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CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation's transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322) or visit the Commission's digital television website at: www.dtv.gov Ever wonder why PC owners love Windows XP Media Center Edition? Here is one reason to jump for joy. Use your PC as a TV or video recorder. VistaView Saber 2020 turns your computer into a dual PVR. The dual tuner gives you complete flexibility to watch and record TV. You can record all your favorite shows, watch them when you want to or record them to disc. You can record 2 shows simultaneously or watch one show live while you record the other. Advanced Hardware Encoding gives you the finest picture without slowing your PC down. The Saber 2020 ?s hardware encoder can handle 2 streams simultaneously so your computers CPU remains free for other uses. The Saber 2020 is also a dual FM radio tuner. Listen, Record, Pause live FM radio.
The PCIe (PCI express) bus ensures video quality. With PCIe, other cards in the computer can not interfere with the video transport to the computer. Since the tuner gets a dedicated channel to the CPU, other cards can not interfere by ?stealing' bus cycles. The Saber 2020 comes with Microsoft MCE certified BDA drivers, which work flawlessly with Microsoft Media Center Edition. This combination of features makes Saber 2020 the TV tuner card of choice for both novices and power users. The onboard video encoder means that you can use older computers with XP and leading software packages to provide all the capabilities of the n