Watch, record, pause and replay TV on your Windows Media Center Edition PC. Includes MC remote control.

• Watch, Pause and Record TV with the MyTV button on your Windows Media Center PC.
• Includes a Microsoft Media Center certified remote control and IR blaster.
• Use WinTV-PVR-150 MC as the second TV tuner in your Media Center PC. Record up to two TV shows at the same time.
• The WinTV-PVR-150 MC is ready for Vista!

WinTV-PVR-150 MC-Kit features

• Use the MyTV button in Windows Vista/XP Media Center to watch, pause and record TV on your PC! Use Media Center’s built-in TV scheduler to record your favorite TV shows to disk. And there’s no monthly charge for the scheduler!
• Live TV from WinTV-PVR-150 MC’s built-in analogue TV tuner, plus composite/S-Video and audio inputs to connect to a cable TV or satellite receiver box.
• Built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoder. Record TV or videos to disk using from 1-2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recorded video. While recording, the WinTV-PVR-150 MC’s hardware MPEG encoder does all the work, so your PC continues to run at full speed. With Nicam stereo decoder, for great TV sound.
• WinTV-PVR-150 MC-Kit includes the Media Center remote control transmitter and receiver. Manage all Media Center functions with the hand held remote control. The Media Center remote control also has an IR transmitter to control the channels on a cable TV set top box or satellite receiver.
• Windows Media Center supports up to two TV tuners, so you can watch one TV channel while recording another (or record two TV shows at once!) If your Windows Media Center PC already has one TV tuner, plug in the WinTV-PVR-150 MC as the second TV tuner!

With Microsoft Media Center and the WinTV-PVR-150 MC-Kit you can

• Watch TV with Media Center’s MyTV button. Use Media Center’s TV scheduler to automatically record your favorite TV shows.
• Record TV using WinTV-PVR-150 MC’s built-in MPEG-2 recorder. Make movies in DVD quality. You typically use 1-2 Gigabytes of hard disk per hour of recorded video.
• Pause TV, with instant replay, skip, fast forward and rewind.
• Use the included Media Center remote control to control all of the media functions, such as digital picture slide shows, music playlists, etc.
• Use Media Center’s IR transmitter to control the channels on your satellite or cable TV set top box.

WinTV-PVR-150 MC-Kit is the best way to add TV to your Windows Media Center Edition PC. If you have a Media Center PC without a built-in TV tuner, simply plug WinTV-PVR-150 MC into your PC, and you will be watching TV with Media Center’s MyTV button in no time!

If you already have a TV tuner in your Media Center PC, add the WinTV-PVR-150 MC as the second tuner, so you can watch one analogue TV channel while recording another. Or record two TV shows at once. WinTV-PVR-150 MC is the perfect upgrade for any Media Center PC!

WinTV-PVR-150 MC-Kit comes with a Microsoft certified MC remote control. Control all of Media Center’s functions with the included remote control. Play music, start a slide show, all from the comfort of your living room couch.

And if you have a cable TV or satellite box, the included Media Center IR transmitter can control the channel changing. So you can automatically schedule and record TV from cable TV or a satellite receiver.

Technically speaking: WinTV-PVR-150 MC contains a highly integrated MPEG-2 hardware encoder, plus a high quality integrated single chip video/audio digitizer. WinTV-PVR-150 MC can record to your PC’s hard disk full screen video (full D1) from TV or an external A/V source, at data rates from 2 Mbits to 8 Mbits/sec (Media Center supports 3 standard profiles). The encoded MPEG-2 program stream is sent over the PCI bus, where it is stored on the PCs hard disk. The video can also be played back to the PC screen while recording, so you can pause, rewind and fast forward live TV.

Notes

• To use the WinTV-PVR-150 MC-Kit for TV with the Windows XP Media Center application a Media Center certified DVD or MPEG-2 software decoder is required. If you are building a Media Center PC, refer Microsoft's web site for a list of Media Center certified DVD decoders.

System Requirements

• Minimum processor 733 MHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent.
• Microsoft Windows Vista (32 & 64bit) or XP (32bit only) with Service Pack 2.
• Graphics with 64 MB of memory (minimum).
• Sound card or on board sound.
• A free PCI slot.
• CD-ROM drive (for Software installation).

Included in the box

• WinTV-PVR-150 MC PCI bus card with an analogue TV tuner, FM stereo radio, hardware MPEG-2 encoder, Nicam stereo decoder, S-Video/composite and audio inputs.
• FM radio antenna.
• Microsoft Media Center certified Infra-red remote control and USB receiver.
• Software on CD-ROM.
• Quick Installation Guide.