Avermedia HDTV MCE A180 whitebox

AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 is a full height PCI ATSC HDTV card for free over-the-air digital TV and full quality free over-the-air HDTV reception. It allows OEM/System Integrator to add value to their Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 PC.

Enjoy free over-the-air Digital TV on your Media Center PC, watch, pause and record Digital TV programs, especially 1080i HDTV broadcast programs like NFL Football or the Oscar. AVerTVHD MCE A180 designs for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Operating System, it completes your Home Entertainment Center capabilities with High Definition TV viewing. Watch TV, or use the PVR and Time Shift features to Pause, Rewind and Replay Live HDTV so that you will never miss a moment of your favorite TV programs again.

Microsoft Windows¨ XP Media Center Edition 2005 Certified
Take full advantage of your Media Center Edition PC with AVerTVHD MCE A180. If is fully certified with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, watch free over-the-air Digital TV and take advantage of the PVR features on your Media Center PC.

Under Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, there are specific hardware and software requirements to enable the AVerTVHD MCE A180 as a separate Digital TV Tuner device for Media Center.

• A supported DirectX 9.0 compliant graphics adapter is preinstalled
• Users will need to have an analog TV tuner card (like UltraTV 1500 MCE, AVerTV PVR 150 or AVerMedia M150) preinstalled in the system in order to get AVerTVHD MCE A180 to work properly in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• The Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with HDTV Support (KB873369) is required prior to installing drivers for AVerTVHD MCE A180. More information is available from Microsoft
• A Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 certified MPEG-2 Decoder is required for proper operation of Media Center. Please refer to the Windows XP Media Center Edition Partners site for details on available DVD Decoder component suppliers

Record, Playback Digital TV Programs and Analog Video Capture
With the AVerTVHD MCE A180 and MCE 2005, you can now treat your PC just like a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Watch, record and save your favorite Digital TV programs in your Hard Disk for later viewing. It also allows Pause, Rewind, and Instant Reply Live Digital TV content. You can connect your analog VCR or Camcorder to the AVerTVHD MCE A180 in order to capture uncompressed video data to Windows¨ Movie Maker and other third parties software MPEGII encoder for video editing.

Digital TV Recording Scheduler
Pre-program your AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 to record a show days in advance. Or, you can choose to record on every Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. for a month at a time. With the TV Recording Scheduler you can watch your favorite TV Program whether you are sitting in front of your PC or not.

Digital TV Tuner Functions:

• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 software decodes Digital Transport Stream
• Watch TV and capture video on your PC
• Support free over-the-air ATSC signal 480p, 720p and 1080i (with wide screen support)
• Fully Resizable Digital TV Window (up to Full Screen)
• Signal strength bar indication
• Parental Channel Lockout
• S-Video and composite analog video and stereo audio input for uncompress video capture
• Video capture resolution up to 720 X 480 (NTSC)
• PCI Interface
• Fully certified with Microsoft¨ Windows¨ XP Media Center Edition

Personal Video Recorder Functions:

• Record and playback Digital TV contents
• Pause, Rewind and Instant Replay Live Digital TV