The mediaTV capture device allows you to input an external device’s analog or digital input directly into your digital signage presentation and assign it to a specific screen division of your choice. The source can be any Audio / Video device such as DVD, Cable box, Set top box, Satellite dish, game console, camcorder, security camera, tablet and others. 

mediaTV capture performance

The mediaTV capture device is designed to pass all of the video information directly onto the PC video card thus bypassing the central processing unit. This special design offloads an processing from the CPU and provides a super smooth HD image right onto your digital signage presentation. The mediaTV does not have a built in tuner / decoder. This means that you will need to use an analog or digital A/V source such as an external DVD or cable box. If you wish to use Live TV from Cable or Satellite provider (i.e.: Direct TV / Dish Network) you will use the Cable / Satellite Set top box provided by them and connect the mediaTV using one of the available dongle ports (see diagram below). Selecting channels and controlling the volume is still done through the standard remote control that was supplied by Cable / Satellite provider.

mediaTV - Internal vs external

The mediaTV capture device is available in both internal and external versions. The internal capture device  uses a standard PCI Express interface and can be used with any standard PC running the SignagePlayer Desktop version. If you own a computer with a standard motherboard you must likely have multiple free PCI-E slots available and the mediaTV internal card is all you need for Live Capture / TV.
The mediaTV external version is designed specifically to work with our mediaBOX 100 / 200 / 300 Windows XP version. The mediaBOX XP version is already pre-configured to work this HD mediaTV so installation is a quick plug and play.