Compro VideoMate S300 is a digital satellite TV tuner card for watching and recording free-to-air high quality DVB-S TV shows on your PC. VideoMate S300 accompanied by Compro’s Picture Purifying Technology, Philips 9-bit ADC chip, with advanced silicon tuner to provide superior HDTV video quality. It brings a world of enhanced TV services directly to your PC, turning your computer into a home entertainment center by bringing digital TV viewing and digital video recording capabilities to your PC.
More than these, VideoMate S300 supports DiSEqC V1.2, Transport Stream and MPEG-2 digital TV record/playback to get the best experience in DVB-S TV reception, moreover, S300 support 3rd party satellite TV PVR software as well. In addition, VideoMate S300 provides many useful and unique features in software: timeshifting, channel surfing, still frame capture, digital EPG, subtitle and Teletext, advanced picture in/out picture to watch live TV/playback video files at the same time and support up to 4 digital channel windows watch, customize channel order and my favorite channel list for more easy-to-use, Video Desktop to setup your live TV screen as wallpaper mode, customize brightness, hue, saturation, contrast, and TV audio in each TV channel. VideoMate S300 is also a video capture card that can capture analog video from S-Video or Composite for MPEG-1/2/4 formats recording.
Complete with the remote control and bundled with Compro’s exclusive ComproDTV 2, ComproDVD 2 and Ulead PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE software, VideoMate S300 gives users a complete and convenient control solution for easy DVB-S viewing and recording. By completely integrated the excellent hardware and software supports, and rich package, Compro unleashes the convenience of video technology to enjoy your life, and brings you the continuous innovation in high video quality experience. VideoMate S300 turns your desktop into a digital entertainment center and brings a world of enhanced TV services directly to your PC and definitely your best choice.
Key Features
- Silicon digital satellite TV tuner with Philips 9-bit ADC
- Watch DVB-S digital satellite TV shows on your PC
- Supports DiSEqC Version 1.2
- Supports SDTV and 1080i HDTV (where available)
- Advanced PIP/POP features up to 4 sub channels watching
- Video Desktop to setup the live TV screen as wallpaper
- Customize Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, and audio selection in each TV channel
- Digital TV supports MPEG-2 and Transport Stream recording
- Capture analog video from S-Video and Composite
- Analog video capture supports MPEG-1/2/4 formats recording
- Analog video capture supports pause while recording and automatic spilt file size
- Timeshifting, channel surfing, and still frame capture
- Supports audio and language selection in available channels
- Supports EPG, subtitle and Teletext (where available)
- Fully functional IR remote control for TV and DVD playback
- Microsoft BDA driver
Features
DVB-S TV Watching and Recording
VideoMate S300 provides SDTV and up to 1080i HDTV digital TV watching, DiSEqC 1.2, Transport Stream and MPEG-2 digital TV recording to get the best DVB-S TV experience. Also, VideoMate S300 provide many useful features in software: Picture in/out Picture to watch live TV/playback video files at the same time and support up to 4 windows open; customize channel order and my favorite channel list for more easy-to-use; Video Desktop to setup your live TV screen as wallpaper mode, customize brightness, hue, saturation, contrast, and TV audio in each TV channel. All these features will turn your PC into the powerful DVB-S watching and recording station to enrich your life.
Advanced PIP/POP Feature for 4 channels watching
Usually, digital TV station broadcasts multiple programs on one frequency. Therefore, ComproDTV supports up to 4 windows watching additional TV program of same frequency on another window if available. Main window has all features while sub window has limited functions only. Double-click on the sub window can switch the TV program to the main window.
ComproDTV also provides the PIP features to put sub window(s) into main window which is convenient for you to watch multiple programs on full screen mode.
Note
- Running additional windows consumes more CPU usage. If CPU usage reaches 100%, then video lag will occur. Please reduce the number of windows.
- When main window changes the channel to another frequency, sub window(s) will move to available programs of another frequency. The sub window will show black if there is no additional program on this frequency.
Video Desktop for more convenience
ComproDTV provides the new feature of Video Desktop, you can click right mouse button on the TV screen to open the dialog box and choose the Video Desktop mode. And you can set your TV watching screen as the live wallpaper; it’s more convenient to watch TV and using other application on your Windows’ desktop. It also supports PIP feature to watch TV and playback recorded video file at the same time.
The Video Desktop feature also support Picture in Picture feature, and you still can do “Stop”, “Pause”, “Forward”, “Backward”, “Mute”, “Snapshot”, “Windows Alignment” and “Channel Up/Down” on the sub window.
Straight-to-Disc video recording
VideoMate P300 provide the convenient Straight-to-Disc video recording to direct record the TV shows on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs. It can save your hard disk space and editing time.
Supports analog Video/Audio capture with MPEG-1/2/4 formats
VideoMate S300 provide S-Video/composite video and stereo audio capture feature. User can easy connect with camcorder, VCR, VCD or DVD players to transfer video files into digital formats in anytime, anywhere to create your own VCD, DVDs The S300 also supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 recording and 3rd party MPEG-4 codec plug-in. User can download and install the MPEG-4 codec from internet, then record video with MPEG-4 stream format. It can save more disk space and easy to share to your friends.
Hardware Timeshifting
Besides the scheduled recording, people can also use timeshifting through ComproDTV 2. Timeshifting lets you control your TV viewing like never before. You can sit down to watch your favorite sporting event and pause the live action to help yourself to an ice cold beverage from the fridge and then return to your seat without missing a moment of the show. Timeshifting temporary saves the video for a user-defined amount time from now on in your hard disk. You can roll back to the time you left the seat.
Picture Purifying Technology
The VideoMate S300 build-in the advanced high-quality silicon tuner and Philips 9-bits ADC chip to provides high quality digital TV watching.
