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Powerful Program Guide

Simply input your broadcast source and Beyond TV will generate a Program Guide that returns up-to-date listings for the US and Canada.

Intelligent Recordings

Record a single show, first-run episodes, or an entire TV series with the click of a button.

NEW: Overlap Detection

If a higher priority show is being recorded and runs up to five minutes over it will continue recording before moving on to the next recording. So if Lost ends at 8:03 PM and you have a lower priority scheduled recording to begin at 8:00 pm, Beyond TV will continue recording the higher priority recording of Lost before starting the 8:00 PM recording.

Find Shows Faster in the Program Guide

Search by title or keyword and see more shows about the stuff you're already interested in. Type in the name of your favorite program and our program guide will show you all upcoming airings.

Browse by Category

Beyond TV allows you to browse by category for sporting events, movies, and more. Now you can find exciting, lesser known shows in the genres you love to watch.

Skip Commercials With SmartSkip™

The SmartSkip™ feature marks major scene changes automatically by non-destructively creating chapters that allow you to skip commercials easily.

Easy Fast-Forward and Rewind

Pause, fast-forward and rewind not only your recordings, but live TV as well. Beyond TV supports multiple speeds of fast-forwarding and rewinding.

Support for over-the-air HDTV

Support for HD

Beyond TV now supports recording high-definition television (HDTV) from an over-the-air (OTA) antenna or a clear unencrypted QAM digital cable signal. Get a picture with six times the sharpness of standard television. Listen to Dolby Digital surround sound.

See our HDTV Setup Center to learn more.

Shrink Recordings with ShowSqueeze

NEW: Shrink Recordings with ShowSqueeze™

ShowSqueeze lets you separately recompress any standard-definition (SD) or high-definition (HD) recorded show into a Windows Media (.wmv), DivX or H.264* file. Opt to have all of your recordings automatically compressed, or select specific shows to ShowSqueeze.

* Converting your recordings to H.264 requires purchase of the "DVD Burning & H.264 Plug-in" (converting to Windows Media and DivX do not require any additional purchase).

Portable TV In Your Pocket

Need to entertain the kids on a long road trip? Tired of reading the newspaper on your morning subway commute? Transfer recorded shows in the WMV format to devices like Microsoft Portable Media Centers, Pocket PCs, Windows Mobile 5 smart phones and laptops for on-the-road viewing. Now you can take your TV shows with you and watch them anytime, anywhere.

Support for MPEG-2, Windows Media, DivX and H.264

Support for MPEG-2, Windows Media, DivX and H.264*

Feel free to choose your favorite video format—Beyond TV 4 now supports DivX, Windows Media Video (WMV), H.264* and MPEG-2 formats. These formats offer the same great recording quality as the other formats in a fraction of the space.

* Converting recordings to H.264 requires purchase of the "DVD Burning & H.264 Plug-in" (converting to Windows Media and DivX do not require any additional purchase). Playback of existing H.264 files requires Beyond TV version 4.7 or higher.

Burn TV Shows to DVD*

Build a DVD library of all your favorite shows or just take your TV shows with you on the road with Beyond TV's integrated DVD Plug-In. And, with our DiscSqueeze™ technology, your shows automatically get compressed to fit on a DVD.*

* This feature requires purchase of Beyond TV's "DVD Burning Plug-In"

Automatically Sync Recordings to iPod, iPhone or Apple TV*

Have Beyond TV automatically transcode recordings for your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV. Read the iTunes sync blog article to learn how to get content to your Apple devices.

* Using this feature requires purchase of the "DVD Burning & H.264 Plug-in"

^ (iPhone/iPod 2.0 Firmware Known Issue)

Use your Smart phone as a remote control for Beyond TV

With Beyond TV's "Firefly Mobile" web-based remote control, you can control playback from any internet enabled cell phone or PDA. Change channels, control volume levels or even browse for and select a recorded show to play back on the PC running Beyond TV. All from your cell phone.

Drive Pooling

Drive Pooling

Beyond TV's "Drive Pooling" technology allows you to record content to multiple hard drives as if they were a single combined drive, giving you, increased overall storage for your Beyond TV recordings.

Beyond TV Link

Extend Beyond TV Throughout the Home

Beyond TV Link lets everyone in your home network access all the recordings on your entertainment hub! You can even watch live television on networked PCs without having to purchase additional TV tuner cards. And with Beyond TV Link's optional DVD Burning Plug-in, you can even burn DVDs directly from the Link client.*

* Beyond TV Link is a separate add-on product to Beyond TV

Advanced Settings With the Web Admin

If you're the kind of person who knows what they want, Beyond TV's Web Admin is just what you're looking for. It gives you extensive control over advanced settings and options through an easy to use web interface. Change the directory your shows are saved to, customize your channel lineup, and control the quality and format of your recordings. Configure settings for ShowSqueeze, SmartSkip, timeshifting and more.

NEW: Saved Guide Searches*

Automatically record your favorite shows by saving key phrases such as title, episode title, actor, date, credit, station call sign, rating , or description. If there is an upcoming airing that matches your key phrase Beyond TV will e-mail you the date and time- or you can simply have the software automatically add the program to your recording schedule. Visit our gallery for more pictures.

*This is a Web Admin feature only

NEW: Web Admin Program Guide

Easily view show details and recording options by scrolling through the newly integrated Program Guide in the Web Admin.

NEW: Link Access Control

Beyond TV now supports the creation of user accounts with restricted privileges. Activities like watching recordings, watching live TV, scheduling recordings, and changing settings can now be restricted to specific groups of users. Visit our gallery for more pictures.

NEW: Library Folder Permissions

Grant specific user groups access to particular video folders in the Library. For instance create a G-rated folder and allow your kids access to view only that specific video folder.

Free Placeshifting with Orb

Free Placeshifting with Orb

Placeshift your Beyond TV recordings over the internet using the free Orb application. Learn more about Orb and how to set it up with Beyond TV.

Other Features

  • Automatically record "popular" shows
  • Advanced support for multiple tuners
  • Powerful TV scheduling conflict resolution
  • Schedule recordings on the web
  • NEW: Faster Scheduler
  • NEW: Frame-by-Frame Playback
  • NEW: Warning Email Notifications
  • Listen to and timeshift radio
  • Automatic line-up updates
  • Support for multiple USB-UIRT tuning devices

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^ With the 2.0 firmware update for iPod and iPhone an issue has been identified that causes audio/video sync problems
on playback. We are actively working to resolve this issue.

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