avermedia-related stories
Posted Jun 10th 2008 2:52PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Hardware
AVerMedia has been making TV tuner cards for Windows computers for ages, but the company has yet to release a product that's compatible with Mac software and hardware. Now
TG Daily reports that the company is preparing to enter the Apple peripheral market.
The upcoming USB TV tuner will be compatible with the Apple iRemote and comes bundled with software for playing and recording programs. It will support analog and DVB-T standards.
There's no word on how much the AVerMedia tuner wll cost, but it should be available during Q3 of 2008. It's likely that the company will try to keep the price low, since AVerMedia is known for making low-cost TV tuners for computers running Windows.
[via
Electronista]
Posted Apr 13th 2008 10:56AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
AVerMedia is adding ClearQAM support to more of its HDTV TV tuners. In February, the company launched the
Bravo Hybrid TV tuner, which is a PCIe card that can pick up ATSC, NTSC, and ClearQAM signals. Now AVerMedia is giving the same treatment to its USB stick style TV tuners with the
AverTV Hybrid Volar Max.
The Volar Max, which was first announced at CES in January is now available for $80. The tuner supports unencrypted HDTV signals in both Windows Vista Media Center and Windows XP Media Center edition.
Users can
download a utility from AVermedia that will let them scan for unencrypted ClearQAM channels. There's a chance you'll find a couple of encrypted channels during the scan, which you can manually remove from your program guide. For the most part, premium channels are encrypted while broadcast network channels are not.
Posted Feb 25th 2008 3:53PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
AVerMedia has launched a new PCI-Express HDTV tuner that can handle your usual ATSC, ClearQAM and NTSC television signals. In other words, you use the
AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E to watch standard definition television or unencrypted HDTV signals from an antenna or cable box.
Like most other TV tuners in its class, the Bravo Hybrid can encode your high definition and standard def TV streams as MPEG-2 video files. But the card can also encode videos using the H.264 codec, allowing you to compress your videos to save space in real-time without the need for a blazing fast computer processor. Not only will your H.264 videos take up less space on your PC, but they'll also be iPod-compatible.
The AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E is available now for about $80.
[via
Electronista]
Posted Oct 26th 2007 1:58PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware, Software
If you want to watch HDTV on a media center PC, you generally have two choices. You can get a CableCard tuner for handling encrypted high definition cable, or you can get an HDTV tuner that handles over the air and unencrypted (ClearQAM) cable signals.
AverMedia's
AverTV Combo PCIe x1 M780 tuner is one of the latter. But so far, it's only been able to pick up over the air signals, but no ClearQAM.
Now it looks like the folks at AverMedia have issued a driver update that
adds ClearQAM support for the tuner. The driver comes in x86 and x64 varieties, and works only with Windows Vista.
[via
Chris Lanier]
Posted Aug 1st 2007 8:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
AVerMedia has released another update to its line of TV tuners, with an HDTV/analog tuner for laptops. The AverTV Hybrid ExpressCard TV tuner is compatible with Windows XP, Windows XP MCE 2005, and Windows Vista.
The new card supports up to 1080i HD signals with 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.
You'll need a laptop with an ExpressCard interface to use the card. Otherwise, you might want to take at
AVerMedia's latest USB tuner, which is somewhat less portable.
The AverTV Hybrid ExpressCard will set you back about $130.
Posted Apr 10th 2007 12:15PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware
AVerMedia has released a new USB tuner that lets you record over-the-air HDTV or analog signals.
The
AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB is certified for Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and Windows Vista Premium.
The high definition tuner supports resolutions up to 1080i, with 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios. The box comes with an IR remote control, and an IRB blaster for controlling your set-top-box.
The Hybrid Ultra USB is available now for about $130.
Posted Mar 13th 2007 2:30PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire
AverMedia launched the latest member of its AverTV television tuner card line today. The
AverMedia AverTV Combo PCIe is a PCI Express card that can handle HD and analog recording duties.
It's got an ATSC/QAM tuner, and is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows XP MCE 2005, and Windows Vista.
The AverMedia AverTV Combo PCIe card includes a Media Center Remote control. The package should set you back about $120.
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