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PCI TV Tuner Card, featuring ComproPVR digital video recorder

VideoMate TV is a PCI-based TV tuner card featuring DVD-quality digital video recording. MPEG 2 compression allows for recording of high-quality video in digital format and the PCI bus supports most desktop PCs configurations.

ComproPVR software provides digital video recorder functionality, including watching, recording, and timeshifting TV programs. Video editing and DVD playback software completes a multimedia home entertainment solution.

A wireless remote control provides a familiar, consumer-friendly user interface.

Compro PVR

• Watch TV on a PC, live and timeshifted
• Capture a video from TV or other video input
• Watch recorded video files

IR Remote Control

KEY Benefits

Watch TV on your PC

• Full screen or in a window
• Timeshifting lets you watch TV on your own terms
• Record your favorite shows
• Scheduled recording

Record video programs in digital format

• MPEG 2 supports for compact file sizes at DVD-quality levels
• MPEG 2 encoder allows real-time MPEG 2 encoding (Requires 866 MHz Pentium III CPU or better)
• Easy-to -use, consumer-style remote control

Package Contents

• CD-ROM including¡GComproPVR, device drivers, and documentation
• 37-key remote control (batteries included)
• Audio patch cable
• IR receiver for remote control and mounting sticker
• Installation Guide and User's Manual

I/O Connectors

• TV antenna input (broadcast or analog cable)
• S-video input
• Audio input
• Audio ouput (for connection to sound card)
• IR receiver jack

Support TV Standards

Please contact your local dealer or contact Compro directly .

Software CD Contents

• ComproPVR2 - TV viewing and digital video recording
• On-line documentation
• VideoMate TV capture drivers

Minimum Product Requirements

• 400 MHz CPU for TV viewing
  866 NHz CPU for recording and timeshifting
• 96 MB memory for Windows Me or 98SE
• 128 MB for Windows XP or 2000
• 10 MB free disk space, plus approximately 2.5 GBytes per hour of video recorded at S-Video quality
• Sound card with Line-In connector
• Open PCI slot
• CD-ROM drive for software installation
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  1.7 GHz CPU for DVD-quality recording