Microsoft DreamScene 2007 VS. ATI Video Cards

[W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.com]

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?

 

[GBK]

completely unrelated products. A tv tuner has nothing to do with animated
desktop background.

 

[Guest]

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

 

[bp]

completely unrelated products. A tv tuner has nothing to do with animated
desktop background.

Other than the fact that they could display on your desktop even in
XP. SO what's the big del with Vista doing it? Seems like it's just
video being overlayed on the desktop .