Product Description

Space saving analogue and digital TV stick for USB 2.0 watch pauseand record analogue or digital TV on PC or laptop.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13816 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Hauppauge
• Model: 246
• Released on: 2005-11-22
• Platform: Windows XP
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .79 pounds

Features

• WIN-TV HVR-900TV USB 2.0 Analogue & Dig
• WIN-TV HVR-900TV USB 2.0 Analogue & Digital TV Tuner

Manufacturer's Description
WinTV-HVR-900 brings analogue and digital terrestrial TV (DVB-T) to your PC or laptop! Watch, pause and record analogue or DVB-T digital TV in a window or full screen using high quality MPEG-2. Use the WinTV Scheduler to record you favourite analogue or digital TV shows. Play your TV recordings back to your screen any time. WinTV-HVR-900 is easy to install. Just plug it into your PC or laptop USB 2.0 port and connect to any kind of TV reception (cable TV, antenna,etc.) Load the software from our installation CD and you're ready to start watching analogue or digital TV on your PC or laptop screen. WinTVHVR-900 also includes a portable digital DVB-T antenna, so you can receive digital TV while you travel!

With the HVR-900 You're prepared for the future. If you live in an area where you can't currently receive Freeview digital TV, the WinTV-HVR-900 can still be used to watch and record analogue TV from cable TV or a TV aerial. But you are prepared for the future! When digital TV comes to your area, The WinTV-HVR-900 will also receive the new digital TV channels.

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Customer Reviews

Good, but not as MCE compatible as you'd think.
This is a very nice bit of kit. It installed easily and worked withing Windows XP Media Center edition 2005 flawlessly first time. Problem is that *only* the digital bit works within media center, not the analog. The suppllied WinTV2000 software has to be used to get analog signal, which is a bit dissapointing. I guess this may get fixed with future driver updates, but as of now (end Jan 2006) it doesn't. May be better to list it as "Digital bit is MCE compatible".

Useful tip for better reception
To get better reception with the portable arial included I stuck mine on an old CD. The metal in the CD does something to make the signal cleaner and stronger. Any metal plate will do of course. Also, needs to be near a window or outside wall for best reception and away from any other electrical items like printers and monitors.

better and cheaper available
Serving on board a vessel in Tilbury near London our terrestial tv is really bad.
A collegue of mine bought a digital tv receiver for his laptop for 38 pounds and has brilliant reception now.
I opted for the more expensive hauppage ,thinking more value for a highrer price.
Well am I sorry ,my collegue enjoying watching perfect pictures while I feel the need to write my first review ever.
Scanned several times and get numerous options but despite having an atenna twice the sice of my collegue no reception or frozen pictures, it works ok in Belfast were I live,but I want it for when I'm away, the software is for TV specialists.
Errors pop up now and then and sometimes everything just frezes up.
In short it is far inferior to another product which also includes remote control and a perfect size antenna.
Don't buy