Compro PCI TV Tuner Card w/FM VideoMate TV Gold Plus

Compro PCI TV Tuner Card w/FM VideoMate TV Gold Plus
Item# Model No. TV-M500
Regular price: $89.95
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Product Description



Card Reader

Features:
  • Watching and recording TV program
  • Only from Compro to have the Power up function . After to set recording function, it can power on and up by your PC.
  • FM radio function, it can scan all the station automatically.
  • ComproPVR software
  • IR Remote Control
  • Video editor software and Compro DVD software.

Picture Purifying Technology

For crystal-clear picture quality

The VideoMate VideoMate Live USB 2.0 raises the performance standard for TV tuner cards with its Picture Purifying Technology in hardware design, all-new Philips digital/analog TV tuner and ComproDTV software. With the enhanced tuner card design, multiple voltage regulators, and hardware digital video scaling. Compro now provides more vivid, less noise, and sharper picture quality that outperforms standard TV sets.

In Hardware:

Philips SAA7133/7134 video encoder with ADC chip and new board design to provide clear picture quality
Multiple Voltage Regulators ¡V For more stable voltage and reduce the noise (caused by heat). In addition, the regulator on board is far away from TV tuner, but near bracket, which can help to remove the heat.
Hardware Digital Video Scaling ¡V User-define aspect ratio and faster video scaling and less system resource needed.

In Software:

Noise Removal ¡V In some of poor quality TV cable and video sources, the video includes a lot of noise. The noise removal feature can helps to remove the noise from video source and give you a clearer video.
Deinterlacing ¡V The video transmission in TV system is use interlacing, and this will has less flicker when screen is refreshed at twice the frame rate. But it will cause the bad video quality on the non-interlaced PC monitor. The Compro deinterlacing technology will fix the interlacing problem and give you a clear picture on your system.
Video Smoothing ¡V When setup in the higher resolution of video (ex. 640*480) the video will appear aliasing (or jaggies). Aliasing is the stair-step effect on the edges of objects and can be extremely distracting for the PC user. The video smoothing technology provides more smoothing and nice looking video.

Timeshifting

  • Watching and recording TV program
  • Only from Compro to have the Power up function . After to set recording function, it can power on and up by your PC.
  • FM radio function, it can scan all the station automatically.
  • ComproPVR software
  • IR Remote Control
  • Video editor software and Compro DVD software.

Picture Purifying Technology

For crystal-clear picture quality

The VideoMate VideoMate Live USB 2.0 raises the performance standard for TV tuner cards with its Picture Purifying Technology in hardware design, all-new Philips digital/analog TV tuner and ComproDTV software. With the enhanced tuner card design, multiple voltage regulators, and hardware digital video scaling. Compro now provides more vivid, less noise, and sharper picture quality that outperforms standard TV sets.

In Hardware:

Philips SAA7133/7134 video encoder with ADC chip and new board design to provide clear picture quality
Multiple Voltage Regulators ¡V For more stable voltage and reduce the noise (caused by heat). In addition, the regulator on board is far away from TV tuner, but near bracket, which can help to remove the heat.
Hardware Digital Video Scaling ¡V User-define aspect ratio and faster video scaling and less system resource needed.

In Software:

Noise Removal ¡V In some of poor quality TV cable and video sources, the video includes a lot of noise. The noise removal feature can helps to remove the noise from video source and give you a clearer video.
Deinterlacing ¡V The video transmission in TV system is use interlacing, and this will has less flicker when screen is refreshed at twice the frame rate. But it will cause the bad video quality on the non-interlaced PC monitor. The Compro deinterlacing technology will fix the interlacing problem and give you a clear picture on your system.
Video Smoothing ¡V When setup in the higher resolution of video (ex. 640*480) the video will appear aliasing (or jaggies). Aliasing is the stair-step effect on the edges of objects and can be extremely distracting for the PC user. The video smoothing technology provides more smoothing and nice looking video.

Timeshifting

                            

Besides Power Up Scheduling, people can also use timeshifting through ComproPVR. Timeshifting lets you control your TV viewing like never before. You can sit down to watch your favorite sporting event and pause the live action to help yourself to an ice cold beverage from the fridge and then return to your seat without missing a moment of the show. Timeshifting temporary saves the video for a user-defined amount time from now on in your hard disk. You can roll back to the time you left the seat.

FM radio

In addition, VideoMate TV Gold Plus also supports FM radio listening. As long as you connect FM antenna, which is bundled in the VideoMate TV Gold Plus package, to the FM connector on the bracket, you can enjoy several benefits from that: listen to the live FM radio program, and synchronized record programs.

With Compro VideoMate TV Gold Plus, you may consider throwing away your VCR and cassette player.

I/O Connectors

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

Video File Formats

Format

Screen Size
*NTSC version*

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

Specifications:

Video System

TV format NTSC, PAL, SECAM 1 (Products cannot support NTSC and PAL simultaneously)
Capture format NTSC-M, NTSC Japan, PAL-B/G, PAL-D/K, PAL-I, PAL-M, PAL-N, SECAM-L/L, SECAM-B/H, SECAM-B/G, SECAM-D/K, and more (each tuner may not support all capture formats)
Video ADCs*2 9-bit Video CMOS Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), digitalized DVBS or Y / C signals are available
Resolution (Screen size) 720x480(full D1), 640x480, 640x288, 640x240, 352x480 (Half D1), 352x288, 352x240 (SIF), 320x240, 240x180, 240x176, 176x144, 160x120
Video bit-rate 0.2M~10 bit /second
Video Compression ISO / IEC 13818-2 (MPEG-2)
ISO / IEC 11172-2 (MPEG-1)
Audio System
Stereo format North America (BTSC and SAP) 3
Japanese (EIAJ) 3
Europe (NICAM and A2/Dual-FM) 4
AM (mono) or FM (stereo) radio
Audio ADCs 16-bit audio ADCs support capture of audio signals
Sample rates 32KHz / 44.1KHz / 48KHz
Audio bit-rate 128k~384k bit/second
Audio compression ISO/IEC 11172-3 Layer 2 (The real time software compression)
I/O Connector
External TV input (F or PH type) 1
FM input (F or PH type) 1
S-Video input (Mini-DIN 4 pins, Black)
Composite input (RCA Jack, Yellow)
IR sensor input (Phone Jack, 2.5mm)
Audio input (Phone Jack, 3.5mm, Black)
Audio output (Phone Jack, 3.5mm, Green)
On Board Power switch signal input from case
Power-ON signal to motherboard
Audio output to sound card/motherboard
Power Requirement
+12V Average: 210mA
Maximum: 270mA
+5V Include 12V solution
Average: 375mA
Maximum: 400mA
Non-12V solution
Average: 645mA
Maximum: 670mA
+3.3V AUX Standby Mode: 3mA / Working Mode: 15mA
Power dissipation Include 12V solution
Average: 4.5W
Maximum: 5.3W
Non-12V solution
Average: 3.3 W
Maximum: 3.4 W
 
Note: 1 Base on different tuner type
2 ADCs is mean ¡§Analog-to-Digital Converters¡¨
3 If SAA7133 in used
4 If SAA7134 in used

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 2.2 slot
  • CD-ROM (for software installation)
  • MS Windows XP/2000/Me/98SE
  • Updated motherboard chipset drivers
  • ATX power supply for Power Up