NVIDIA® Corporation announced today that NVIDIA Personal Cinema(tm), a product that marries the power of a PC with the consumer convenience of a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) by offering intelligent TV surfing and recording combined with industry-leading 3D graphics in one complete package, was named "Best PVR PC card" by the editors of Smart TV & Sound Magazine. Unveiled in the magazine's Summer/Fall 2002 issue, the review heralds NVIDIA Personal Cinema for its ease-of-use and robust feature set that includes the ability to pause and record live TV; to schedule future TV shows for recording; to playback DVDs; and to capture and edit video-all from a desktop PC.

"NVIDIA Personal Cinema has been gaining momentum as an ideal solution for consumers looking to turn their PCs into a home entertainment hub," said Dan Vivoli, vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. "We're excited that the editors of Smart TV & Sound magazine have selected NVIDIA Personal Cinema as the best Personal Video Recorder (PVR) PC product of the year as it's a true credit to the talents and expertise of our product design team."