AVerMedia Presents UltraTV 1500 MCE, for Ultimate TV Experience on Any Windows MCE-Equipped PC; Enjoy TV and FM Radio with PVR Capability on Windows XP/MCE Personal Computers.MILPITAS, Calif. -- AVerMedia(R) Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia video convergence technology, today announced the debut of AVerMedia UltraTV(TM) 1500 MCE See Media Center Edition. , bringing TV, Personal Video Recorder See DVR. (PVR See DVR. ), and FM radio capabilities to any Windows(R) XP or Media Center Edition XP equipped personal computer. Perfect for XP or Media Center users who the UltraTV 1500 MCE creates the ultimate media center by allowing users to both watch and/or record TV and FM radio on their PC whenever they wish. AVerMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE incorporates an internal PC tuner card, onboard FM radio antenna, and UltraTV PVR software to provide a total media experience. The product's PVR feature enables users to pause, rewind, and instantly replay live TV; playback shows while continuing to record (time-shifting); and easily schedule shows for recording while away or watching other programs. FM radio recording in digital MP3 format ensures exceptional playback quality, while radio auto-scan and pre-schedule capability offer additional convenience. On the TV side, advanced MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 hardware compression and exclusive AVerMedia de-interlace technology offer smooth, razor-sharp TV video in either full-screen or partial, resizable window modes. Convenience features include one-click access to all user controls, a Titan TV online broadcast guide (www.titantv.com) for easy recorder pre-scheduling, and DVD/VCD/MPEG-2 recorder output options. "UltraTV 1500 MCE is an enormously flexible and powerful solution for a wide range of users and applications," said Winny Chow, Product Manager for AVerMedia. "Say you're a stock trader who needs to stay up on the day's news while working, or you live in a small urban apartment that doesn't allow room for both a TV and a PC. Or perhaps you simply like the idea of building your home entertainment center or home theater around your PC. Additional flexibility allows the user to add the UltraTV 1500 MCE as a second TV Tuner card A TV tuner card is a computer component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk. . Whatever the situation, UltraTV 1500 MCE does the work of multiple entertainment devices, reducing and simplifying your media investment while taking advantage of the latest Media Center capabilities." Able to accept cable and antenna signals, the UltraTV 1500 MCE features a 16-channel preview feature, while parental lockout keeps children away from inappropriate channels. The product includes a still-image capture capability for saving and cataloguing TV images in high-quality BMP/JPG/FIF/PCX formats; best of all, the onboard and hardware-based MPEG-2 compression feature means precious CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. processing capacity isn't sapped for TV and PVR use. UltraTV 1500 MCE is specifically designed for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center Edition See Media Center Edition. operating systems and supports Media Center Edition 2005. It operates on any system with minimum Intel(R) Pentium III 800 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. processor and 128 MB RAM memory. A sound card for capturing audio and a PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. video card with DirectX 8.0 or higher are required. Pricing and Availability AVerMedia's UltraTV 1500 MCE is priced at $79.99 (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ) and will begin shipping in October, 2004 to a wide range of computer, consumer electronics, and specialty electronics retailers. For more information about the AVerMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE, or any of AVerMedia's other digital multimedia convergence products, visit www.avermedia-usa.com or call AVerMedia at 408-263-3828. About AVerMedia Technologies: AVerMedia is the technology leader in Digital Multimedia Video Convergence Technology. Aside from its full line of TV Tuners/ Personal Video Recorder products, AVerMedia provides Document Cameras, Digital Video Maker, TV Photo Viewer and PC-to-TV Converters for consumer and corporate/ educational markets. AVerMedia also partners with OEMs for the development of AVerMedia's technologies for integration applications. AVerMedia is a registered trademark, and UltraTV is a trademark, of AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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