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Originally Posted by htismaqe
OK, cool.
I'm not doing HDTV, so it shouldn't be a big deal for me.
I mostly got the Wonder for capturing MPEG-2 video off of my VHS-C camcorder. The ability to watch TV is a wanted, but unnecessary, bonus. However, I want to watch DVD's and the Wonder install freaked out when it couldn't find a hardware DVD decoder.
However, I thought I noticed XP installing drivers for a Phillips TV Tuner, which would lead me to believe it's hardware-based? Maybe I'm just a moron.
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1. There's no HDTV on the AIW, just the HDTVW.
2. HW DVD decoding is a bit of a dinosaur these days. Not even sure there are any mainstream cards doing it. SW decoding that uses the video card's resources efficiently is pretty much the standard, and that's what you're getting with the AIW. Just guessing, but I imagine it's because the SoTA in decoding moves so fast, it's easier to update the SW than pump out a new card every 6 mos or mess with flash updates.
ATI, NVidia, Nero, Interactual, PowerDVD, Sonic, are just some of the decoders out there. A lot of people like the NVidia, because it's closest to/most compatible with WMP 10.