New PCI Express TV Tuner Card from Compro

By James Tromans • July 4, 2008

Compro E900F PCI Express TV Tuner Card

We at DigitalBurn love the PC media center concept, and with any great media center, you need a great TV tuner. On the cards today is Compro’s E900F PCIe Dual DVB-T & Analog TV/FM Card, which is a bit of a mouthful to say the least. This card is a dual tuner, as the specification/feature list below highlights. As is customary with dual tuner cards, you can watch one channel while recording another directly to your hard drive. We likey-a-loty. Furthermore, the card will play ever-so-friendly with Vista Media Center due to the bespoke (and rather well-brought-up) software that is included with the card.

Here is a selected list of features that the card offers:

32- and 64-bit Vista compatible
Philips decoding chip, offering Mpeg-1, 2 and 4 support
Hardware noise reduction
Dual Digital and Analogue tuners
Can receive 1080i HD where available (e.g. UK: BBC HD Freeview)
Scheduled recording that can wake your PC from sleep mode
Picture in Picture - up to six windows
Timeshifting functionality
Video Desktop can setup the live TV screen as wallpaper

The card is available right now for around $200 and comes bundled with a Microsoft certified remote control for Windows Media Center of Vista Premium/Ultimate and ComproDTV 4.

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