Avermedia UltraTV Media Center PCI 500 - $49.99 after MIR. 550 for $59.99 after MIR. + shipping from J&R

[Engineer]

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500 model
500 rebate link.
500 product link from Avermedia

Built-in Hardware MPEG2 encoder to free up CPU usage
Fully resizable TV window (up to full screen)
Full band Air & Cable TV tuner
Supports Color adjustment
Closed Caption for NTSC
Parental Channel Lockout
16-Channel Preview
Album feature for still image capture - save to BMP, JPG, TIF, or PCX Format (up to 1600 x 1200)
Digitally record TV shows to MPEG2
Playback shows while continuing to record in real time
Basic and advanced video Editing modules
Record video directly to DVD media
Inputs - 75 Ohm Coaxial TV Antenna, Composite Video, S-Video, Audio, & Remote
Minimum System Requirements - Intel Pentium 800, 128MB of RAM, Windows 2000 or XP, open PCI slot, Sound card for Capture Audio application, PCI VGA card with DirectX 8.1 or higher, and a CD or DVD Burner

550 model
550 rebate
550 product page from Avermedia

Built-in Hardware MPEG2 encoder to free up CPU usage
Fully resizable TV window (up to full screen)
Full band Air & Cable TV tuner
Supports Color adjustment
Closed Caption for NTSC
Parental Channel Lockout
16-Channel Preview
Album feature for still image capture - save to BMP, JPG, TIF, or PCX Format (up to 1600 x 1200)
Digitally record TV shows to MPEG2
Playback shows while continuing to record in real time
Basic and advanced video Editing modules
Record video directly to DVD media
Schedule and record FM radio in WAV or MP3 formats
Auto-scan Radio Channels
Inputs - 75 Ohm Coaxial TV Antenna, Composite Video, S-Video, Audio, & Remote
Minimum System Requirements - Intel Pentium 800, 128MB of RAM, Windows 2000 or XP, open PCI slot, Sound card for Capture Audio application, PCI VGA card with DirectX 8.1 or higher, and a CD or DVD Burner

 

[ttown]

Does "full band" mean digital cable?

Any suggestions for a hdtv pvr card? preferably with fm

 

[Tsunami982]

does anyone know if this will work with mce2004?

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Tsunami982
does anyone know if this will work with mce2004?

(bump) ... that's the big question everyone's asking...

 

[BoKingWen]

550 model is OOS.

 

[mrwxyz]

Originally posted by: BoKingWen
550 model is OOS.

both r OOS now....i was actually looking to buy a good tuner around $50 too

 

[Chadder007]

Any reviews on these cards??

 

[RossMAN]

How does this compare to the uber favorite Hauppage PVR250?

 

[Bulldog13]

They work with mythtv ?

 

[manko]

I Googled it a bit a couldn't find any references of it working with most common PVR software. The few references that did mention it said that they don't yet support it.

 

[rhacquer]

Very tempting at that price--but yes, there is little user feedback,, good, bad or indifferent.