WinTV-PVR-500MCE brings TV watching with background recording to Windows XP Media Center Edition
Watch one channel while recording another with the WinTV-PVR-500MCE and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. WinTV-PVR-500MCE contains two complete TV tuners, each with their own hardware MPEG encoder!
Ever want to watch the ball game while your favorite late night TV show is on? Well, with WinTV-PVR-500MCE, you don`t have to chose which show to watch. Just set the Media Center Edition to record that late night TV show while you continue to watch the ball game, with full PVR capabilities. Pause live TV, replay and skip forward, all while your other TV show continues to be recorded to your PC`s hard disk .
For Windows XP Media Center Edition users:
Watch TV with the MyTV button on MCE
Watch one TV show while recording another to disk using the WinTV-PVR-500`s built in dual hardware MPEG encoders.
Record two TV shows at once.
WinTV-PVR-500MCE includes:
Dual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners, each with a dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
Dual high quality MPEG2 video and audio encoders based on the Conexant -416 MPEG encoder
One back panel composite⁄s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to VCR, camcorders or set top boxes
Two on-board A⁄V headers, to connect to two more A⁄V sources (A⁄V cable set not included)
One FM radio receiver
Note: the WinTV-PVR-500MCE does not come with a remote control or a software DVD decoder. If you are building Media Center systems, please check with Microsoft for a list of MCE certified remote controls and DVD decoders.
There are two models of WinTV-PVR-500MCE: one for NTSC and one for PAL (multistandard PAL I, PAL B⁄G, Secam).
System Requirements:
Processor requirements: Pentium® IV processor 1.2GHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
Windows®XP Media Center Edition 2005, WindowsXP Home or WindowsXP Professional
Note: when using the WinTV-PVR-500MCE with WindowsXP, you need a third party TV application such as MythTV, SageTV or BeyondTV
Free PCI slot
Sound card
VGA card (PCI or AGP) with Media Center 2005 certified driver
DVD decoder certified for use with Media Center 2005
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