Pinnacle PCTV 310i @ Antrix Tech Zone, Mumbai

Internal Analogue/Digital Terrestrial TV Tuner with MediaCenter Software


PCTV 310i PCI Card	Music Playback	Slide Shows	Live TV

:: Features ::

DVB-T and Analogue combo
Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 310i supports both analogue and DVB-T reception. Use this TV tuner board now for analogue stereo TV. By the time DVB-T is available in your region, you just switch to digital in Pinnacle MediaCenter. You will enjoy numerous free Digital TV programs in perfect picture and stereo sound quality.

Watch and record television
Pinnacle PCTV 310i combines a high quality TV viewing experience with advanced personal video recording (PVR) features. Advanced PVR features include: Timeshifting, remote-controlled Electronic Program Guide (EPG), one-touch or programmable TV and radio recording. You can burn recorded programs to CD or DVD, or burn directly to DVD without recording on the hard drive.

Easy-to-use, all-around media management solution
Pinnacle PCTV 310i 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.

Turn your PC into a Media Center
PCTV 310i turns an ordinary PC 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 310i is a complete, premium solution for turning your PC into a TV, PVR and entertainment center. PCTV 310i comes with software, a PCI TV tuner card 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.

Future ready! Offers reception of analogue TV via antenna, analogue cable TV or digital terrestrial TV (DVB-T) all in one product.
Use Timeshifting to control the TV viewing experience: pause, start late, skip commercials
Listen to, record and timeshift FM or digital radio. Also includes Internet radio support. (Digital radio not available in all regions)
Unique! Burn recorded programs directly to disc with Direct-to-DVD.
Use remote to get channel information from integrated EPG.
Unique! Teletext is database driven providing faster access to pages/subpages of all channels.
Unique! Includes Pinnacle MediaManager. Ideal for organizing your media files.
Complete remote-controlled Pinnacle MediaCenter application.
CD and DVD playback.
Integrated CD and DVD burning.
Studio QuickStart for video editing and commerical removal.

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:: Specifications ::

Supported File Formats

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

Digital TV Capture: Captures MPEG-2 native quality to hard disk or DVD (on-the-fly).

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

Video: 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 310i is equipped with a premium quality DVB-T and PAL/SECAM/NTSC tuner with full hyperband CableTV and FM radio support.

Stereo Audio Support: NICAM, CCIR Dual FM Carrier, BTSC Stereo
PMC IR remote transmitter incl. batteries
IR receiver (connects to PCTV 110i board's 2.5mm socket)
Audio cable for connection to a soundboard (PCI audio streaming is also supported)
Adaptor to RCA composite video

PCTV 310i has the following approvals

FCC and CE
Microsoft WHQL certification for Windows XP

Inputs and Outputs

Video Inputs: S-video (Hosiden-socket), Composite video (RCA socket via adaptor)
Audio Outputs: Internal 4 pin header 2.5 mm (to sound board; PCI audio streaming is also supported)
TV signal: IEC connector (PAL/SECAM)
FM radio IEC connector

System Requirements

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

Minimum System Requirements:
Intel® Pentium® 4 1.80 GHz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® XP (In DVB-T mode only a Intel® Pentium® 3 1.0 GHz is necessary).
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
One PCI 2.3 compatible slot
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Mouse

Recommended system:
Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® 64
512 MB of RAM
UDMA hard drive with 20GB or more disk space
DirectX 9 (or higher) compatible graphic card and soundcard
DVD-Recorder
One PCI 2.3 compatible slot
Mouse