http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=418 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=418&cpage=1#comment-153583 Nick Ricci Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:11:35 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=418#comment-153583 I just installed the ATI TV Wonder Elite in my Dell XPS400 ,its the PCI version ,I had the USB version on my previous PC a P3 750MHz .My new PC is a XPS400 by Dell which has a 2.8Gig Dual Core Proccessor 1 Gig of DDR RAM 250G.B. hard drive DVD+/-RW and a DVD-ROM .Anyway when I attempted to install the software off the ATI CD supplied ,it did not install anything .Since I have the O/S WinXP SP2 Pro Media Center Edition 2005 ,I was told to configure it thru the Media Center ,which I did and it is working fairly well ,my biggest problem is I dont have any TV Guide ,however the Guide Plus System on my other PC the P3 is working and I can just update that GEMSTAR Guide Plus, I never really used the guide alot anyway .What aggravating me is with the USB version I was able to make the screen as small as 2"x2" if I wanted to, on my desktop ,with the TV Wonder Elite I can only get it down to aprx a 6 1/2" x5" picture size .When Iam on the internet with TV on top ,I need for the screen to be smaller ,can you help me with this sizing problem ,I've tried changing the borders with the cursor with no luck and cannot locate any other way to resize the TV on my 19" FP ? Any suggestions or help greatly appreciated ,I thought the PCI TV Wonder Elite would blow away the USB Edition ,its starting to look like the USB is giving me more ease of use then this PCI card is ! Thanks Nick I just installed the ATI TV Wonder Elite in my Dell XPS400 ,its the PCI version ,I had the USB version on my previous PC a P3 750MHz .My new PC is a XPS400 by Dell which has a 2.8Gig Dual Core Proccessor 1 Gig of DDR RAM 250G.B. hard drive DVD+/-RW and a DVD-ROM .Anyway when I attempted to install the software off the ATI CD supplied ,it did not install anything .Since I have the O/S WinXP SP2 Pro Media Center Edition 2005 ,I was told to configure it thru the Media Center ,which I did and it is working fairly well ,my biggest problem is I dont have any TV Guide ,however the Guide Plus System on my other PC the P3 is working and I can just update that GEMSTAR Guide Plus, I never really used the guide alot anyway .What aggravating me is with the USB version I was able to make the screen as small as 2″x2″ if I wanted to, on my desktop ,with the TV Wonder Elite I can only get it down to aprx a 6 1/2″ x5″ picture size .When Iam on the internet with TV on top ,I need for the screen to be smaller ,can you help me with this sizing problem ,I’ve tried changing the borders with the cursor with no luck and cannot locate any other way to resize the TV on my 19″ FP ?
Any suggestions or help greatly appreciated ,I thought the PCI TV Wonder Elite would blow away the USB Edition ,its starting to look like the USB is giving me more ease of use then this PCI card is !
Thanks Nick

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