The PX-TV402U allows you to connect to a satellite TV, cable TV or broadcast TV signal and record programs to your PC. You can then watch the video from the PC or burn it to DVD for playback on a DVD player. You can also connect a camcorder, VCR or DVD player to record home videos to the PC. The heart of the PX-TV402U is its multi-format encoder chip which converts video to the DivX®, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats as it is being recorded to the PC.
The PX-TV402U is the world's first DivX Certified PVR. Recording video in the DivX format gives users the ability to record 3 times as much video as normal without sacrificing quality. It also gives you the ability to record video into resolutions perfectly suited for playback on portable and handheld devices. The PX-TV402U contains an integrated high quality TV tuner to assure the highest quality video. The PX-TV402U is an external USB 2.0 device which connects to a PC running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
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I thought Kiss already had a DivX certified recorder, but I could be mistaken. Anyway, the device requires at least an 800mhz Pentium CPU and a 24bit video card. If you want to use WinDVR 5 in MPEG-4 mode, they say you better have a 2.4GHz P4. I don't know why they don't list AMD specs, they seem to handle this type tasks better. You can pay a visit to the Plextor site to get more information on this versatile new hardware. They are suggesting a price point of US$ 199.
Source: Plextor
