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Part Number: TV-PCTV-8230-10023-51
Pinnacle PCTV HD PCI Card TV Tuner 8230-10023-51, Compatible with Windows Vista and XP Media Center, w/ PVR
Pinnacle PCTV HD Card brings SD and HD TV with full personal video recorder (PVR) functionality to your PC – with no desktop clutter. Watch, time shift and even automatically record all of your favorite HD and SD TV shows with no service fees. It fully supports both analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC) TV signals; the tuner hardware is also ready for ClearQAM (unencrypted digital cable).
Features:
3-in-1 TV tuner card for digital TV (ATSC), analog TV (NTSC) and FM radio.
Watch SD and free HD TV on your PC - no service fees.
Includes remote control and FM radio antenna.
Hardware ready for ClearQAM (unencrypted digital cable) reception.
Automatically record shows to your hard drive in the destination file format of choice (i.e. MPEG-2, DivX, etc.), or even direct-to-DVD.
Capture from your cable/satellite set-top box or camcorder with the included A/V adapter cable.
Turns your PC into a personal video recorder (PVR) with time shifting: pause, rewind TV.
Trim you videos with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart.
Fully compatible with Windows Media Center (Windows Vista and Windows XP MCE; remote kit sold separately).
TV Standards::
- ATSC (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV).
- NTSC (cable, over the air).
Inputs:
- TV antenna input (F-connector/Coaxial)
- FM antenna input
- S-Video, Composite Video (RCA), Stereo Audio (2 x RCA)
Recording Formats:
- MPEG-1/2.
- DivX.
- Windows Vista (32-bit) or Windows XP with SP2
- Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, Pentium M 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 processor (for HDTV reception, a Pentium 4 2.8GHz or Pentium M 1.7 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon 64 processor is recommended)
- RAM: Windows XP – 256MB (512MB recommended); for Windows Vista – 512 MB (1GB recommended)
- Free PCI rev. 2.3 slot
- Sound / graphics controller with support for DirectX 9
- Hard drive with minimum 1 GB free space (20 GB recommended for TV recording).
- CD or DVD drive.
- High-gain indoor or rooftop aerial and/or connection to an existing cable TV jack (coaxial cable).
- HDTV tuner card for ATSC, NTSC and FM radio reception.
- Mini remote control including batteries.
- Remote control receiver cable.
- FM radio antenna.
- A/V Adapter Cable.
- Printed quick start guide.
- CD-ROM with Pinnacle TVCenter Pro software.
- CD-ROM with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart software.
Limited Warranty: One year from invoice date with Directron.com. 30-Day money back from receiving date with 15% restocking fee for non-defective returns on current market price. No credit or refund after 30 days. Customer is responsible for returning defective products including DOA due to manufacturer unless testing is paid before shipping. (Ianna022608)