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With all the features on this simple and affordable TV tuner card, your PVR (Personal Video Recorder) dreams may have just come true.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/theater_Pro/1big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/theater_Pro/1.jpg" alt="PowerColor Theater 550 Pro PVR Video Card" border="0" width="250" height="152"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p><strong>Packaging:</strong> <p align="left">I woke up to find a nice little package on my front deck. With special tape that sealed it up nicely, I knew instantly who it was from. The Theater 550 Pro came packaged in a standard brown box with a packing slip. There was no visible shipping damage to the outside of the box and all seemed fine and dandy as far as I could tell.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/theater_Pro/2big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/theater_Pro/2.jpg" alt="PowerColor Theater 550 Pro PVR Video Card" border="0" width="250" height="189"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left"> <b>Specifications:</b></p> <p align="left">All of the Theater 550 Pro features can be found at <a href="http://www.power-color.com/PCI_550PRO_T55-PO3.htm" target="blank">PowerColor's website</a>. There is lost of information here including videos of the cards special features, definitely worth checking out.</p> <ul> <li>Watch best TV quality on your PC</li> <li>Real-Time Hardware MPEG2 Encoding</li> <li>Powerful 12 bit video engine</li> <li>Hardware 3D Comb Filter</li> <li>Hardware Noise Reduction</li> <li>External S-Video/Composite input support</li> <li>TimeShifting and scheduler recording</li> <li>Listen to Stereo FM Radio</li> <li>16MB DDR Memory</li> <li>Low-profile design</li> </ul> <p><b>Packing Materials</b>:</p> <p> PowerColor's Theater 550 Pro was packed in the shipping box with a little bit of bubble wrap at the bottom; that was it. Again, there was no visible shipping damage, so I guess packing materials were adequate. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/theater_Pro/3big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/theater_Pro/3.jpg" alt="PowerColor Theater 550 Pro PVR Video Card" border="0" width="250" height="208"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left"><b>Retail Packaging</b>:</p> <p align="left"> PowerColor's Theater 550 Pro came retail packaged, with a box full of graphics, features, and specifications. Very nice retail packaging with lots of information for the consumer.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/theater_Pro/4big.jpg"><img src="atruereview/theater_Pro/4.jpg" alt="PowerColor Theater 550 Pro PVR Video Card" border="0" width="250" height="197"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="right"><a href="atruereview/theater_Pro/powercolor.php"></a> <a href="theater_Pro/powercolor.php">Next (What You Get)</a></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="footer" class="clr"> <div class="rk-1"> <div class="rk-2"> <div id="the-footer">  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>