The new FM8330 from Telebit using a PCI slot which all motherboards have. Its ability is similar with other devices around capturing the broadcast TV and FM radio and its ability to record them into the latest video formats. The analog s-video as well as composite connections became standard equipment to handle the transfer and delivery of recording from camcorder and webcam.

To perform its functions, Telebit adopted Honestech TVR 2.5 application which displays the PC recommendations needed for recording in various formats available. For example if it will record MPEG2 format with a choice 320x240pixel resolution, high quality, 2000 bitrate, 25 FPS encoding speed and “Good” setting, FM8330 will recommend an Intel P3 600MHz as the minimum reqirement. This configuration can also be customized to fit the tastes and needs of each user, it even also run smoothly on our older PCs.

Honestech TVR 2.5 application also provides facilities that are often found on most TV tuner device. From recording, scheduled-recording, snapshot, auto-scan, time-shifting and channel surfing. Unfortunately some functions which are quite popular such as picture-in-picture is not included. Its Radio FM function can catch radio broadcast from 87.5 to 108 MHz frequency, and the cool thing is it can be recorded into WMA format. On the con side, scanning the waves can not be done automatically.

Our final verdict, Telebit FM8330 capabilities and features could be classified as standard, which is enough for its main function: support for displaying TV and FM broadcast and recording to analog format.

Pros: high format video recording with minimum requirement, decent reception, good sound quality, reasonable price

Cons: lack PiP function, manual FM radio scan, weird remote control design

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