HDTV wonder? Whats the magic recipe to get this thing to work?

Any secrets to getting HDTV Wonder to work?

I have

Windows XP Pro with SP2
ATI 9800Pro 128mb video card
P4 2.8Ghz Prescott processor
Asus P4P800 Deluxe motherboard
1 GB ram


All the latest drivers , MMC etc, hheeellllpppp!!!!!!

 

Order of installation. Cat7.1 or better and .NET Version2 if your going to
use the latest MMC. Would need some idea of the problem to give more
specific advice.

ati.com/install

 

For Over the air digital broadcasts, use the free WatchHDTV :

http://watchhdtv.net/program.aspx

 

Well i have followed all of the instructions to a Tee, in the proper order and
the proper revisions and i now can watch any of the sub channels that are
480i, but any of the 720P or 1080i HDTV stations (Main channels) come thru
black, only audio plays.


I am going to reboot now and try turning off Hyperthreading and see if that
works. But HHHeeelllppppp!!!!!

 

Good idea. Some other things to try: Run DXDiag and check for problems. Set
or unset acceleration in CCC>Video>All Settings. Uninstall and reinstall MMC
and the encoder but don't install the parental control.

Aloke's suggestion to try WatchHDTV is a good one but I'd be surprised if
this doesn't show up in it too. The problem I had with the parental control
in 9.15 also showed up in WatchHDTV. Was getting a green screen on 1080i,
only, until left out parental control upon installing 9.16.

 

I was able to get Digital And HDTV 1080i and 720P to work by using an older
version of the CAT drivers, something like CAT 5.8 or semthinganother. So the
thing i feel is busting the HDTV wonder is the newer cats reliance on .NET
framework and ATI using that damn new control panel instead of the old one.


I do not want to use the slow 5.8 drivers so i am still going to experiment.

 

I use ATI MMC and XP MCE on mine with the HDTV wonder and x1300.
Work's ok for me so here is my install list.



DirectX 9
..NET Framework 2.0 and updates

7-2_xp_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_41238 (CCC 7.2)
6-1_hdtv_83-2036_wdm (WDM)
9-14_mmc_uci (DAO)
atiCDwiz (Decoder)
6-12_xcode_38463 (Encoder and stuff)
9-16_mmc_enu (MMC 9.16)
3-03_rw_enu (Remote)



I've noticed anything under 90% signal strength and mine will
do things like change channels slow or worse with a weak signal.

Have over 100 megs of free disk space I assume.

I installed and then uninstalled .NET 3 with out it causing any problems
that I have noticed as well for what it's worth.


GL
Dan