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Hauppauge 1196 WinTV HVR-1250 PCI Express Hybrid High Definition TV Tuner Card

Hauppauge 1196 WinTV HVR-1250 PCI Express Hybrid High Definition TV Tuner Card

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Brand: Hauppauge

List Price: $69.99
Buy New: $44.98
as of 9/10/2010 10:51 MST details
You Save: $25.01 (36%)

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New (24) Used (2) from $44.98

Seller: AM_SALES
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 76 reviews

Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 3

MPN: 1196
Model: 1196
UPC: 785428011967
EAN: 0785428011967
ASIN: B0014YFC18

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Watch, pause, and record digital and analog TV on your PC
  • Compatible with 32 bit and/or 64 bit Windows 7
  • Dbx-TV stereo decoding for spectacular sound
  • MPEG-2 software encoder for analog TV
  • Includes remote control and Personal Video Recorder software for scheduled recording of programs

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Amazon.com Product Description
The Hauppauge 1196 WinTV-HVR-1250 lets you watch, pause and record both digital and analog television on your PC, in a window or full screen. With PVR software you can also record television onto your computer for viewing later without slowing down your computer. Thanks to MPEG-2 encoding, video quality is superb.

The Hauppauge 1196 WinTV-HVR-1250 offers:
  • Watch, pause, and record digital and analog TV on your PC.
  • Compatible with ATSC and QAM digital TV, and NTSC analog cable TV signals.
  • Convenient remote control.
  • MPEG-2 software encoder for analog TV.


WinTV software makes it easy to record your favorite shows. View larger.


Watch and record high-definition digital television on your computer. View larger. View ports.
Watch High-definition Digital TV on Your Computer
The WinTV-HVR-1250 lets you watch ATSC digital TV as well as QAM digital TV and analog cable TV directly on your computer. 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 transmissions in your area, input your zip code at titantv.com.)

The WinTV-HVR-1250 also lets you watch and record QAM channels, which are unencrypted digital channels broadcast by your local cable operator. If you don't 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 S-Video and stereo 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 ATSC digital TV recordings, and 1.5 gigabytes of disk space is used per hour of Analog recording using Hauppauge's SoftPVR for Windows XP and Media Center.

With the WinTV-Scheduler software, you can 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 even edit the shows. This is great for saving favorite movie clips, clips of your home team's dramatic last-second win, or your favorite player's grand slam.

The Hauppauge 1196 WinTV-HVR-1250 plugs into a PCI express X1 or X16 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-1250 as either the primary or secondary TV tuner. The Microsoft Media Center application supports up to two TV tuners so if you have a second tuner in addition to the WinTV-HVR-1250, you can watch one channel while recording another.

What's in the Box
WinTV-HVR-1250 PCI Express bus TV tuner, remote control with batteries, remote control receiver cable, WinTV software CD-ROM, quick installation guide, and half-height bracket for use in low-profile chassis.


Product Description
WINTVHVR1250 PCI EXP TV TUNER PERPDUAL TUNER PCIE ATSC HD & NTSC TV


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5 out of 5 stars Works well   September 3, 2010
Amazon Adventurer (East Coast, USA)
The product was easy to install and works as it was supposed to. The clarity of the picture is great!!


5 out of 5 stars Works with Myth TV   July 28, 2010
GBD
Purchased this card for a Mythbuntu-Lucid box. The 2.6.32.x kernal supports the card (ATSC only), although I had to use terminal to create a file 'sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/cx23885.conf' and in the new file type 'options cx23885 card=20' and then reboot the computer. Then add the new card as a DVB.


1 out of 5 stars Choppy Video   July 18, 2010
Richard Young (California, USA)
I had to return this. The video was noticeably choppy. I have a dual core 3GHz cpu with a good video card. I'm pretty sure I'm fine on my end. So it must be this card. Also, Windows Media Center did not recognize the tuner card. I'm used to WMC. The program that comes with the tuner card did not appear to be as good as WMC, but I did not try it out long enough to really review the tuner software. Only that the software looked kinda cheesy compared to WMC.


1 out of 5 stars Do not buy if you have comcast   July 6, 2010
J. Mat
The 1250 will not work properly if you have a Comcast analog to digital convertor. If you have Comcast, you have a convertor. After a few hours of trying to set the card up with no luck, I called Hauppauge and the tech support person said, that there is no way to use this card if you have Comcast. It enables you to watch TV and you can not use any of the recording/viewing functions that Hauppauge's web site claims will be available. The only function this card will provide you is live TV on your computer and you will have to use the Comcast remote to change the channels on the Comcast convertor. The tech support person mentioned that 90% of his calls are about this issue and told me unless I bought this from them directly that "I was out of luck". First and last Hauppauge purchase.


5 out of 5 stars Win TV HVR 1250   July 5, 2010
Suzanne D. Rander (Pittsburgh, PA)
So very easy...Perfect for Windows 7(64bit) Media Center. Installed card, drivers and I am watching HDTV.

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