Pinnacle PCTV 100e @ Antrix Tech Zone, Mumbai

External Analog TV Tuner with MediaCenter Software


PCTV 100e TV tuner/PVR	Music Playback	Slide Shows	Live TV

:: Features ::

Watch and record television
Pinnacle PCTV 100e combines a high quality TV viewing experience with advanced personal video recording (PVR) features. Advanced PVR features include: web-based Electronic Program Guide (EPG) support, one-touch or programmable TV recording. You can burn recorded programs to CD or DVD, or burn directly to DVD without recording on the hard drive. Use our Timeshifting technology to control live TV … pause the show you’re watching and resume viewing later, exactly where you left off.

Easy-to-use, all-around media management solution
Pinnacle PCTV 100e also includes Pinnacle MediaManager to help you find, view, and organise the potentially thousands of music files, digital photos and videos collected on your hard drive. With this software, you can create photo slide shows complete with transitions, titles and background music. Create unlimited music playlists or import playlists you’ve already created. The Pinnacle MediaManager is the only media manager or jukebox application on the market today that equally supports music, photo, and video files. As well as the only one that integrates features such as CD burning and “watched” folders.

Turn your PC into a Media Center
PCTV 100e turns an ordinary PC or laptop into a digital entertainment system – which means that you can access all your music, photos, and videos using a remote control. It’s like having a music jukebox, DVD player, PVR, photo slideshow projector all built into your PC.

Everything you need
Pinnacle PCTV 100e is a complete, premium solution for turning your PC into a TV, PVR and entertainment center. 100e comes with software, an external TV tuner and a remote control. The product includes a software MPEG-2 encoder, which offers full quality video capture. The components were designed and tested to offer a well-tuned, compatible product combination – for an enjoyable experience.

Take it on the road with you
Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 100e is small, light and ultra portable. Its ideal for taking with you for watching and recording TV shows when on vacation or travelling for business. Powered by the USB 2.0 port on the PC, no extra power cable is necessary.

Watch and record analogue TV on your PC
Use Timeshifting to control the TV viewing experience.
Bus-powered with no need for an external power cord.
Unique! Burn recorded programs directly to disc with Direct-to-DVD.
Unique! Includes Pinnacle MediaManager. Ideal for organizing your media files.
Complete remote-controlled Pinnacle MediaCenter application.
Listen to Internet radio stations from around the world
Web-based EPG support.
CD and DVD playback.
Integrated CD and DVD burning.
Studio QuickStart for video editing and commercial removal.

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:: Specifications ::

Supported File Formats

TV Capture: capture analogue TV to hard disc with MPEG-1/2 RT compression with 4 quality level presets for VCD, SVCD, DVD-long play, and DVD

Music Playback: MP3, MPEG-1 layer 2 (MPA), PCM WAV, WMA

Video Playback: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-2(.vob files), WMV9 (For DivX or XVid decoders must be pre-installed)

DVD Playback: DVD, SVCD, VCD, VR +, VR – Images: JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF CD

Burning: Audio CD, MP3 CD and DVD (files must be in MP3 format for burning), VCD, S-VCD and DVD support

Hardware

PCTV 100e is equipped with a premium quality PAL/SECAM tuner with full hyperband CableTV support.
PMC IR remote transmitter incl. batteries
IR receiver integrated into hardware
USB cable

PCTV 100e has the following approvals

FCC and CE
Microsoft WHQL certification for Windows XP
USB.org “Hi-Speed” (USB 2.0)

Inputs and Outputs

USB 2.0 only
Video Inputs: S-video (Hosiden-socket), Composite video (RCA socket)
Audio Inputs: Stereo audio input (line-in) 3.5 mm headphone plug
TV signal: IEC connector (PAL/SECAM)

System Requirements

Operating system:

Windows XP (Home, Professional or MediaCenter Edition 2005) with latest service pack

Minimum System Requirements:

Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz, Intel® Pentium® Mobile 1.5 Ghz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® XP
256 MB of RAM
U-DMA IDE hard disk (min 5GB free capacity)
Graphics controller with support for DirectX8 or higher
Sound controller with support for DirectX9 or higher
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
1 USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) port
Mouse

Recommended system:

Intel® Pentium® 4 2.5 GHz, Intel® Pentium® Mobile 1.5 Ghz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® 64
512MB RAM
UDMA hard drive with 20GB or more disk space
DirectX 9 (or higher) compatible graphic card and soundcard
DVD-Recorder
1 USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) port
Mouse