AVerMedia has launched a new PCI-Express HDTV tuner that can handle your usual ATSC, ClearQAM and NTSC television signals. In other words, you use the AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E to watch standard definition television or unencrypted HDTV signals from an antenna or cable box.

Like most other TV tuners in its class, the Bravo Hybrid can encode your high definition and standard def TV streams as MPEG-2 video files. But the card can also encode videos using the H.264 codec, allowing you to compress your videos to save space in real-time without the need for a blazing fast computer processor. Not only will your H.264 videos take up less space on your PC, but they'll also be iPod-compatible.

The AVerTV Bravo Hybrid PCI-E is available now for about $80.

[via Electronista]

If you want to watch HDTV on a media center PC, you generally have two choices. You can get a CableCard tuner for handling encrypted high definition cable, or you can get an HDTV tuner that handles over the air and unencrypted (ClearQAM) cable signals.

AverMedia's AverTV Combo PCIe x1 M780 tuner is one of the latter. But so far, it's only been able to pick up over the air signals, but no ClearQAM.

Now it looks like the folks at AverMedia have issued a driver update that adds ClearQAM support for the tuner. The driver comes in x86 and x64 varieties, and works only with Windows Vista.

[via Chris Lanier]

AVerMedia has released a new USB tuner that lets you record over-the-air HDTV or analog signals.

The AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB is certified for Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and Windows Vista Premium.

The high definition tuner supports resolutions up to 1080i, with 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios. The box comes with an IR remote control, and an IRB blaster for controlling your set-top-box.

The Hybrid Ultra USB is available now for about $130.

AverMedia launched the latest member of its AverTV television tuner card line today. The AverMedia AverTV Combo PCIe is a PCI Express card that can handle HD and analog recording duties.

It's got an ATSC/QAM tuner, and is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows XP MCE 2005, and Windows Vista.

The AverMedia AverTV Combo PCIe card includes a Media Center Remote control. The package should set you back about $120.