Written on May 5, 2008 – 8:06 am | by Bogdan Alex |
I have an HDTV, but I actually use it as a PC monitor because it does not come with an integrated tuner. Most of the times, I don’t feel the need to buy a TV-tuner, just because there is a lack of HD channels in my area. Of course, they say that you won’t be really needing a TV in a couple of years when the Internet will have already merged with the television. Then again, I should get prepared for the HD wave, and Fusion has exactly what I need. The HDTV7 Dual Express tuner from Fusion is said to be the first dual HD (Digital or QAM) reception PCI express card.

This TV tuner is specifically designed to bring digital/analogue terrestrial and digital cable reception to your desktop PC. Fusion ensures compliance with the North America digital terrestrial standard, ATSC, as well as the analogue TV NTSC standard. The PCI-e card integrates dual silicon tuners that enable you to gain access to a series of cool features such as:

• PIP (Picture-in-picture) and multi-view with two different channels
• Real-time-clock (RT) function to support power-on-PC recording
• Lowest heat emission in non operating mode for eco-system
• True HD time-shifting with FF/ REW/ Positioning