New MCE PCMCIA TV Tuner

AverMedia Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology announced today the release of the AVerTV Cardbus MCE, a MCE 2005 certified PCMCIA Digital TV tuner. This highly portable TV tuner allows users to take full advantage their MCE 2005 laptop's TV and video capability without the need to install internal tuner cards.

Featuring hardware MPEG2 compression, the AVerTV Cardbus MCE allows users to easily watch, pause, rewind, playback and record live TV through their MCE 2005 operating system on their laptop. The unit simply inserts into a laptop PCMCIA slot and connects to either a coaxial cable or free air antenna. Users can also take advantage of the MCE 2005 recording scheduler to pre-set recording of their favorite shows. Furthermore, the AVerTV Cardbus MCE features image and video capture capability as well as the standard MCE 2005 closed caption and parental control capabilities.

"Between the first XP Certified AVerTV Cardbus and this latest MCE 2005 Certified TV tuner, users have a high-quality choice compatible for both operating systems developed specifically for laptops," says Dominic Wong, Technical Marketing Manager for AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. "With the current increase of US MCE 2005 laptops shipped without a TV tuner, the AVerTV Cardbus MCE allows users to take full advantage on their MCE 2005 laptop capabilities."