |
Yes |
No |
| Industry Standard Motion Video Capture Formats |
Yes - MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV, WMF |
Yes - MPEG-1, MPEG-2 |
| Stop Motion Capture |
Yes |
No |
| Time shifting |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pitch shifted audio during fast forward and slow motion |
Yes |
No |
| Integrated Video Security (motion detection) |
Yes |
No |
| European Additive Channel Scan |
Yes |
No |
| Integrated European Teletext support |
Yes |
No |
| Integrated Media Library |
Yes |
No |
| Closed Caption transcripts* |
Yes |
No |
| TV Magazine* |
Yes |
No |
| Hot Words activated recording* |
Yes |
No |
| Parental Program Lock |
Yes |
No |
| Channel Surfing with live preview and user-defined channel
list |
Yes |
No |
| Video Desktop |
Yes |
No |
* North American features only.
All information on NVIDIA Personal Cinema is based upon information
publicly announced by Nvidia as of the date of this fact sheet.
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