Watch Digital Satellite TV on your desktop or laptop through USB 2.0 . Compro Technology, an innovative leading manufacturer and developer of PC multimedia products, comes up with a new DVB-S TV product - VideoMate S500 TV Box. Simply plugging it into the USB 2.0 port of your desktop or laptop and you can view and record free-to-air high quality DVB-S TV shows. VideoMate S500 supports high-speed satellite internet service, DiSEqC 1.2, Transport Stream and MPEG-2 digital TV recording to get the best experience in digital TV reception. VideoMate S500 TV Box is bundled of the powerful digital TV watch / record software, ComproDTV 2. It offers many stunning features such as digital satellite TV watching, channel surfing, timeshifting, single and multiple still frame capture, the custom channel order creating and S4(hibernation) / S3(standby) mode power up scheduled recording. It also features advanced PIP/POP function which provides users to watch live TV and playback video files at once. The convenient Video Desktop function sets up your live TV screen as wallpaper mode, and can customize the brightness, hue, saturation, contrast, sharpness, and TV audio in each TV channel.
In addition, VideoMate S500 TV Box also includes ComproDVD 2 for DVD watching, CD/MP3 listening, and Ulead PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE for digital media management. With VideoMate S500 TV Box, you can easily enjoy watching digital satellite TV whether you own a desktop or laptop.
VideoMate S500 TV Box Key Features
Convenient palm size USB 2.0 DVB-S TV tuner box with digital satellite TV tuner
Watch DVB-S digital satellite TV shows on your PC
Compro Power Up Scheduled Recording (S3/S4)
Convenient Remote Controlled Power Off
Supports high-speed satellite internet service (where available)
Supports DiSEqC 1.2
Supports SDTV and 1080i HDTV (where available)
Advanced PIP/POP features up to 5 windows watching
Video Desktop can set up the live TV screen as wallpaper
Customize Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness, and TV stereo in each TV channel
Digital TV supports MPEG-2 and Transport Stream recording
Capture analog video from S-Video or Composite
Analog video capture supports MPEG-1/2/4 formats recording
Timeshifting, channel surfing, and still frame capture
Supports audio and language selection in available channels
Supports EPG, subtitle and Teletext (where available, does not support MHEG-5 in UK)
Fully functional IR remote control for TV and DVD playback
Supports popular ProgDVB, MyTheatre, and DreamDVB 3rd party digital TV applications
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About Compro
Founded in 1988, Compro Technology develops and markets PC graphics and multimedia products. With highly motivated and experienced engineers, innovation is the main focus at Compro. We combine the latest hardware and software technologies to provide high quality products to the rapidly evolving PC market. Originally focused on OEM markets before 2003, Compro now supply multimedia products under the name of VideoMate. During 2008, Compro aims to bring more products based on MPEG-4 DTV, hybrid digital/analog, dual digital TV, dual digital and analog TV, PCIe, digital satellite, standalone TV box and enhanced user interface for the users.
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