Adaptec Dual TV Tuner for Windows XP MCE 2005

Posted by flung in Uncategorized29 Nov 2005 03:26 am

It looks like Adaptec is spreading it’s hardware portfolio with the introduction of the Dual TV Tuner for Windows XP MCE 2005 device. This external USB 2.0 device features the ability to record two different shows at the same time and offering full compatibility with Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005. The hardware includes dual TV tuners and dual hardware based MPEG-2 encoders for each stream. There are also dual S-Video/Composite and RCA stereo audio inputs and an integrated FM Radio Receiver. This unit is ideal for people who have systems that are just plain out of PCI slots or for systems that didn’t have enough slots to begin with. The product isn’t cheap by any means - coming in at $229.00 but it just might be the ideal solution for people looking to do more with their MCE system.