ATI THEATER 550 PRO Card Roundup @ FiringSquad

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With its 3D comb filter and enhanced 5-line 2D filter (among other improvements), ATI's THEATER 550 PRO chip boasts improved image quality over previous ATI offerings. In addition, the chip no longer requires a pass-through cable, supports both PCI and PCI-E interfaces, features a new remote control unit, and most importantly of all, has a built-in MPEG-2 encoder. But what separates ATI's TV WONDER ELITE from other THEATER 550 PRO-based cards? In this article, we've rounded up THEATER 550 PRO boards from ATI, Sapphire, and TUL. See how THEATER 550 PRO looks in comparison to THEATER 200 when capturing TV programming as well as how the cards fare against one another in this article!