Taiwan-based TV card maker Compro Technology has showcased several HD quality-based products including TV box, TV stick, TV cards and home entertainment multimedia players during Computex.
Compro has showcased a TV card with remote – the VideoMate Vista E900F which allows hardware image encoding, which significantly drops the time needed to record video, while the company also showcased a Full HD-based TV box – the VideoMate HDMI 1080P TV Box which allows input of HDMI signals and output to a monitor using DVI, and a USB TV stick – the VideoMate Vista U2800F, which can accept both digital and analog signals.
The company also showed an entertainment multimedia player – the VideoMate Network Media Center, allowing users to play movies, images and music files. The machine features a company developed interface, which allows downloading through P2P software and connect an USB-based external DVD drive for DVD movie enjoyment. The player also features Full HD quality output. Representatives of the company noted that the player also has support for and optional Wi-Fi module.
The company expects the VideoMate HDMI 1080P TV Box to launch in the third quarter this year, and the Network Media Center by the end of the third quarter or beginning of the fourth quarter.
The company noted that its products and software are all self developed and self produced, enabling it to provide the easiest and fastest service for its clients.
Compro VideoMate Vista E900F TV card
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2008
Compro VideoMate Vista U2800F TV stick
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2008
Compro VideoMate HDMI 1080P TV Box
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2008
Compro VideoMate Network Media Center
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2008
Compro self-developed interface for its VideoMate Network Media Center
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2008
