Micropac TV Tuner/Capture/FM Radio PCI Express Card
by MICROPAC TECHNOLOGIES
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Manufacturer: MICROPAC TECHNOLOGIESBrand: MICROPAC TECHNOLOGIES
Edition: Electronics
Model: SBT-TVFM
Publisher: MICROPAC TECHNOLOGIES
Studio: MICROPAC TECHNOLOGIES
Music Label: MICROPAC TECHNOLOGIES
Product features:
- Easy install and User-friendly software
- Watch TV on your PC without any delay
- Phillips SAA7130 Chipset
- OSD: On Screen Display
- Favorite channel list
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Customer Review: Really, really, really not worth the time and hassle.
Summary: 1 Stars
Where to even begin... This card is an exercise in frustration and futility. First, notice how in the picture the top port on the card for the FM antenna is a recessed RCA connector? Yeah, on the hardware revision that I got it's a F connector like the one below for the TV in. Not a big deal you might think; and it wouldn't be if it didn't stick out so far. As it is I had to remove the bracket from the card to get it in the case, and even then fight with it for a few hours. Now it's in and I don't think it's coming back out with anything short of a hacksaw. Then there's the main reason that I bought this card, to make a Media Center PC around Boxee/MythTV and/or XP MCE. I figured that it was too good to pass up; a card with a remote for about the same price as a MCE remote alone. But no, turns out that the Phillips chipset that this card uses is the TV tuner equivalent to a WinModem- everything's done in software. So it's only compatible with it's own software, not compatible with MythTV or with Windows Media Center Edition. Well OK, I though to myself, I just really needed the remote, the tuner was a nice add on but not strictly necessary for my purposes. And of course the remote was DOA. I was able to pry the remote open and bend the power contacts so that they were actually touching the batteries and get the remote to work, only to find out that the remote is not MCE compatible, so even having gotten it working it's still useless. The remote is handled by it's own program as well, so there's no ability to set macros or assign keymaps to the remote buttons. I guess if you just want basic TV tuner functionality and don't care about all the glitches, problems and hassles, it's fine. However for my purposes I have a useless card in my Media Center computer and I can't even remove.
Description of Micropac TV Tuner/Capture/FM Radio PCI Express Card
Capture video from your digital camcorder watch TV and listen to FM radio all from your PC with the Sabrent PCI capture card! Easily connect a DVD player VCR or a game console to your PC with the S-Video and composite A/V jack. Sabrent PC to TV can also record now you can watch TV on your monitor and record your favorite show at the same time!Primary InformationInput Device Type : TV Tuner / Video Capture / FM Radio PCI Card Form Factor : Plug-in card Interface Type : S-video input; Composite video input UNSPSC CodeUNSPSC Code : 43212000Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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