Recently Brent Evans had the opportunity to talk with Avermedia about their upcoming USB HD DVR. The new device, which will be shipping in April for $199.99, is set to compete with the Hauppauge HD-PVR. It is an analog HD capture device. This means that it accepts a component video input signal and then transfers that to your computer via USB. The main differences between this and the Hauppauge card are that this device does not include digital audio inputs, but it does have HDMI out for direct pass-through access …

For being the slow time of year, there sure is some great Media Center related news out there.  It’s only about one month until CEDIA kicks off and hopefully we’ll have even more to talk about then.  For now though, we get a chance to talk about some 3rd party applications as well as a new feature that’s coming to Windows 7 Media Center.
For me personally, the biggest news this week is that Show Analyzer has gone public beta.  That means that everyone can start skipping those commercials.  Just …

AverMedia today announced the upcoming AVerTV Combo G2.  The card combines one analog and one digital tuner into one PCI-E tuner solution for Windows Media Center.  The digital tuner is ready for both ATSC OTA signals as well as ClearQAM channels that you may be able to receive from your cable company.
The AVerTV Combo G2 (White Box) has an Analog TV tuner with Hardware Encoding and 3D Comb Filter and a High Definition Digital TV tuner all on one PCI Express card. With advanced Hardware Encoding, you will be …

While some manufacturers have received the Additional Qualification Logo for Windows 7, I’m happy that a company that produces TV Tuners is one of them.  Being a Media Center user, this becomes very important.  According to the press release, the AVerMedia AVerTVHD Duet (Buy at Amazon.com) is the first tuner to qualify for the Windows 7 AQ Logo.
The AVerTVHD Duet is compatible with Windows7 and will give your existing HTPC a “Power Boost” to higher levels of High Definition Digital Entertainment. It’s designed to receive HD Digital TV, Over-the-Air …