Feature Comparison Chart
Below you will find details regarding the features that are available in each versions of ChrisTV PVR product:
| ChrisTV PVR Products Features | ChrisTV Lite | ChrisTV PVR Standard |
ChrisTV PVR Professional |
| Support for analog TV Cards with WDM, BDA driver installed | preview mode | preview mode and recording mode |
preview mode and recording mode |
| Support for analog TV Cards with MPEG Hardware Encoding | preview mode* | preview mode and recording mode |
preview mode and recording mode |
| Support for Combo Cards (Graphic Card and TV Card) | preview mode | preview mode and recording mode |
preview mode and recording mode |
| Support for Graphic Cards with Video Input (VIVO) | preview mode | preview mode | preview mode and recording mode |
| Support for Other Video Capture Devices, WebCams etc | preview mode | preview mode | preview mode and recording mode |
| Maximum number of Capture Devices that can be used at once | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Video Rendering Normal, Overlay and VMR9 modes. |
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| Support for Dscaler Deinterlace Filter | |
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| Channel Autoscan Functions By Channel Number or Channel Table |
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| ChrisTV Channel List Exporting | |
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| TV Teletext Functions | |
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| Closed Captions Functions | |
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| Slideshow Feature | |
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| "Send Error Report/Questionaire" Feature | |
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| Zoom Functions | |
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| ChrisTV Quick Configuration Panel | |
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| Multilanguage Interface Support for more than 25 languages : english, german, dutch, french, romanian etc. |
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| Video Aspect Ratio Settings You can choose between : 4:3 (Standard TV), 16:9 (Wide HDTV) and adjustable |
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| ChrisTV PVR Help File | |
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| PVR Functions Personal Video Recorder Features |
none | basic | advanced |
| Skinnable Control Panel The easiest way to control ChrisTV by a simple mouse click. |
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| ChrisTV TimeShiftTimeShift lets you freeze the live TV stream, giving you a break while is still recording. | |
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| Record while using the TimeShift feature | |
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| Background/Silent Mode Recording ChrisTV PVR will record your favorite TV show in background with no video/sound preview, minimized in systray. |
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| System TrayIcon Have instant access to your channels list and main settings by a simple mouse click on ChrisTV trayicon. Also you can minimize ChrisTV to the systemtray next to your clock. |
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| LivePreview Mode Bypasses the MPEG Hardware Encoder of your card(s) and there won't be any time delays - realtime preview (realtime play for console games). Available only for MPEG hardware encoding cards that have support for LivePreview. |
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| AVI Recording Module Available for software encoding cards and MPEG hardware encoding cards with LivePreview support. |
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| Software MPEG Recording Module Registered MPEG 1/2 Filter required to be installed Available for software encoding cards and MPEG hardware encoding cards with LivePreview support. |
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| Hardware MPEG Recording Module Create MPEG 1/2 files using your TV Card with MPEG Hardware Encoder. |
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| Adjust Recording Length Set the recording duration after you have started a manual recording task. |
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| Prefilter Settings for Hauppauge PVRs, ATI Theater 550/650, Connexant Falcon, Connexant Blackbird TV cards Improve image quality and sharpness. |
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| Scheduler Module ChrisTV PVR will record your favorite movies unattended. You can leave your PC in Standby/Hibernate Mode and ChrisTV PVR will wake your PC and record your shows. |
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| Sleep Timer Feature Let ChrisTV close your PC at a specified time. |
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| Better image quality by using Dscaler Deinterlace Plugins | * |
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| Support for FFDShow DirectShow Filter Image Postprocessing filter to improve video quality and more... |
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| Mosaic Feature Is like viewing all channels at once |
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| Active/Favorite Channel List You can choose which are your favorite channels. |
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| Advanced Channel Autoscan Functions by Frequency | * |
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| Channel Mapping Syncronize channel name with the channel number, for Autoscan by Channel Number |
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| ChrisTV Channel List Importing So you won't need to scan and set the channels settings again. |
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| Multimonitor Support You can easily use ChrisTV on Multimonitor Desktops. |
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| Optimized Channel Switch Time Faster channel change. |
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| Support for Radio FM Stations for TV Card with Radio FM module |
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| ChrisTV Configuration Wizard Configure ChrisTV Settings in 5 easy steps. |
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| Multituner Support This feature will allow you to watch your favorite TV channel using 1 capture device and record another channel(s) with the other capture device(s) that you have installed on your PC. |
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| ChrisTV PVR Broadcast This feature will allow you to broadcast your favorite TV shows, Movies, radio stations to your friends through local networks and through internet. |
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| Advanced Recording Features You can use Deinterlace Filters, Image Processing Effects while recording (AVI and soft MPEG) and other settings |
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| AVI Recording Profiles for AVI recording settings |
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| Software MPEG Recording Profiles for Software MPEG recording settings |
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| Hardware MPEG Recording Profiles for MPEG recording settings using TV Cards with MPEG Hardware Encoder |
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| Audio Recording Profiles for WAV/MP3 recording settings |
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| Customize MPEG Recording Settings Set your custom values for stream type, frame size, video/audio bitrates. |
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| Customize Hardware MPEG Recording Settings Set your custom values for stream type, frame size, video/audio bitrates. |
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| Advanced Scheduler Functions | |
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| Image Processing Feature | |
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| Video Frame Cropping Feature for Recording Available for AVI and software MPEG recordings. |
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| Software License Type | Freeware for NON-Commercial Use |
Shareware with 21 Day FREE Trial Period | Shareware with 21 Day FREE Trial Period |
| Price | Free | 29.99 EUR | 39.99 EUR |
* - ChrisTV Lite can be enhanced with some cool features with the Add-On Packages - click here for more details
