Pinnacle Media Center for retrofitting for each PC
[00:08 Sat,4.September 2004 by Thomas Richter]
has three new Pinnacle Media Center solutions, called Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 100i, 300i and 100e, which consist of a package of hardware and software, which helps the home PC into a Home Entertainment center is. The functionality corresponds to approximately the center of the show, the hardware solution from Pinnacle, or Windows Media Center Edition via remote control, multimedia files like photos, videos or music on the TV or the stereo is played and organized. Furthermore, the computers so as digital video recorders, including time-shifting feature may be used, so that television recordings by pressing a button on the disk, and any time can recall. The solutions consist of an internal analog TV card (Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 100i and 300i) or an external USB2 Solution (Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 100e, suitable for notebooks) and the Pinnacle MediaCenter software and remote control. The new Dual-TV card PCTV Media Center 300i is a novelty, and optionally allows you to receive digital terrestrial (DVB-T) or analogue TV reception (cable / antenna). About the Media Center interface can also be television and music recordings and videos to CD or DVD. All three Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter products include a multifunction remote control with the Media Center, TV, DVD and VCR functions easy to manage. Pinnacle PCTV MediaCenter 100i (89 euros), 100e (119 euros) and 300i (139 euros) are from the beginning of October in the trade available.