Features:
TV on the PC: schedule, record, and watch your favorite shows
· Search for programs by name, category, and channel
· Schedule your PC to record shows while you´re out
· Catch up on the action of live TV shows even after they´ve started, with time-shift recording
· Record programs to DVD or hard disk
· Switch between channels, language settings, and subtitles

Schedule, record, and watch your favorite TV shows
PowerCinema puts you in complete control, either via remote control or a mouse and keyboard. You can surf, record, and watch TV via easy onscreen navigation. Your CyberLink TV tuner card's built-in radio receiver also offers access to FM radio. Here's what you can do:
· Enable your PC to watch TV and listen to radio
· Record your favorite TV shows automatically via EPG
· Search for recorded programs on your computer
· Output to widescreen TVs and monitors
· Experience virtual surround effects for TV and radio

Live TV (and Radio) Recording and Playback
Always Time-Shift Recording lets you shift out of "real time", watch your programs while PowerCinema continues to record in the background. You can play, pause, stop, fast forward, and rewind while your program is still being recorded.

TV Scheduling
PowerCinema 5 lets you check for program information via Internet and Teletext-based Electronic Program Guides (EPGs). You can then set your programs to be recorded according to the EPG schedule. PowerCinema supports up to 99 preset recording times and saves directly to a hard drive or DVD.

PowerCinema supports major EPG services:
· Titan TV in the United States
· GIST and TVTV in Europe

TV (and Radio) Surfing
PowerCinema allows the fast selection of TV shows. You can surf between channels one-by-one, or jump to your favorite channels using the following features:
· Channel List Manager allows the renaming, enabling, and disabling of channels so that channel surfing becomes easier and faster
· Favorite List Management
keeps a list of your favorite channels. The order of stations can be rearranged to facilitate easier channel surfing

TV Format and Tuner Card Support
PowerCinema supports the following TV and radio types:
· DVB-T/S (TV and Radio)
· ATSC
· Bouquet services from DVB-S or DVB-T
· Analog: NTSC, PAL and SECAM
· FM radio

Tuner Card Support
PowerCinema supports a range of TV tuner cards:
· Hybrid TV-Tuner Card support provides a flexible solution for accessing either digital or analog TV. Digital TV services include single high-definition or standard-definition channels, and multiple standard-definition “bouquet” services.
· Dual TV-Tuner Card support offers an advanced solution for accessing multiple TV signals simultaneously. By installing a tuner card in addition to the available bundled card, you can record one TV channel while viewing another, and view two channels at once using Picture-in-Picture mode.