PC to Install SnugTV Station
 

Before installing SnugTV Station™ application on your PC, please make sure it meets the system requirements below
     

Minimum System Requirements

Recommended System Specifications

Optimum System Specifications

  
For Average Video Quality for superior video quality for superior video quality and HDTV signal reception
CPU  

Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or above；or AMD Athlon™ X2 3800+ or above

Intel® Pentium® E5200 or above；or AMD Athlon™ X2 5200+ or above

Intel® Core™2 Quad Q6600 or above；or AMD Phenom™ X4 9150e or above
RAM  

1 GB. Insufficient system memory will reduce live TV streaming quality (screen resolution)

1 GB. Insufficient system memory will reduce live TV streaming quality (screen resolution）

2 GB. Insufficient system memory will reduce live TV streaming quality (screen resolution)
Operating System  

Windows XP (Home / Professional / Media Center Edition) Service Pack 2 or later

Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 1 or later

Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 1 or later
Hard Disk  

100MB of free disk space for installation of SnugTV Station application.
We recommend at least 1GB of free disk space for TV program recording and for stream buffering.

100MB of free disk space for installation of SnugTV Station software.
We recommend at least 2GB of free disk space for TV program recording and for stream buffering.

100MB of free disk space for installation of SnugTV Station software.
Recommend at least 2GB of free disk space for TV program recording and for stream buffering.
Broadband Connection  

256 Kbps or faster upload broadband connection ability

1Mbps or faster upload broadband connection ability

1Mbps or faster upload broadband connection ability
Peripherals  

AVerMedia TV tuner cards, TV tuner sticks or USB TV boxes

AVerMedia TV tuner cards, TV tuner sticks or USB TV boxes

AVerMedia TV tuner cards, TV tuner sticks or USB TV boxes
TV Signals  

Clear analog cable and terrestrial TV signal, or digital TV signals (DVB-T or ATSC)

Clear analog cable and terrestrial TV signal, or digital TV signals (DVB-T or ATSC)

Clear analog cable and terrestrial TV signal, or digital TV signals (DVB-T or ATSC)

 

  PC for SnugTV Remote Viewing
  First, install SnugTV Station™ application on your home PC. If you don’t want to install the SnugTV Station application then ask family members to share their SnugTV Station to you.
In order to enjoy an optimal Internet TV viewing experience, PC for SnugTV remote viewing should meet the following requirements
         
CPU   Intel® Pentium® 4 1.2 GHz or above. Slower CPU will cause unstable streaming and jitters.
RAM   512MB
Operating
System		   Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 or later
Multimedia
Application		   Windows Media Player 11.0 or later
Hard Disk  

1GB of free disk space for TV program recording and for stream buffering.
Internet
Browser		   Internet Explorer 7/ 8; Firefox 3.0
Broadband
Connection		   256 Kbps or faster download broadband connection ability

 

  System & Streaming Video Quality
  The CPU requirements for different TV signal quality and video compression quality
  TV Signal Quality Video Compression Quality CPU Operating System  
Standard Definition TV Signals
Average (WMV 8)
Superior (WMV 9)
Intel® Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or above
AMD Athlon™ X2 3800+ or above
Intel® Pentium® E5200 or above
AAMD Athlon™ X2 5200+ or above
Windows XP* / Vista / 7
Windows Vista / 7
HDTV Signals
Average (WMV 8)
Superior (WMV 9)
Intel® Core™2 Quad Q6600 or above
AMD Phenom™ X4 9150e or abov
Windows XP* / Vista / 7
Windows Vista / 7
*  If the PC with SnugTV Station™ application installed is running Windows XP or previous OS, the output streaming video quality can only reach Average (WMV 8) level in the best situation.

 

  The video streaming quality of different broadband connection speed
  Actual Broadband Connection Speed RAM of Snug TV Station PC Video Resolution Video Quality  
Above 1M 1GB 640 x 480 Excellent
900K - 1M 1GB 640 x 480 Superior
600K - 900K 1GB 640 x 480 Good
300K - 600K 512M 320 x 240 Fair
60K - 300K 512M 320 x 240 Acceptable
Below 60K 512M No image Audio only

*
Actual broadband connection speed is affected by the upload connection ability of the TV Station PC, the download connection ability of the TV viewing side, as well as international bandwidth structures between the two points and the number of users in the same time. Thus, different video resolution and quality may result at different times, different locations and while viewing different TV stations.

 

  Mobile Device for SnugTV Remote Viewing
  Firstly, please install SnugTV Mobile™ application on your iPhone or mobile phones/ devices running the ios platform.Where to download
In order to enjoy an optimal internet TV viewing experience, mobile devices for SnugTV remote viewing should meet the following system requirements.
         
CPU   200 Mhz at least
Memory   64MB
Operation system   iPhone OS 3.0 or later
Disk space  

3MB at least
Broadband Connection   Wi-Fi network or 3G broadband which offers downstream speed of 256 kbps or faster