• Features
  • Overview
  • System Requirements

For Windows XP Media Center Edition users:

  • Watch TV with the MyTV button on MCE.
  • Watch one TV show while recording another using WinTV-PVR-500's built-in dual hardware MPEG encoders.
  • Record two TV shows at once.

Watch, Dual TV tuners for Windows XP Media Center Edition:

  • Dual tuners for Media Center Edition. Two TV tuners plus dual MPEG encoders on one PCI board! Watch one TV channel while recording another.
  • Includes a built-in TV splitter, so you only need to make one connection to your television cable.
  • Inlcudes built-in FM radio receiver. Listen to FM radio with the MyRadio button on Media Center.
  • Back panel A/V set for connecting to a set top box or VCR.

WinTV-PVR-500 MCE brings TV watching with background recording to Windows XP Media Center Edition

  • Watch one channel while recording another with the WinTV-PVR-500 MCE and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. WinTV-PVR-500 MCE contains two complete TV tuners, each with their own hardware MPEG encoder!
  • Ever want to watch the ball game while your favorite late night TV show is on? Well, with WinTV-PVR-500 MCE, you don't have to chose which show to watch. Just set the Media Center Edition to record that late night TV show while you continue to watch the ball game, with full PVR capabilities. Pause live TV, replay and skip forward, all while your other TV show continues to be recorded to your PC's hard disk .


 

System Requirements

  • Processor requirements: Pentium® IV processor 1.2GHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback.
  • Windows®XP Media Center Edition 2005, WindowsXP Home or WindowsXP Professional.
    Note: when using the WinTV-PVR-500 MCE with WindowsXP, you need a third party TV application such as MythTV, SageTV or BeyondTV.
  • Free PCI slot.
  • Sound card.
  • VGA card (PCI or AGP) with Media Center 2005 certified driver.
  • DVD decoder certified for use with Media Center 2005.

Included in the box

  • Dual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners, each with a dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe).
  • Dual high quality MPEG2 video and audio encoders based on the Conexant -416 MPEG encoder.
  • One back panel composite/s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to cable or satellite set top boxes.
  • Two on-board A/V headers, to connect to two more A/V sources (A/V cable set not included).
  • One FM radio receiver.

Notes

  • The WinTV-PVR-500 MCE does not come with a remote control or a software DVD decoder. If you are building Media Center systems, please check with Microsoft for a list of MCE certified remote controls and DVD decoders.