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Six PCI TV-Tuners Roundup (page 8)

Category: Multimedia

by Sergey Samarin

[ 02/16/2004 | 11:05 PM ]

AVerMedia AVerTV 203

This brand is pretty popular today and the TV-tuners from this company are quite widely spread in the today’s mass market. However, if the brand is popular, you have to pay for it. So, AVer tuners cost more than their competitors, which is their main drawback.

Most contemporary TV-tuners are based on Conexant Fusion 878A chip, and AVerTV 203 is no exception here. However, such a well-known company as AverMedia does not stick to a single solution for the entire product family. The TV-tuner card we are going to take a closer look at now is based on a different decoder chip. The AVerTV 203 doesn’t have an integrated FM-tuner onboard:

The bracket of the card features the following ports:

• Remote control unit jack;
• TV antenna jack;
• Audio Out;
• Audio In;
• Composite S-Video Out;
• Video (RCA).

The package contains:

• TV-tuner card;
• The cable to connect the card externally to the sound adapter;
• Remote control unit (36 keys);
• IR-receiver;
• A CD-disc with the accompanying software;
• User’s guide.