Comments on: ATI Drops the Ball http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2006/04/05/ati-drops-the-ball/ What does it mean? Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:19:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: NB http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2006/04/05/ati-drops-the-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-93 NB Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:53:21 +0000 http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2006/04/05/ati-drops-the-ball/#comment-93 YEESSS, I agree heartily with all of the above! I did own an AIW 9800Pro and although, when I GOT it finally set up working reasonably well with MMC 9.08 it produced great results, it was a real pain in the a...s to get to that stage! Recently my 9800 got damaged, I had to get warranty service, it was replaced with the AIW X800GT (AGP-version) and NOW I am practically sitting for month (!) on end trying to get the software, that will allow the card to do what it is supposed to do: watch and record TV (besides getting my VHS-collection digitalized) without having to tear my hair off in the process. I still think, ATi makes/made excellent hardware, but the software is unspeakable! Everywhere on the internet, where anyone reports on using it, you find endless complains about the impossibility to do with ATi-hardware, what seems to be possible with almost any other hardware around: Plug&Play! As soon as I have got the funds, I will switch to Nvidia/Hauppauge almost certainly! YEESSS, I agree heartily with all of the above! I did own an AIW 9800Pro and although, when I GOT it finally set up working reasonably well with MMC 9.08 it produced great results, it was a real pain in the a…s to get to that stage!

Recently my 9800 got damaged, I had to get warranty service, it was replaced with the AIW X800GT (AGP-version) and NOW I am practically sitting for month (!) on end trying to get the software, that will allow the card to do what it is supposed to do: watch and record TV (besides getting my VHS-collection digitalized) without having to tear my hair off in the process. I still think, ATi makes/made excellent hardware, but the software is unspeakable!

Everywhere on the internet, where anyone reports on using it, you find endless complains about the impossibility to do with ATi-hardware, what seems to be possible with almost any other hardware around: Plug&Play!

As soon as I have got the funds, I will switch to Nvidia/Hauppauge almost certainly!

]]> By: JM http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2006/04/05/ati-drops-the-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-92 JM Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:23:16 +0000 http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2006/04/05/ati-drops-the-ball/#comment-92 I feel your pain and will be switching to NVIDIA Graphics card and a NVIDIA’s NVTV or a Hauppauge TV Tuner card such as the WinTV-PVR-500MCE Dual Tuner Card. I have a AIW 9800 Pro that has given me some problems but over all a great card when I finally got it working correctly but the new MMC 9.13 was the last straw for me. I actually ended up going back to MMC 9.0 AND WILL NEVER download that piece of crap again. From what I have witnessed over the seven or so years of praising ATI is a company out of touch with its users. Not only has the MMC gotten worse with every single version but they are actually trying to shove features down our throats without fixing the ones that we have been hoping to see come to maturity and need now. I am tired of the empty promises and will be looking for a solution to replace my current setup as soon as I have the funds. I feel your pain and will be switching to NVIDIA Graphics card and a NVIDIA’s NVTV or a Hauppauge TV Tuner card such as the WinTV-PVR-500MCE Dual Tuner Card.
I have a AIW 9800 Pro that has given me some problems but over all a great card when I finally got it working correctly but the new MMC 9.13 was the last straw for me.
I actually ended up going back to MMC 9.0 AND WILL NEVER download that piece of crap again.
From what I have witnessed over the seven or so years of praising ATI is a company out of touch with its users.
Not only has the MMC gotten worse with every single version but they are actually trying to shove features down our throats without fixing the ones that we have been hoping to see come to maturity and need now.
I am tired of the empty promises and will be looking for a solution to replace my current setup as soon as I have the funds.

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