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VideoMate TV PVR features with high quality encoding ADC and tuner, which provides state-of-the-art performance on picture quality.

With the COMPOSITE and S-Video input/output connectors, all home A/V appliances can be easily hooked to VideoMate TV PVR, and even transform your old VHS tapes into digital formats. (higher priority)

FM version also provide FM radio listening and recording.


Key features
  • High performance encoding chip
  • 37 key IR remote control
  • PCI bus
  • Silver bracket

Audio / video connectors
  • 1 Composite (RCA) in
  • 1 S-Video in
  • Stereo in/out
  • Antenna / Cable signal input
  • FM antenna input (FM version)

Package contents
Users can find below items in VideoMate TV PVR package
  • VideoMate TV PVR PCI Tuner card
  • IR remote control / IR receiver (with 2 AAA battery)
  • Start Up Guide
  • Audio cable
  • VideoMate TV PVR driver CD
  • FM antenna (for FM version)
Connect different parts to VideoMate TV PVR PCI tuner card, users can run different functions (please find quick connection guide on the back of tuner card)
  • FM: connect antenna
  • TV: connect antenna or cable
  • IR IN: connect to IR remote control
  • Audio In: connect to appliances
  • Audio Out: connect to audio card with audio cable in the package (2 speaker mono support)
  • S-Video In: connect to satellite tuner, VCR, digital cam, camcorder etc.
  • Composite in: connect to A/V appliances, such as VCR, DV, etc.

OS support
Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP1 / Windows 7 x86 / x64
System Requirements
  • CPU
    400 MHz for TV viewing
    866 MHz for recording and timeshifting
    1.7 GHz for DVD-quality recording
  • 128MB memory
  • 10MB free hard disk space
  • Audio card with Line-In connector
  • Video card with overlay supported
  • Available PCI slot
  • CD-ROM (for software installation)
  • Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP1 / Windows 7 x86 / x64
  • Updated motherboard chipset drivers
Video File Formats
Format
Screen Size*
Video Bit Rate(Mbps)
Audio Bit Rate(Mbps)
Disk Usage (approximate)
DVD
720 x 480
6.4
224
3 GB/hr
SVCD
480 x 480
2.2
224
1 GB/hr
VCD
352 x 240
1.1
224
600 MB/hr

* NTSC version