AVerMedia AVerTV Purity-3D MCE 500 PCI Dual TV Tuner Card

Allows users to watch and record live TV with the Media Center Edition 2005 operating system

Product Information

The AVerTV Purity 3D MCE 500 is a full height PCI Dual TV Tuner card featuring FM radio capabilities, equipped with hardware MPEG-2 encoding to allow OEM/System Integrator to support Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.  Turn your PC into a TV, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), and listen to your favorite FM Radio station while working on your PC.


Product Features
  • Watch Live TV, Record, Pause, Rewind, Playback on your PC with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
  • Watch one channel and record another, or record two different channels while watching a previously recorded program simultaneously
  • Uses MCE 2005 TV Recording Scheduler and Electronic Programming Guide
  • Fully resizable TV window, supports full band Air & Cable TV, Closed Caption for NTSC and Parental Control
  • Listen to Live FM radio, pause, rewind and playback
  • Pre-set up to 9 FM radio stations
  • Limited Manufacturer's Warranty


Product Specification

  • 75 Ohm Coaxial TV Antenna
  • S-Video (Cable Not Included)
  • Composite RCA (Cable Not Included)
  • Compliance: FCC Class B, CE, RoHS
  • TV Tuner: Yes
  • FM Tuner: Yes
  • Remote Control: No
  • Interface: PCI
  • Ports In: TV in port, FM in port, S-Video in port, Composite in port, Audio in port


  • AVerMedia AVerTV Purity 3D MCE 500 TV Tuner Card
  • FM Cable
  • Back Panel Composite/S-Video Plus Stereo Audio Inputs


Minimum Requirements

  • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and Update RollUp 2
  • Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz processor
  • 512 DDR memory
  • Display adapter with 64 MB memory
  • DirectX 9.0 or higher
  • Sound Card and Speakers
  • One available PCI Slot
  • Certified MCE 2005 DVD Decoder  (Software MPEG 2 decoder not included)
  • Driver download at AVerMedia support site


Note: The AVerMedia AVerTV Purity-3D MCE 500 comes in a white box


  • Manufactured by: AVerMedia