HD RECEIVER

At Computex Taipei 2008, the Taipei International Information Technology Show which will take place between June 3-7, Compro will showcase its VideoMate Vista U2800F Hybrid D/A Stick. This is a USB 2.0 interface hybrid DVB-T and analog TV/FM reception tuner stick with 1080i HDTV quality digital TV and universal analog TV watching/recording and FM radio support for your notebook or desktop computer.


If you have Windows Vista Premium or Ultimate installed on your laptop, the VideoMate Vista U2800F Hybrid D/A Stick with bundled Microsoft certified remote control for Windows Media Center, USB IR receiver, and Microsoft certified MPEG-2 encoder support DVB-T or universal analog TV watch/record in Vista Media Center.


The Picture Purifying Technology offers clear images on your computer with no need to open the system case for installation and you’d be able to benefit from a cool home entertainment center for digital/analog TV viewing, analog video/audio capturing, FM radio, and personal digital video recording.


In addition the VideoMate Vista U2800F Hybrid D/A Stick comes with the ComproDTV 4 software to help you with watching digital or analog TV shows, play the recorded files, timeshift live TV, channel surf, capture still frames, and S3 (standby)/ S4 (hibernation) mode power up scheduled recording for digital/analog TV.


Transport Stream is for recordings and playback of TV programmes while Video Desktop lets you setup the live TV screen in wallpaper mode to continue multi tasking.

Using Picture in/out Picture you can watch TV or playback videos in the same time having 1 main live channel and 3 sub-main channels opened.


More than that, the Vista Gadget shows live TV in your sidebar, check schedule and playback list, and the functionalities don’t end here.


Other features include worldwide analog TV reception, support for multiple Compro TV card/box devices to install/watch/record stuff in the same time, SDTV support, USB bus powered, straight-to-Disc recording to VCD and DVD discs, customization (Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness, and TV/audio format in each TV channel), channel order customization, Teletext, remote snapshot, and analog video capture from Composite or S-Video.


The specification list says the device measures 9.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm, having a frequency range of 48.25 - 863.25 MHz; 6, 7, or 8 MHz bandwidth, and up to 720*480 resolution.