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11-13-05, 12:50 PM
More than 50 new things in Beyond TV 4
New Digital and High-Definition TV Support
1. Support for single or multiple OTA (over-the-air) HDTV tuner cards side-by-side with analog tuner cards.
2. New video decoder with better high definition (HDTV) decoding performance.
3. New audio decoder with support for decoding Dolby AC-3 2 channel and 5.1 channel audio streams in high-definition (HDTV) content.
4. Support for S/PDIF (Sony Phillips Digital Interface Format) passthrough output.
5. Integrated program guide data for digital and HDTV line-ups and shows.
6. Integrated HDTV indicators in the program guide and live TV.
7. New disk space indicator for high-definition (HD) content.
8. Support for tagging high-definition (HD) transport streams with program information.
9. Improved transport stream demultiplexer for playing high-definition HD streams.
10. Beyond TV Link support for digital and HDTV recordings and live TV over-the-network.
New Record to DivX
11. Native playback of any DivX file.
12. Record directly to DivX with hardware encode TV tuner card (i.e. Plextor ConvertX).
13. Record directly to DivX with any software encode tuner using the bundled DivX encoder.
14. ShowSqueeze any Windows Media or MPEG-2 recording to DivX.
New Improved Browse & Search
15. New "Browse by Category" feature. Browse shows by category and sub-category, such as sports and movies.
16. Customizable category search capability for advanced users.
17. Faster program guide search by keyword or title.
New FM Radio
18. New feature adds support for tuning and timeshifting FM radio.
19. Easy creation of FM radio station presets
New Hardware Support
20. Added support for more than 10 new digital and analog TV tuner cards.
21. Support for non-square pixel displays (such as widescreen displays with 1024x768 resolution)
22. Improved volume control in live TV for certain sound cards and passthrough audio.
Easier to Setup
23. Setup wizard now easier to use.
24. E-mail address is no longer necessary for TV listings.
25. High-definition (HD) signal strength and detection pages in the setup wizard allow for correct antenna adjustment.
26. New detection and notification of incorrect system times during installation.
27. Setup wizard now overrides registry restrictions that would otherwise prevent installation.
General Improvements
28. New User interface design
29. New Support for 'backcapture' -- allows recording a show from the beginning, even if you hit record after you started watching.
30. More efficient scrolling in large libraries of recorded shows.
31. Improved product documentation
Program Guide
32. New Manually configure the number of channels and hours that appear in the program guide.
33. New Feature allows users to work around unusual 1-2 minute program guide conflicts (such as the infamous ER vs. CSI conflict)
34. Faster and more reliable program guide data updates.
35. Faster and more intelligent scheduling and conflict management engine.
36. Improved program guide database format reduces required disk space and enables new search capabilities.
37. Automatic program guide database format migration during version updates.
Better Licensing
38. New End User License Agreement (EULA) allows developer usage of certain Beyond TV web services over the network without an extra license.
39. New unlimited tuners, at no additional charge, in Beyond TV 4. Build Medusas and Hydras to your heart's content!
40. Free upgrade of all copies of Beyond TV Link 3 to Beyond TV Link 4.
Configuration for Advanced Users
41. TV tuner specific selection of the recording file format (ie MPEG-2, DivX or Windows Media) if multiple types of TV tuner cards are present.
42. New advanced settings for controlling the throttling applied to background ShowSqueeze and SmartSkip operations.
43. New task scheduling algorithm allows dual core machines to run multiple Beyond TV tasks simultaneously (Potentially a 1.6x to 1.8x speedup on Intel dual core systems)
44. Improved serial port tuning for DirecTV boxes.
45. New advanced setting to control recording engine process priority.
46. New feature allows locking to 16:9 aspect ratio option in windowed mode.
47. Support for playing back Microsoft Media Center Edition recordings (dvr-ms) -- both standard definition and high definition (HD) recordings.
48. Disabled ShowSqueeze™ and SmartSkip™ options in the web admin for inappropriate file types.
49. Language localization infrastructure and string tables now available for 3rd parties.
50. Improved agent detection of service lapses with automatic restarts of lapsed services.
51. Improved timeouts and error messaging when Beyond TV Link cannot detect a network connection.
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New Digital and High-Definition TV Support
1. Support for single or multiple OTA (over-the-air) HDTV tuner cards side-by-side with analog tuner cards.
2. New video decoder with better high definition (HDTV) decoding performance.
3. New audio decoder with support for decoding Dolby AC-3 2 channel and 5.1 channel audio streams in high-definition (HDTV) content.
4. Support for S/PDIF (Sony Phillips Digital Interface Format) passthrough output.
5. Integrated program guide data for digital and HDTV line-ups and shows.
6. Integrated HDTV indicators in the program guide and live TV.
7. New disk space indicator for high-definition (HD) content.
8. Support for tagging high-definition (HD) transport streams with program information.
9. Improved transport stream demultiplexer for playing high-definition HD streams.
10. Beyond TV Link support for digital and HDTV recordings and live TV over-the-network.
New Record to DivX
11. Native playback of any DivX file.
12. Record directly to DivX with hardware encode TV tuner card (i.e. Plextor ConvertX).
13. Record directly to DivX with any software encode tuner using the bundled DivX encoder.
14. ShowSqueeze any Windows Media or MPEG-2 recording to DivX.
New Improved Browse & Search
15. New "Browse by Category" feature. Browse shows by category and sub-category, such as sports and movies.
16. Customizable category search capability for advanced users.
17. Faster program guide search by keyword or title.
New FM Radio
18. New feature adds support for tuning and timeshifting FM radio.
19. Easy creation of FM radio station presets
New Hardware Support
20. Added support for more than 10 new digital and analog TV tuner cards.
21. Support for non-square pixel displays (such as widescreen displays with 1024x768 resolution)
22. Improved volume control in live TV for certain sound cards and passthrough audio.
Easier to Setup
23. Setup wizard now easier to use.
24. E-mail address is no longer necessary for TV listings.
25. High-definition (HD) signal strength and detection pages in the setup wizard allow for correct antenna adjustment.
26. New detection and notification of incorrect system times during installation.
27. Setup wizard now overrides registry restrictions that would otherwise prevent installation.
General Improvements
28. New User interface design
29. New Support for 'backcapture' -- allows recording a show from the beginning, even if you hit record after you started watching.
30. More efficient scrolling in large libraries of recorded shows.
31. Improved product documentation
Program Guide
32. New Manually configure the number of channels and hours that appear in the program guide.
33. New Feature allows users to work around unusual 1-2 minute program guide conflicts (such as the infamous ER vs. CSI conflict)
34. Faster and more reliable program guide data updates.
35. Faster and more intelligent scheduling and conflict management engine.
36. Improved program guide database format reduces required disk space and enables new search capabilities.
37. Automatic program guide database format migration during version updates.
Better Licensing
38. New End User License Agreement (EULA) allows developer usage of certain Beyond TV web services over the network without an extra license.
39. New unlimited tuners, at no additional charge, in Beyond TV 4. Build Medusas and Hydras to your heart's content!
40. Free upgrade of all copies of Beyond TV Link 3 to Beyond TV Link 4.
Configuration for Advanced Users
41. TV tuner specific selection of the recording file format (ie MPEG-2, DivX or Windows Media) if multiple types of TV tuner cards are present.
42. New advanced settings for controlling the throttling applied to background ShowSqueeze and SmartSkip operations.
43. New task scheduling algorithm allows dual core machines to run multiple Beyond TV tasks simultaneously (Potentially a 1.6x to 1.8x speedup on Intel dual core systems)
44. Improved serial port tuning for DirecTV boxes.
45. New advanced setting to control recording engine process priority.
46. New feature allows locking to 16:9 aspect ratio option in windowed mode.
47. Support for playing back Microsoft Media Center Edition recordings (dvr-ms) -- both standard definition and high definition (HD) recordings.
48. Disabled ShowSqueeze™ and SmartSkip™ options in the web admin for inappropriate file types.
49. Language localization infrastructure and string tables now available for 3rd parties.
50. Improved agent detection of service lapses with automatic restarts of lapsed services.
51. Improved timeouts and error messaging when Beyond TV Link cannot detect a network connection.
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