Bringing High Definition Television Programs To Your Media Center PC
AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 is a full height PCI ATSC HDTV card for free over-the-air
digital TV and full quality free over-the-air HDTV reception. It allows OEM/System
Integrator to add value to their Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 PC.
Enjoy free over-the-air Digital TV on your Media Center PC, watch, pause and
record Digital TV programs, especially 1080i HDTV broadcast programs like NFL
Football or the Oscar. AVerTVHD MCE A180 designs for Microsoft Windows®
XP Media Center Edition 2005 Operating System, it completes your Home Entertainment
Center capabilities with High Definition TV viewing. Watch TV, or use the PVR
and Time Shift features to Pause, Rewind and Replay Live HDTV so that you will
never miss a moment of your favorite TV programs again.
Microsoft Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Certified
Detailed Features
Specifications
Input Signal:
Input frequency range: 54MHz to 864 MHz
Channel bandwidth: 6MHz
Channels assignment: US standard
Input signal level:
-80dBm to -20dBm (8-VSB)
-15dBmv to +15dBmv (64 QAM)
-12dBmv to +15dBmv (256 QAM)
Input impedance: 75 ohms
Modulation modes: 8 VSB/64 QAM/256 QAM
Warranty: 1 year limited parts & labor
Compliance: FCC Class B, CE
Features
Watch TV and capture video on your PC
Support free over-the-air ATSC signal 480p, 720p and 1080i (with wide
screen support)
Fully Resizable Digital TV Window (up to Full Screen)
Signal strength bar indication
Parental Channel Lockout
S-Video and composite analog video and stereo audio input for uncompress
video capture
Video capture resolution up to 720 X 480 (NTSC)
PCI Interface
Fully certified with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition
Personal Video Recorder Functions
Record and playback Digital TV contents
Pause, Rewind and Instant Replay Live Digital TV
Analog Video Capture Functions
Capture analog video on your PC with Windows® Movie Maker
Capture from Composite or S-Video source
Audio thru RCA connectors input
Minimum System Requirements
CPU: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz, 256 RAM or higher
Operating System: Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Interface: One free PCI slot
Pre-installed MCE 2005 Certified Analog TV Tuner Card
Sound Card
PCI AGP VGA Card with 64 MB memory, DirectX 9.0 or higher
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
4.6
Customer Reviews:
5
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Value
4.6
Features
4.6
Quality
4.6
Performance
4.6
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Reviewer:
terrybill on
Apr 05, 2007 Customer Rating:
4.0
Value
4.0
Features
4.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
4.0
Good, honest, quick support communications. AverTV Software doesn't work with VISTA (yet, hopefully soon?) but card does work under VISTA Media Center. The AverTV software found more channels than MCE and appears to be more intuitive but since it became non-responsive when opened I could never tell for sure. AverTV suggested running from MCE and sure enough, beautiful HDTV. Getting by with that for now and hoping AverTV comes through with a working VISTA front end. I'm betting it would be all fives.
Reviewer:
James on
Jun 02, 2006 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Unlike some others who purchased this card, I have no complaints about it. I have built about 5 systems so I have a little bit of experience with hardware and this was by far one of the easiest pieces of hardware to install. All you do is download the drivers from their website and then point Windows in that direction and it installs it automatically. I have Windows Media Center 2005 and an All in Wonder 9800 Pro for my analog tuner as well as an HDTV Wonder for my primary HD tuner. This is my secondary HD tuner and I wish I would have bought two of these rather than wasting the extra money on the HDTV Wonder. By the way, I have one of the small antennas hooked up to this and I put it in the attic and then hooked up a signal amplifier. It's about $30 and will really boost the signal. I even have the antenna signal split 5 ways and it still gives me 90% signal on all connections. Also, the image quality on this tuner is just as good as the HDTV Wonder. They both look excellent!
Reviewer:
HonestGuy on
May 26, 2006 Customer Rating:
4.0
Value
4.0
Features
4.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
4.0
Lots of variables in ''image quality'' with a homemade system. I get over the air HD with a directional antenna and it is great. 1080i on my 57 inch screen through a component connection. The card does great, and 80 bucks is cheap for HD. Windows Media Center works flawlessly with it. I run this card and a Hauppage 150 MCE for the analog signal and they work great together. I don't give things 5 stars unless they exceed my expectations. This card met all my expectations with flying colors.
Reviewer:
Chris on
Apr 29, 2006 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
I now have 3 of these in my homemade Windows MCE machine, and am extremely happy with the card. I started with 2, and found a hack to be able to allow more than 2, since adding the 3rd, I intend to get at least one more! These cards are perfect for a homemade MCE machine, as they are reasonably priced and work very well.
Reviewer:
thechefxxxv on
Dec 21, 2005 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Excellent. it does exactly as it says it does with ease.
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AVerMedia Limited Warranty:
12 months parts;
12 months labor
Mfg Part No:
MTVHDA18 UPC No:
795522959959 Box Size:
( Length:
10, Width:
8, Depth:
2 )
Shipping Weight:
.5000 pound(s)
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
A46-4070
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