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Compro Unveils VideoMate U2700 USB2.0 Hybrid DVB-T And Analog TV Box

GlacialPower And GlacialTech Launch Intelligent PSU

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Compro Unveils VideoMate U2700 USB2.0 Hybrid DVB-T And Analog TV Box

Compro Technology today presented VideoMate U2700, a hybrid USB 2.0 DVB-T and analog TV tuner box, which brings digital terrestrial TV and universal analog TV broadcasts to your desktop or laptop PC.

Accompanied by Compro's Picture Purifying Technology, VideoMate U2700 provides clear 1080i HDTV picture of free-to-air digital terrestrial and worldwide analog TV services directly to your PC without opening the system case for installation.

With Compro's ComproDTV 3 software, you can watch digital/ analog TV shows, set flexible and S3/S4 mode power up scheduled recording, play recorded files, timeshift live TV, channel surf, capture still frames, and record TV programs straight to DVD for more convenience and to save time. It also supports Transport Stream recording and playing back in digital TV, and lets you record all the programs in the same stream, then you can watch each of them when you are free. You can also customize the order of channels and set my favorite channel list for more easy use. Video Desktop to setup the live TV screen in wallpaper mode can let you use other applications simultaneously. For better TV watching and recording quality, it allows you to customize color settings, TV system and TV stereo selection in each TV channel; and the all-new Picture in/out Picture not only allows you to watch live TV and playback a video file at the same time, but also lets you open up to 1 main and 3 sub live digital channel windows at once.

In addition, VideoMate U2700 comes packaged with ComproDVD 2, Ulead PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE and Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4 SE for watching DVD, managing multimedia files and authoring DVD.

Key features:

  • Hybrid digital terrestrial or worldwide analog TV (NTSC/SECAM/PAL) reception
  • Support SDTV and 1080i HDTV (where available)
  • Watch TV on laptop or desktop PC with USB 2.0 connection
  • USB bus powered, no external power adapter required
  • Timeshift to pause and instant replay live TV
  • Advanced PIP/POP feature allows to watch up to 5 digital channel windows including one playback recorded video file simultaneously (powerful CPU at least 3.0 GHz)
  • Video Desktop to setup the live TV screen as wallpaper
  • Customize Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness, and TV/audio format in each TV channel
  • Customize channel order and my favorite list
  • Autoscan in UHF/VHF band (6,7,8 MHz channels)
  • Digital TV Support EPG, subtitle, Teletext (does not support MHEG-5 UK Digital Teletext Service) and Closed Caption (where available)
  • Analog TV support Closed Caption (where available)
  • Single/Multiple still frame captures and remote snapshot
  • Straight-to-Disc recording in digital/analog TV for more convenience and to save time
  • Support MPEG-1/2/4 in analog TV and video capture
  • Split recording file size for different media in analog TV
  • Pause while recording to skip commercials in analog TV
  • Capture analog video from Composite or S-Video
  • High-quality MPEG-2 formats digital TV recording
  • Support Transport Stream recording and playback in digital TV
  • Fully functional IR remote for TV and DVD playback
  • Convenient Remote Controlled Power Off
  • Support digital radio reception (not DAB type)
  • Certified For Windows Vista System

Source: Compro Technology

GlacialPower And GlacialTech Launch Intelligent PSU

GlacialPower and GlacialTech announced their first intelligent passive PFC PSU designed in compliance with ATX12V V2.2 to support the latest Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Athlon 64 X2 PC systems.

Limited to the size of standard ATX PSU housing (150 x 140 x 86 mm), the PSU delivers output power up to 550W. GP-PS550BP obtained the Nemko Certificate, which proves it is applicable at 50°C environment temperature.

Features:

  • Designed with forward topology
  • Dual +12V rails
  • High +5Vsb capability (15 W) to support more USB devices
  • Full protection features of SCP, OVP, OCP, OPP, OTP
  • Low power consumption on standby mode
  • Complete fan switch off (0 dBA) with low load
  • Fan delay shut down to extend electronic component lifetime
  • Intelligent fan speed control

Source: GlacialPower

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