Avermedia HDTV MCE A180 whitebox MTVHDA18

by AVerMedia

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00094OWEM
• Item model number: MTVHDA18
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,909 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #9 in Electronics > Car Electronics > Car Video > TV Tuners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 4, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 is a full height PCI ATSC HDTV card for free over-the-air digital TV and full quality free over-the-air HDTV reception. It allows OEM/System Integrator to add value to their Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 PC.

Enjoy free over-the-air Digital TV on your Media Center PC, watch, pause and record Digital TV programs, especially 1080i HDTV broadcast programs like NFL Football or the Oscar. AVerTVHD MCE A180 designs for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Operating System, it completes your Home Entertainment Center capabilities with High Definition TV viewing. Watch TV, or use the PVR and Time Shift features to Pause, Rewind and Replay Live HDTV so that you will never miss a moment of your favorite TV programs again.

Microsoft Windows¨ XP Media Center Edition 2005 Certified
Take full advantage of your Media Center Edition PC with AVerTVHD MCE A180. If is fully certified with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, watch free over-the-air Digital TV and take advantage of the PVR features on your Media Center PC.

Under Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, there are specific hardware and software requirements to enable the AVerTVHD MCE A180 as a separate Digital TV Tuner device for Media Center.

• A supported DirectX 9.0 compliant graphics adapter is preinstalled
• Users will need to have an analog TV tuner card (like UltraTV 1500 MCE, AVerTV PVR 150 or AVerMedia M150) preinstalled in the system in order to get AVerTVHD MCE A180 to work properly in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• The Update Rollup 1 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with HDTV Support (KB873369) is required prior to installing drivers for AVerTVHD MCE A180. More information is available from Microsoft
• A Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 certified MPEG-2 Decoder is required for proper operation of Media Center. Please refer to the Windows XP Media Center Edition Partners site for details on available DVD Decoder component suppliers

Record, Playback Digital TV Programs and Analog Video Capture
With the AVerTVHD MCE A180 and MCE 2005, you can now treat your PC just like a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Watch, record and save your favorite Digital TV programs in your Hard Disk for later viewing. It also allows Pause, Rewind, and Instant Reply Live Digital TV content. You can connect your analog VCR or Camcorder to the AVerTVHD MCE A180 in order to capture uncompressed video data to Windows¨ Movie Maker and other third parties software MPEGII encoder for video editing.

Digital TV Recording Scheduler
Pre-program your AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 to record a show days in advance. Or, you can choose to record on every Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. for a month at a time. With the TV Recording Scheduler you can watch your favorite TV Program whether you are sitting in front of your PC or not.

Digital TV Tuner Functions:

• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 software decodes Digital Transport Stream
• Watch TV and capture video on your PC
• Support free over-the-air ATSC signal 480p, 720p and 1080i (with wide screen support)
• Fully Resizable Digital TV Window (up to Full Screen)
• Signal strength bar indication
• Parental Channel Lockout
• S-Video and composite analog video and stereo audio input for uncompress video capture
• Video capture resolution up to 720 X 480 (NTSC)
• PCI Interface
• Fully certified with Microsoft¨ Windows¨ XP Media Center Edition

Personal Video Recorder Functions:

• Record and playback Digital TV contents
• Pause, Rewind and Instant Replay Live Digital TV

Product Description

MODEL- MTVHDA18 VENDOR- AVERMEDIA TECH FEATURES- AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180- Whitebox Windows XP & Media Center Edition 2005 Certified; Watch & Record ATSC HDTV Analog Video capture with Movie Maker. AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 is a full height PCI ATSC HDTV card for free over-the-air digital TV and full quality free over-the-air HDTV reception. It allows OEM/System Integrator to add value to their Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 PC. Ready for Vista Home Basic Home Premium and Ultimate. Enjoy free over-the-air Digital TV on your Media Center PC watch pause and record Digital TV programs especially 1080i HDTV broadcast programs like NFL Football or the Oscar. AVerTVHD MCE A180 designs for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Operating System it completes your Home Entertainment Center capabilities with High Definition TV viewing. Watch TV or use the PVR and Time Shift features to Pause Rewind and Replay Live HDTV so that you will never miss a moment of your favorite TV programs again. Includes AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180 Digital TV Tuner Card.* Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Certified Take full advantage of your Media Center Edition PC with AVerTVHD MCE A180. If is fully certified with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 watch free over-the-air Digital TV and take advantage of the PVR features on your Media Center PC. Under Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 there are specific hardware and software requirements to enable the AVerTVHD MCE A180 as a separate Digital TV Tuner device for Media Center. - A supported DirectX 9.0 compliant graphics adapter is preinstalled. - Users will need to have an analog TV tuner card (like UltraTV 1500 MCE AVerTV PVR 150 or AVerMedia M150) preinstalled in the system in order to get AVerTVHD MCE A180 to work properly in Windows XP Medi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product...easy setup!, July 7, 2005

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D. French (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avermedia HDTV MCE A180 whitebox MTVHDA18 (Personal Computers)

I recently built a home theater PC for my living room. With football season coming up, I wanted to be able to receive high definition TV from free over the air (OTA) providers. After shopping around, I found this product, and although it is relatively new, I decided to try it, as it is half the price of the only competing product I can find, the ATI HDTV Wonder.

I have zero complaints. After following the directions on the Avermedia website, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (which this product is designed for) recognized it with no problems.

For anyone who is not familiar with home theater PCs, HDTV, and such, I will caution you...there is a lot to learn in order to get it all to work. A great resource for you is the Windows Media Center webpage from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/communities/mediacenter.mspx

Read the articles and check out the forums--there are many highly qualified people there who can help you with all of your questions about building, or modifying your own HTPC. Good luck!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This works great for me!, August 24, 2005

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S. Asturias - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avermedia HDTV MCE A180 whitebox MTVHDA18 (Personal Computers)

I can't believe how easy this card was to install and setup. It was as easy as 1-2-3. I plugged the card into my HTPC, installed the drivers, and that's it! I've been watching, time-shifting, and recording lots of OTA HD material and it's been great. And now that Avermedia has released a new driver that supports dual A180's, I'm thinking I might have to pick up another one.

The previous poster that rated the card with a single card is just plain wrong. For one thing, Windows XP MCE 2004 does not support HDTV; only Windows XP MCE 2005 does. I don't understand why he would be complaining to anyone but himself since he was the one who was mistaken. It's clearly stated in the system requirements that it's 2005 ready, not 2004. And Avermedia has absolutely nothing to do with his transaction. His only option would be to either return the card to Amazon or simply upgrade his Media Center to 2005. I think it's unfair to judge the card on something that has absolutely nothing to do with the card itself.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, March 21, 2006

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sayeah (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avermedia HDTV MCE A180 whitebox MTVHDA18 (Personal Computers)

Easy installation. Works flawlessly in MCE2005. You do need good video card and CPU to decode HD content.

Overall a solid product for the price.