Full-featured Hybrid TV-/FM PCI Card with Video Capture

PCTV HD Card brings SD and HD TV with full personal video recorder (PVR) functionality to your desktop PC – with no desktop clutter. Watch, timeshift and even automatically record all of your favorite HD and SD TV shows with no service fees.

Enjoy live HD or SD TV and radio on your desktop PC

Watch SD and free HD TV on your PC
No service or subscription fees
Analog TV, Digital TV and FM radio in stereo
Capture video from your camcorder

Product Overview

PCTV HD Card brings SD and free HD TV to your PC with no desktop clutter. It is a HD Card that brings the sharpness of HDTV via the new ATSC standard to your PC.

ATSC is the new digital TV standard, and it comes over-the-air and for free in high or standard definition. There are absolutely no required subscription fees.
Watch, time shift and even automatically record all of your favorite HD and SD TV shows. It fully supports both analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC) TV signals; the tuner hardware is also ready for ClearQAM (unencrypted digital cable).

Thanks to the included TVCenter software, record programs on your hard drive without any quality loss or even direct-to-DVD. Pause, rewind and fast-forward live TV with time shifting. Capture SD video from a camcorder or set-top box using the included adapter cable.

There’s never been an easier way to turn a desktop PC into a HD TV with fully functional personal video recorder (PVR).

Key Features

Watch SD and free HD TV¹ on your PC - no service fees
Includes remote control and FM radio antenna
New: supports both digital over-the-air (ATSC1) and unencrypted digital cable (ClearQAM²) HDTV
Stereo sound for both digital and analog TV
Stereo FM radio reception
Automatically record shows to your hard drive in the destination file format of choice³ or even direct-to-DVD
Capture from your cable/satellite set-top box or camcorder with the included A/V adapter cable
Electronic Programming Guide⁴
Turns your PC into a Personal video recorder (PVR) with TimeShifting: pause, rewind TV
Bonus: VideoSpin video editing software
Fully compatible with Windows® Media Center⁵ (Windows Vista™ and XP MCE; remote kit sold separately)

Technical Specifications

TV Standards

ATSC (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV)
NTSC (cable, over the air)
ClearQAM (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV)

Inputs

TV antenna input (F-connector/Coaxial)
FM antenna input
S-Video, Composite Video (RCA), Stereo Audio (2 x RCA)

Recording Formats

MPEG-2

System Requirements

Windows Vista™ (32-bit) or Windows® XP with latest service pack
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)
DVD player or burner
Internet connection for registration/activation
High-gain indoor or rooftop aerial and/or connection to an existing cable TV jack (coaxial cable)

Package contents

PCI TV tuner card for for ATSC, ClearQAM, 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 TVCenter software

Product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

¹ ATSC, the new digital broadcast standard, is now available in many areas of the United States. ATSC reception is dependent on many factors. The provided antenna will allow reception in areas where there is a good ATSC signal. In regions or rooms where the signal is not strong, an amplified rooftop antenna will be required. It is generally not possible to receive an ATSC signal while en route (e.g. in a car or train). Please consult with your local reseller or go to www.antennaweb.org for more information on areas covered and optimizing your reception.
²Unencrypted digital TV (ClearQAM) can be received with a standard cable TV connection at no additional fees. The reception of encrypted digital premium channels is not supported.
³For some of the codecs, a free online activation may be required.
⁴ Internet connection required.
⁵For analog TV, digital over-the-air (ATSC) TV and FM radio.