I had that ATI Tuner thing as well, its different than Dreamscene. The ATI
card only displayed video from a TV feed (low quality i might add), while
Deamscene is an animation of a desktop theme. Dreamscene would animate the
water running down a water fall or a robotic arm moving back and forth on
your desk top screen. hope that helps

"GBK" wrote:

> completely unrelated products. A tv tuner has nothing to do with animated
> desktop background.
>
> "W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com" <gospam@yourownemailaddy.com.us> wrote in
> message news:4r3Dh.10068$SR.8166@trndny06...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I realize this is a q & a group so I ask a different question, not a help
> > me
> > I don't know what I'm doing question at all but one of, is Microsoft
> > behind
> > the times?
> > Below is the article I ask you to read and then after, my commentary.
> > Please you tell me / us.
> >
> > Windows Vista 'DreamScene' Available
> > By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews
> > February 15, 2007, 3:34 PM
> > Microsoft on Wednesday made available a beta of the second "Ultimate
> > Extra"
> > for Windows Vista, which is available for download free of charge for
> > those
> > who purchased the Ultimate Edition of the new operating system. Called
> > DreamScene, the Extra lets users put videos as their desktop background.
> >
> > Developed by Stardock and first demoed at CES in January, DreamScene also
> > adds the capability to fill a background with an image without distorting
> > its size. Microsoft reminds users that DreamScene is still a Technical
> > Preview and unsupported until the final release. Vista Ultimate users can
> > download DreamScene from Windows Update.
> >
> > *Circa summer 2001, I purchased the ATI video card, Rage 128 Pro with TV
> > Tuner In, meaning I could stream tv/video/dvd/vcd/mpg2 on my desktop so
> > therefore, it was available. BTW, the card then, also supported digital
> > audio and had SVCD in/out along with the common known red-green-blue video
> > in/out, presently the ATI cards can handle HDTV and better. They both
> > worked / works with Win98/2000/XP. Desktop icons and the task bar were on
> > the top unless I did otherwise, the video could be bigger than the average
> > postage stamp to full screen as well and anywhere else in size,
> > proportional
> > to the actual broadcast screen detail. 16:9 or 4:3.
> >
> > Why is Microsoft catching onto this now and or, is there any difference?
> >
> >
> > --
> > William K. Mahler, http://www.mahlers.com
> > Yahoo Instant Messenger ID: mahlerscom
> > reply: mahlerscom at mahlers dot com
> >