PanasonicÆ, The HDTV Solution For Your PC
PC DTV Basic system consists of a tuner and a decoder. The tuner board accepts ATSC digital terrestrial signals, tunes to requested channels, and passes raw transport streams along to the decoder. The decoder board utilizes Panasonic's newly developed PAVlOO0 AFD decoder chip, which decodes all 18 ATSC video formats and down converts video data to 480 (active) lines progressive scan. The video data is then passed on to the PC's graphics card, where it appears in a floating, scalable window on your desktop. Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio is provided on an SP/DIF output for fu11 5.1 channel home theater sound. Digital AC3 and Analog stereo audio is available to PC's audio card. The system also supports reception of analog television channels. You can tune to NTSC terrestrial or cable channels and view them on a regular NTSC television or on the PC's desktop. PC DTV Premium expands the Basic system's functionality into your family entertainment room. With an upgraded Decoder Board (48Mb additional RDRAM) and an add-on D/A board, you will be able to view ATSC High Definition broadcasts in their original, crystal clear format on an HD Monitor. Features: - Supports both ATSC Digital TV and NTSC Analog TV. - All Format Decoding - displayed at 480P on PC monitor - Supports VIP2 and Zoom Video(r) port. - Supports PCI Bus (version 2.1). - Provides analog NTSC output for NTSC Terrestrial/Cable or ATSC Terrestrial sources. - Supports EPG and Closed Caption data. - Enables storage and replay of transport streams or NTSC 4801 video using me PC's hard disk drive. - Optional upgraded Decoder board and D/A card allows display of 10801, 720P or 480P on a HD monitor. System Requirements: - Two PCI bus slots, one for the Tuner Board and one for Decoder Board o Graphics card with VIP2 interface. - Windows 9b For further information contact: Ash Chabra, Group Manager, Marketing, Panasonic Industrial Company/ Electronics Components Group 201 392 4818 or chabraa@panasonic.com