I/OMagic PC PVR User’s Guide
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Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the I/OMagic PC PVR Desktop
TV/Personal Video Recorder. We are sure that you will enjoy this product in
the years to come.
The I/OMagic PC PVR capture card is a TV tuner capture card, which can be
used with most PCI 2.1 Compliant bus. You can digitally record and playback
single frames or video clips from your computer. It combines all the functions
of your television and adds the convenience of your VCR all in one.
The I/OMagic PC PVR is equipped with a TV tuner, allowing you to receive any
TV channel using a common TV antenna or via cable TV connection. Watch TV
on your computer using PCI busmastering technology when combined with a
graphics card that enables digital TV overlay. Your TV image is superimposed
onto the image generated by your graphics card and displayed in a scalable
window.
The included CyberLink® PowerVCR II ™ is an award-winning program,
designed to perform MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 real-time software video recording
directly from TV tuners. It gives you complete control of recording live
programs and offers you all the newest advantages of digital recording such
as time shifting, CyberEPG, and pre-scheduled recording.