ASUS My Cinema EHD3-100 Dual Hybrid TV Card Review

By jeff

Box, Contents, Features, Requirements

The card comes packaged in an attention getting orange box featuring a man leisurely watching a
soccer game with the TV Mind Control waves emanating from the side of the PC encouraging
the man to watch more TV.

Front of box

The back of the box is filled with the usual pictures and panels showing off the wonders that await you.

Back of box

ASU My Cinema ED3H-100 Features:

  • Watch and record “TWO” TV programs at the same time
    Two analog cable TV channels, two digital TV channels, or one analog cable
    and one clear QAM digital cable TV channel. With the two built-in dual tuners,
    you can either watch one channel while recording another or you can record
    two channels at once
  • All-in-one multimedia entertainment on your PC
    Watch and record TV on your PC, Enjoy FM radio programs, Connect
    camcorders, DVD Players, and other playback devices for video capture
  • Microsoft MCE Certified Remote control included
    TV programs, recording functions (including live-pause), EPG viewing, – all in
    the palm of your hand!
  • “Free up You System for Multi-tasking with Hardware MPEG2 Encoding” – And yes,
    it does say “You” and not “Your” – guess that slipped by the localization folks.
  • ASUS Gadge TV Technology
    * Auto-launch a vista sidebar TV on startup with ASUS Gadge TV Technology
    * Drag out the sidebar TV for Windowed mode.
  • Enhance your video with build noise reduction technology

Also mentioned are ATSC, QAM, and NTSC capabilities, which are helpful, especially now that digital TV is here.

System requirements listed on the box:

  • Pentium 4/AMD K7 equivalent or higher chipset-based mainboard recommended
  • One available PCI-E compliant slot
  • Minimum 256MB System memory (512MB or more recommended)
  • Graphic card with 32MB or more of video memory is recommended
  • CD-ROM driver for driver installation (Yes another typo on the box – driver vs. drive)
  • 1GB of free disk space is required
  • DirectX-compatible sound device
  • Microsoft Windows XP (Home Edition or Professional edition)
  • DirectX 9 or above
  • Windows Media Player 9 or above

Packaging Contents listed on box:

  • EHD3-100 PCI-E TV Card
  • Full-height A/V input board
  • MCE Remote
  • Two IR blasters
  • Optional half height/L-P bracket
  • User Manual
  • Support CD

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