A stick-sized USB device that lets users receive and record HDTV ...
A stick-sized USB device that lets users receive and record HDTV on Windows PCs will ship next month at $99 from Plextor, the company said Wed. The PX-HDTV500U Mini Digital HDTV Receiver joins a group of similar devices that…
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let PC users receive, pause and record terrestrial HDTV. The 20- gram receiver comes with software that automatically scans for free SD and HD signals in the area, which are pulled in by a flat digital antenna, Plextor said. Recordings are compressed with MPEG-2 in real time and stored on the PC’s hard drive. The USB receiver works with desktop and laptop PCs running Windows 2000, XP or Vista. Minimum hardware requirements for SDTV are a Pentium III 1-GHz or equivalent CPU, 256-MB RAM, 32-MB VGA card, sound card or on-board sound chip. For HDTV, the receiver requires a Pentium 4 3-GHz or equivalent CPU, 512-MB RAM and 128-MB VGA card.