Plextor has released the first official DivX Certified PC PVR Product called the PX-TV402U using DivX Certified Hardware and FivX Licensed Software.
This device will hardware encode to DivX, MPEG-4, MPEG-2/DVD, and MPEG-1/VCD and allow you to watch, pause and record live TV with the included TV Tuner. Schedule recording for when you are away too.
The Plextor ConvertX PVR model PX-TV402U is the ultimate personal video recorder for the PC. The PX-TV402U allows you to connect to a satellite TV, cable TV or broadcast TV signal and record programs to your PC. You can then watch the video from the PC or burn it to DVD for playback on a DVD player. You can also connect a camcorder, VCR or DVD player to record home videos to the PC. The heart of the PX-TV402U is its multi-format encoder chip which converts video to the DivX®, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats as it is being recorded to the PC.
The PX-TV402U is the world’s first DivX Certified PVR. Recording video in the DivX format gives users the ability to record 3 times as much video as normal without sacrificing quality. It also gives you the ability to record video into resolutions perfectly suited for playback on portable and handheld devices. The PX-TV402U contains an integrated high quality TV tuner to assure the highest quality video.
Price: $179.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)