Maxit Mag - Compro U2700 Hybrid HDTV Tuner

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Compro U2700 Hybrid HDTV Tuner

Sunday, 28 January 2007 06:50

Compro is a less-known brand, but their new VideoMate U2700 is pretty impressive, so I decided to share it with you all. The U2700 like other hybrid TV tuners can grab free-to-air digital terrestrial signals while it also can tune to old analog channels.

Whats special about this device is its TV's ability to stream up to 4 DVB-T channels and to playback a recorded file simultaneously. Think of this as playing back 5 HD streams. This requires at least a 3.0Ghz CPU. Another handy feature is Transport Stream support, meaning you can hit the record button and the software takes care of separating different programs in the background.

In addition, VideoMate U2700 comes richly packaged with ComproDVD 2, Ulead PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE and Ulead DVD MovieFactory 4 SE for watching DVD, managing multimedia files and authoring DVD. With the compact size design, remote control and powerful features, VideoMate U2700 USB 2.0 hybrid TV box is undoubtedly your best mobile TV and video choice.

More features include: digital radio reception, closed-caption and Windows Vista Certification. No word yet on the price and availability.
Key Features

Hybrid digital terrestrial or worldwide analog TV (NTSC/SECAM/PAL) reception
Support SDTV and 1080i HDTV (where available)
Watch TV on laptop or desktop PC with USB 2.0 connection
USB bus powered, no external power adaptor required
Timeshift to pause and instant replay live TV
Advanced PIP/POP feature allows to watch up to 5 digital channel windows including one playback recorded video file simultaneously (powerful CPU at least 3.0 GHz)
Video Desktop to setup the live TV screen as wallpaper
Customize Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness, and TV/audio format in each TV channel
Customize channel order and my favorite list
Autoscan in UHF/VHF band (6,7,8 MHz channels)
Digital TV Support EPG, subtitle, Teletext (does not support MHEG-5 UK Digital Teletext Service) and Closed Caption (where available)
Analog TV support Closed Caption (where available)
Single/Multiple still frame captures and remote snapshot
Straight-to-Disc recording in digital/analog TV for more convenience and to save time
Support MPEG-1/2/4 in analog TV and video capture
Split recording file size for different media in analog TV
Pause while recording to skip commercials in analog TV
Capture analog video from Composite or S-Video
High-quality MPEG-2 formats digital TV recording
Support Transport Stream recording and playback in digital TV
Fully functional IR remote for TV and DVD playback
Convenient Remote Controlled Power Off
Support digital radio reception (not DAB type)
Certified For Windows Vista System