Taipei, Taiwan, 24th November 2006 - Compro Technology, a leading manufacturer of PC multimedia products announced today VideoMate U890, the thumb size USB 2.0 TV Box with easy to carry credit card size remote control. Built-in advanced high performance silicon tuner with pen drive size stylish body design, VideoMate U890 provides powerful features for TV viewing, MPEG-1/2/4 formats scheduled recording, timeshifting, channel surfing, still frame capturing, and supports universal TV system broadcasting reception (NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) without any external power adaptor required. With excellent picture quality and intuitive software interface, VedioMate U890 can fully support the powerful features for your PC entertainment center.

In addition, VideoMate U890 owns its stylish looking by perfectly combined blue and white in the stick design. Not surprisingly, a lot of PC users are no longer satisfied with the old-fashioned and big size of analog TV tuner products. Fashionable, compact and lightweight are really what they need. The VedioMate U890 provides the sleekest design and powerful features, it easily appeals to who wants his PC to be more than just a PC. VideoMate is not only a brand for PC products, but delivers an expression of your personal style!

VideoMate U890 TV stick allows for TV viewing and recording by simply plugging it into the high-speed USB 2.0 port of your desktop or laptop PC. With this mini size (only 9.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm) TV stick design, you can easily carry it with your laptop and place it anywhere without moving any devices on your desk. It enables you to watch TV shows anytime, anywhere. VideoMate U890 also bundles an IR remote to control it at a distance. You can easily to remote your TV channel switch, volume control or start recording your TV shows from the comfort of your living room chair.

Bundled with all-new version of Compro's own develop ComproDTV 3 software, you can watch TV shows in a window or full screen mode, use advanced PIP/POP feature to watch TV and playback recorded video files simultaneously, use Video Desktop to setup live TV screen in the wallpaper mode, timeshift, channel surf, and capture still frames with hotkey/mouse. For better TV watching and recording, VideoMate U890 allows users to customize color settings, TV system and TV stereo selection in each TV channel and supports MPEG-1/2/4 formats and VCD/SVCD/DVD recording. Moreover, VideoMate U890 supports Straight-to-Disc function to direct burn TV shows to DVD, VCD without your hard disk buffering and save your time. Compro also provides ComproDVD 2 software to playback CD/DVD discs and media files, Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4 SE to author VCD/DVD titles, and Ulead PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE to manage your media files. With this VideoMate U890 rich package, you can turn your desktop or laptop into a digital entertainment center.

Complete with the super mini stick design, remote control, and powerful software, VideoMate U890 gives users a most convenient solution for easy viewing, recording, and undoubtedly your best mobile TV choice.