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Manufacturer : DVICO
Model : FusionHDTV3 Gold QAM
MSRP : $199
Our Price :
Discontinued - See FusionHD5 Gold or FusionHD5 Lite


FusionHDTV 3 Gold ATSC/QAM Tuner Software Decoder 

DVICO continues the development of software based HDTV decoding with FusionHDTV3 Gold.  Trial and error has resulted in the first QAM capable HDTV tuner card.  RF antenna input in addition to analog S-Video input, the Fusion cards feature DVICO's own software HDTV decoder optimized for DxVA.  Software decoder utilize the overlay of the host graphics card output which allows for a single VGA or DVI connection to the display.  The affordable FusionHDTV3 package includes software utility that will cut files on the fly and recording HDTV to the PC's hard disk as well as DVD Authoring software to convert HD transport streams to DVD or DViX.  Digital-VHS tape support requires Firewire and Windows XP.  

Key Buying Points:

  • HDTV reception and display

  • High resolution - crystal clear picture quality

  • Record HDTV stream on HDD

  • Provides the best VGA compatibility

  • High resolution still screen capture

  • ATSC 18 formats and un-encrypted QAM compliant

  • DVD/MPEG4(DivX) Conversion

  • Running on Windows ME/ 2000/ XP

  • Latest CX23881 chip set

  • No cable connection for Analog TV audio10bit A/D

  • More buffer for better compatibility

  • Low profile for slim PC

  • Ulead Media Studio7SE DVD bundle for DVD writing


QAM decoding is under development due to the variations in Cable service providers.  QAM256 generally has been reported to work, although QAM64 still poses problems with the decoding software.  FusionHDTV QAM decoding is limited to only the non-encrypted channels available (generally the OTA local stations).

 

   Product Specifications:
   Processors Conexant Fusion881 
4th Generation VSB demodualator from LG
Thomson Tuner
   Input Connections 1x Coax Antenna/Cable "F" Connectors
S-Video Input (Convert to Composite with dongle)
Analog Audio Input
   Minimum System Requirements

DXVA based VGA cards
Pentium3 750MHz or faster with 128M memory
Celeron 900Mhz or faster with 128M memory
All ATI Radeon series
VGA
nVidia MX420,440,FX series VGA
Runs on WinME/2000/XP or later
Ultra-DMA66 IDE controller-HDD for recording
Requires one PCI slot

Non-DXVA based VGA cards
Pentium4 1.6GHz or faster with 128M memory
All Nvidia MX series and ATI Radeon series VGAs
DDR266 or faster memory
Runs on WinME/ 2000/ XP or later
Ultra-DMA66 IDE controller-HDD for recording
Requires one PCI slot

   Drivers

Conexant CX23881 drivers
Dvico tuner driver
Dvico full software HDTV decoder
Dvico DxVA software HDTV decoder

   Software Package

FusionHDTV
HDTV reception and display
Record and playback the HDTV files
Recording reservation for upcoming TV programs
High resolution still-screen capturing
HD2MPEG converter: Converts HD stream to DVD or DivX
Direct DVHS control/ recording/ playback

 

Fusion USB Remote

Free with purchase

  MSRP. $29.95
 
 
Demo Download
  Test your system with demo application and clips
FusionHDTV FAQ
  Start here with general information
Latest Drivers
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TitanTv.com
  The best on-line HDTV  guide on the web
Antennaweb.org
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