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Press
Release: September 13, 2004
| Plextor Introduces First PC-Based Personal Video Recorder with
MPEG-4 and DivX Hardware Compression
Users Can Pause Live TV and Record Favorite Shows on Personal Computers;
DivX Format Offers Nearly 300% More Compression than MPEG-2
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FREMONT,
Calif. – September 13, 2004 – Plextor®
Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance
digital media equipment, today announced the new ConvertX™
PVR model PX-TV402U with built-in TV tuner. The new PX-TV402U
captures and records broadcast, cable, or satellite TV
onto a computer hard drive using the DivX®, MPEG-4,
MPEG-2, or MPEG-1 formats. Users can watch, pause, and
record live TV, or use an integrated electronic programming
guide (EPG) to schedule recordings with a single mouse
click.
Unlike
PVRs that connect to a television set, the PX-TV402U
does not require a monthly service fee; it allows users
to burn their favorite programs and home videos onto
CDs and DVDs using their computers CD or DVD recorder;
and it supports real-time hardware encoding to DivX
and MPEG-4. DivX offers three times greater compression
than MPEG-2 without quality loss, so a two-hour movie
occupies less than 2GB of drive space at the highest
quality DivX setting. DivX files are even small enough
to play on portable devices like cell phones, PDAs and
personal video players. The PX-TV402U is a DivX Certified
hardware encoder ensuring the video files created can
be played back in all DivX Certified players.
“The
PX-TV402U is a cost-effective way for any home PC user
to get all the same benefits of having an expensive
DVR hooked up to the television set in their living
room, including being able to watch all their favorite
shows whenever they want,” said Dirk Peters, director
of marketing, Plextor. “But the PX-TV402U has
the additional advantage of being connected to the PC
so users can easily add hard disk storage when they
want more capacity, they can burn CDs and DVDs using
their CD/DVD burner and they can have access to the
Internet so they can share their favorite videos and
home movies with peers. PC based PVRs combine the benefits
of a TV based PVR with the power and flexibility of
a PC.”
ConvertX
PVR PX-TV402U
Plextor ConvertX PVR video capture devices record video
to personal computers for editing, storing, and sharing.
In addition to recording programs, movies, and sports
events from the built-in TV tuner, the PX-TV402U also
supports RCA composite audio/video input and S-Video input
connections for capturing home video from such sources
as camcorders, DVD players, and VCRs.
The
PX-TV402U includes InterVideo WinDVR 5 software. During
live television viewing, WinDVR support all of the time-shifting
features normal associated with PVRs, including pausing
live TV, skipping forward and instant replays.
For
TV recording, Plextor tightly integrated TitanTV®,
a free web-based Electronic Program Guide from Decisionmark™,
with WinDVR 5. A user simply selects the EPG button in
the WinDVR 5 software to bring up a picture-in-picture
screen containing the TitanTV.com web site. A single mouse-click
over a program listing schedules it to record.
After
a TV program or home video has been captured and recorded,
the PX-TV402U makes it easy to burn it to a DVD (or VCD),
mini-DVD, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ASF, WMV, or DivX™
movie. If users want to edit their recordings or re-author
their discs they can use WinDVD Creator 2 to create the
perfect videos with titles, transitions, special effects,
music, and menus.
Recommended
System
Personal computer system with a Pentium® 4 1.8 GHz
or faster processor, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB hard drive; Microsoft®
Windows™ XP Pro/Home/2000 operating system; Windows
compatible AGP or PCI graphic card; Windows compatible
sound card with support for 48-KHz playback (PCI recommended);
and USB 2.0 port. A CD-R/RW or RDVD disk drive is required
for CD or DVD creation.
Pricing
and Availability
The PX-TV402U is scheduled for shipment to distributors
and resellers in North and South America in September
of 2004. The PX-TV402U has a Manufacturer's Suggested
Retail Price (MSRP) of $199.99 USD.
About
Plextor
Plextor Corp. is a leading developer and manufacturer
of high-performance digital media equipment for professionals,
consumers, and enterprises. Headquartered in Silicon Valley
since 1990, Plextor has introduced generations of award-winning
products, including digital video converters and CD-R/RW,
DVD+R/RW, and DVD±R/RW optical disk drives. Plextor
is privately owned by Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd., a developer
and manufacturer of advanced technology hardware and precision
electronic equipment headquartered in Japan.
PlexWriter
is a trademark of Plextor Corp. All other trademarks,
trade names, registered trademarks, or registered trade
names are the property of their respective holders.
Roxio,
the Roxio tagline, PhotoSuite, Easy CD & DVD Creator and
Easy CD Creator are either trademarks or registered trademarks
of Roxio, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
All other trademarks used are owned by their respective
owners.
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