iVid Media Center PC and TV Digital Recorder
  • Ever wanted your TV, DVD, Music ,MP3's and PC all in the one system?
  • Want to make the most out your broadband connection with music and video downloads?
  • Need a high spec PC? Need a Digibox? Need a DVD player and recorder?
  • Don't want the clutter and bulk of separate components?

The iVid Media Center System provides a complete solution by combining all these features in one sleek compact system, that will look good in your office or your lounge - and at a fraction of the cost! The iVid media center is a high tech, high spec PC, but with all the Media features of DVD recorder and player and with a host of TV functions.

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What can the media center do for you? Here are just a few examples:

  • Watch analogue TV on your PC, in a window or full screen.
  • Watch Freeview or terrestrial TV on your PC, in a window or full screen.
  • Record analogue or digital TV to your PC's hard disk
  • Listen to FM radio or DVB-T radio.
  • Download and play music
  • Download and play video
  • Use all the functions of as a high spec PC
  • Remote control for easy operation.

Design

We believe that the design and appearance of conventional PC's leaves a lot to be desired. So we developed the iVid Media Center system. its sleek, silver and futuristic appearance and its compact and minimalistic design allows it to fit neatly and unobtrusively into any office space environment, living room or bedroom. Each IVid Media Center system includes

Pentium 3.2 GHz PC with graphics card

17" Relysis widescreen LCD combined TV/PC monitor with stereo speakers

Windows 2005 Media Center Edition system software

1 GB memory

250 GB Hard Drive

built in card reader

Sony Dual Layer DVD RW Drive

Wireless Silver Steel Keyboard and Mouse with Cradle

Built-In Freeview Digital and analogue TV

connection cables and instruction books supplied

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System Details

Media Center Software At the heart of the The iVid media center is the renowned Windows XP media center software. Based on the Widows XP professional suite it allows you to easily switch modes from PC to TV at the press of a button.All of our systems come with Windows XP media center pre-installed and ready for you to set up to suit your own specific requirements. Configuration is easy and well supported with interactive online guides at the microsoft website
System Specifications and Features

CPU

Intel P4 up to 3.2 GHz+ (North wood/Prescott)
Socket 478
800/533/400 MHz

Chipset

North Bridge : ATI RS300
South Bridge : IXP200

Memory

PC 3200/2700/2100 DDR SDRAM
2 x DDR333 DIMM
Up to 2 GB

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI

Graphics

ATI Radeon 9100 Integrated Graphics

IDE

1 x ATA 100

S-ATA

1 x SATA

LAN

10/100 Mbps

Audio

ADI AD1888
6 Channel

Case Dimensions (mm) W x H x D

91 x 357 x 275

Drive Bays

1 x 3.5"
1 x 5.25"

Front Panel

1 x PCMCIA
1 x 4-in-1 Card Reader
1 x S/PDIF-out
2 x IEEE 1394 (6pin/4pin)
2 x USB 2.0
1 x Microphone
1 x Headphone

Rear Panel

2 x USB 2.0
Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-in
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel Port
1 x Serial Port
1 x D-sub (VGA Out)
1 x DVI-out (VGA Out)
1 x S-Video (TV Out)
1 x Composite (TV Out)
1 x RJ45 LAN

Power Supply

200W (PFC/ none PFC)

O/S Support

Window 2000/XP

Ports full-featured integration includes a 4-in-1 card reader (SM, MS, MMC, SD), TV-out function, 5.1-channel and S/PDIF for quality audio, IEEE 1394 ports, PCMCIA slot, USB2.0 and more…
TV/Monitor Colour Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Diagonal Size 17" - widescreen 15:9
Widescreen Resolution 1280 x 768,
1.0 Mega Pixel Image Aspect Ratio 15:9
Image Contrast Ratio 600:1
Pixel Pitch 0.288 x 0.288 mm
Pixel Response Time 25 ms
Brightness 450 cd/m2
Supported Resolutions 480p, 720p, 480i, 1080i (via Component sockets), 576i, 576p, 720i Speaker Included :
Output Power / Total 6 Watt , 3W per channel (Nicam Stereo)
Connector Types: TV Tuner, Scart ,DVD Component, S Video,Composite Video, RGB Analogue (15pin D Sub - VGA), Audio RCA x3 (S-Video, Composite Video , DVD Component Video )
Case compact design 91mm(w) x 357mm(d) x 275mm(h)
Graphics ATI Radeon 9100 onboard video graphics (minimum)
TV/digibox tuner card

Digital and Analogue TV for your PC on a single slot PCI board. Includes a hybrid analogue aerial/cable receiver plus a Freeview DVB-T digital TV receiver. Watch analog TV or digital TV on your PC screen!

Includes Hauppauge's WinTV2000 application to watch and record TV, in a window or full screen. If you live in an area where you can receive both digital and analogue TV, you can switch analogue and digital channels automatically.

Includes WinTV-Scheduler, so you can schedule your TV recordings on a daily, weekly or once only schedule.

Includes Hauppauge new IR remote control, for easy control of TV watching, record and play functions.

Mouse optical wireless infra red with cradle
Remote control Change channel, adjust audio volume, start a recording, all from the remote control!
Security

An optional X-Wall security function provides the best protection for your data and privacy by encrypting the entire hard drive bit by bit with NIST certified DES/TDES real-time encryption engine. Only the one who has the correct secure key can access the hard drive, even if the hard drive has been removed from your PC.
Software Windows XP Media Center installed