1. Hauppauge 1199 WinTV HVR-1600
Internal PCI Dual TV Tuner/Video
Recorder with IR Receiver and
Blaster
Works Great With Vista 64 Bit
Amazon.com Product Description The Hauppauge 1199 WinTV-HVR-1600
includes dual TV tuners to let you watch both digital and analog television
on your PC, in a window or full screen. With PVR software and built-in
hardware for MPEG-2 encoding, you can also record television onto your
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align: center; } The Hauppauge 1199 WinTV-HVR-1600 offers: Dual
TV tuners to watch digital and analog television signals. Compatible with
ATSC and QAM digital TV, and analog cable TV signals. Dbx-TV stereo
decoding for spectacular sound. Built-in MPEG-2 hardware encoding.
Dual tuners lets you watch both digital and analog signals. View larger.
Watch High-definition Digital TV on Your Computer
With dual format TV tuners, the WinTV-HVR-1600 lets you watch ATSC
digital TV as well as QAM digital TV and analog cable TV. ATSC digital
TV, which typically requires an antenna for reception, is the over -the-air
HDTV standard for North America. ATSC broadcasts range in resolution
from standard definition up to the high definition 1080i format. (To check
the ATSC digital transmissi ons in your area, input your zip code at
titantv.com.) The WinTV-HVR-1600 also lets you watch and record QAM
channels, which are unencrypted digital channels broadcast by your local
cable operator. If you dont have access to digital television channels yet,
you can also watch regular analog cable television. And with the included
remote control, you can control your cable TV or satellite set top box. In
addition to high-definition video, the card also features a dbx-TV stereo
decoder for great TV sound. The card has Composite/S-Video and audio
inputs that allow for connecting VCRs or cable/satellite set top boxes.
Your Own Personal Digital Video Recorder!
With the included software, you can easily record TV shows to your hard
disk using MPEG-2. Several recording options are available depending on
your playback needs; higher quality video requires more disk space.
Generally, 5 gigabytes of disk space is used per hour of ATCS digital TV
recordings.. Thanks to the built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder, your PC
continues to run at full speed even while recording.
The WinTV application offers an elegant interface to watch TV in a window
or full screen. View larger. With the WinTV-Scheduler software, easily
schedule the recordings of your favorite television shows daily, weekly, or
just once. You can then play back the recordings at your leisure, burn them
onto CD or DVD for playback on another computer or your television, or
with video editing software (not included), you can edit the shows. This is
great for saving favorite movie clips, or of your favorite teams dramatic
last-second win or your favorite players grand slam. The Hauppauge 1199
WinTV-HVR-1600 plugs into a PCI slot and is compatible with Windows
Vista, XP with Service Pack 2, and Windows XP Media Center Edition.
With XP-MCE and Vista, you can add the WinTV-HVR-1600 as either the
primary or secondary TV tuner. The Microsoft Media Center application

3. supports up to two TV tuners so you can watch on channel while recording
another. Whats in the Box
WinTV-HVR-1600 PCI card, IR remote control receiver, IR Blaster (remote
control), CD-ROM with WinTV software.
Features:
* PCI card has dual TV tuners to let you watch both digital and analog
television on your computer
* Supports QAM, ATSC, and analog cable signals
* Built-in hardware MPEG-2 recorder
* Remote control included
* Includes Personal Video Recorder software for scheduled recording of
programs
Personal Review: Hauppauge 1199 WinTV HVR-1600 Internal
PCI Dual TV Tuner/Video Recorder with IR Receiver and Blaster
In installed the card on a new, fairly standard Vista Home (32-bit) system,
the card was recognized, drivers installed. I did not bother with WinTV;
Windows Media Center works very well for me, and is fully compatible with
this tuner.
At first I was using it to tune analog cable, and it worked fine for that
purpose. I was satisfied that the picture was as good as analog could be,
but of course I was pining for HD.
Our local cable provider charged far too much money to provide access to
local channels in HD, which is all I really wanted, so I installed an outdoor
antenna for over-the-air reception. Even an indoor antenna worked
reasonably well, but with some dropouts. With the outdoor antenna, I get
solid HD reception along with the extra sub-channels found on some
broadcasters (especially PBS). The cost of the antenna and installation
was about the same as 8 months of digital cable, so it's paid for.
Because there are two TV inputs (one for analog, one for HD) you might
be tempted to use a passive splitter to use the same signal for both, and
perhaps for other devices. I recommend that you avoid/minimize splitting
because it greatly reduces the signal, or get an active splitter, one that
requires electricity to power amplifiers that prevent loss from splitting.
I have since upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit, and this card works perfectly
with that Windows Media Center on that system. I have never tried using
digital cable with this card, but I understand that it is supported in Windows
7, but not Windows Vista, at least not the original release.
I got this card maybe 18-24 months ago and it continues to work
flawlessly.

4. I gave "Features" only four stars because I wish there was an FM tuner on
this card, like there are on some others.
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