AMD (News - Alert) is expanding its TV Wonder product lineup that enables HDTV1 on the PC. PCs can now be transformed into high definition digital video recorders with ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB, TV Wonder 600 PCI and TV Wonder 600 PCI Express which are available through VisionTek at Best Buy stores across North America.

The company’s products include USB, PCI and PCI Express tuners includes the previously announced ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI, ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo PCI Express and ATI TV Wonder 600 USB. It also includes ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner as this is the only product to get premium digital cable shows2, such as HBO and Showtime, on the PC.

Matt Skynner, vice president of marketing, Graphics Products Group, AMD, said in a press release “No other company offers this exceptional choice of connectivity and configuration in TV tuner PC products. Our graphics pedigree is built on long-standing leadership in TV and video on the PC. The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB and ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI/PCI Express, offered through VisionTek, take the best of our company’s digital TV experience and enable amazing HDTV on PCs today.”

TV programs can be viewed in variety of environments with the help of Catalyst Media Center software, available with the ATI TV Wonder products. This product features placeshifting to view TV programs which help the viewer to watch the programs in the environment of his choice. With two mouse clicks, unrestricted recorded TV programs can be converted quickly. into most popular formats currently used to view video on portable media devices. They also feature an easy-to-use big-screen TV interface with an advanced electronic programming guide, DVD authoring and playback, video conversion and AMD LIVE! OnDemand to access the DVR from any computer with a broadband connectivity.

The ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB is a combo-tuner DVR (digital video recorder) where user can switch between analog and digital TV and watch or record a digital TV program while watching/recording an analog TV channel. Also, the ATI TV Wonder hybrid and combo TV tuner solutions easily enable best-in-class HD reception for Windows Media Center bundled with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate editions, as well as Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. The TV Wonder products complement media-rich AMD LIVE! PCs.

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