ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro: Multimedia Refresh
by Andrew Ku on October 16, 2003 11:38 AM EST- Posted in
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Multimedia Center anew — FM Tuner
Since we last touched on Multimedia Center 8.0, there has been a lot of moving afoot for ATI's Multimedia Center. First, we have the most apparent upgrade: EasyLook, which we will explore further in the review.Second on the list is the FM Player, which is perfectly appropriate, since the All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro comes with an FM tuner. The FM Player works very similar to the TV Player: adjusting frequencies, scheduled recordings, and time shifting. FM-on-Demand is always on because it is hard to know what will be playing next, since there is no one-stop place for FM listing. Therefore, you will need to go through your FM-on-Demand and clip whichever segment of audio you want to export.
Based our experience, the All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro has a range of 87.5MHz and 108.0MHz. The FM tuner has a mechanical specified range of 75.9MHz to 108MHz, but according to regionally available FM frequencies, the All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro will auto detect a range. Stations can be tuned by 0.1MHz frequency increments with the tune up/down buttons, but via the scheduling, there seems to be an ability to tune in 0.01MHz frequency increments.
Of course, ATI gives you the ability to record, though only in one format: MP3, 224KHz, 16bit, Stereo.
Because there is no universal place for FM listings like there is for TV listings, there is a need to add the station name manually.
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Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Will the AIW 9600 Pro fit in SFF computers like the Shuttles?Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Anand... fo rizzle dawg! Fix dat price engine yo. You my homey an all dat, but you ain't gettin you no invite to da crib to tip any mo fo-ties until you git up in dat...fer reel... the AIW has been on da shelves at Allstarshop and GameVe ALL WEEK. Now Newegg got that hotness an it still ain't up on dat $hizzle. aight... me out.Andrew Ku - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
#1, #2 - There really isn't any point to benchmark this card. Keep in mind that it is basically the same as the Radeon 9600 Pro, just with All-in-Wonder features.#4 - This is a mainstream model of All-in-Wonder. DVI was left out as a result of space and cost issues.
Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
no dvi?? :(Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
The tone of the article seems to imply that we should not expect an AIW 9600XT. Rats! I was hoping for one by Christmas.Hardtarget - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Yes, i'm also dissapointed there weren't some gaming benchmarks, even if just there was just a couple basic ones. I'm not fond of when it says "look at other article for benchmarks" etc...Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Great article...could have used some gaming benchmarks though. I would have probabaly bought the AIW version over the standard 9600 PRO if it had been around when I upgraded my system 2-3 months ago :(