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Compro releases DVB-S tuner with video capture

by Steve Kerrison on 27 April 2006, 09:26

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Compro has combined DVB-S reception with analogue video and audio capture to create the VideoMate S350 - its latest PCI TV tuner card.

The card can receive digital satellite television using the DVB-S standard, supporting up to 1080i HDTV from broadcasts. Also included on the card are analogue inputs for composite video, S-video and L/R, to allow the capture and recording of A/V from analogue sources.

Recordings from analogue can be in MPEG-1, 2 or 4 compression formats. Satellite broadcasts support the usual viewing features, such as time-shift and channel surfing, along with power-up scheduled recording, where the computer can be auto-boot-up to make a scheduled recording.


Compro VideoMate S350



A BDA driver is used with Microsoft Windows, so if you prefer some other BDA-compatible program instead of Compro's offering, that should work with the S350, too.

For more details on the VideoMate S350, check out Compro's rather strangled press release and let us have your thoughts over in the HEXUS.community.

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Posted by Funkstar - Thu 27 Apr 2006 09:41
Any idea on pricing?

It does look quite restrictive though. No onboard CAM (Conditional Accesws Module) slot and going by the size of it (and lack of CAM) i'd guess it is a ‘budget’ as opposed to ‘fully featured’ card. THis would probably mean that it only accepts high level control commands, making it incompatible with MythTV at the moment, although work is being do to support these cards, specifically the TwinhanDTV Sat cards (http://www.twinhan.com/product_satellite.asp)

Would be good if the UK realised there is more to satelite TV than just Sky. Personally FreeSat and a Cannal+ subscription card would be great :)