Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-USB 2.0 MCE Bundle TV Tuner/Personal Video Recorder by HAUPPAUGE
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Digital camera reviews of Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-USB 2.0 MCE Bundle TV Tuner/Personal Video Recorder
Digital camera Review: Great tuner... when it's not locked up
Summary: 4 Stars
I am using this tuner on a HP dv9000 laptop with 3 GB RAM and running Vista Home Premium.
Picture quality is better than I expected for a USB device. And the full-function Media Cente remote is very nice.
Installation was extremely easy. I just hooked it up and Vista did the rest. You need to go through some simple steps in Media Center to get your local guide. Even after going through all the steps some channels were mysteriously missing, but can be easily added manually.
My one complaint and the reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of it's tendency to lock up. When this happens the tuner shows up as an unkown USB device and Media Center says there are no tuners installed. The only remedy is to cycle the power on the tuner. After that all is well, but it is an annoying step nonetheless.
When it happens it is always when the laptop is coming out of sleep mode. I'm not sure if it is a problem with the tuner or some configuration issue with my laptop.
Digital camera Review: Happy Customer
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have windows vista media center you need this item.
Simply plug in acording to instructions and let vista do it's
own driver search and BAM!. Only use the pre-programed driver disc if you
have other than windows vista. This info is not in the instructions.
I knew to set up my unit this way from past experience with other components.
After set up follow instructions given to you from the media center.
Digital camera Review: Great product! Clear picture!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Excellent recording quality, recordings are as clear as the original video source. Works well with both XP and Vista. Software provided for non MCE pc's works well and is easy to use. You can also connect a component video and audio source and record dvd movies to your pc with excellent clarity. You'll be able to set the quality of the video recording depending on how long you need to record. I've tried several settings and don't see much of a difference from the highest setting to the average vhs quality setting other than the lower setting uses less Megabytes or gigabytes. I would highly reccomend this PVR.
I would have given this PVR 5 stars if it weren't for the lack of instructions provided with the unit. The only instructions provided is for installing the software for pc's without Media Center.There are no instructions showing the functions of the remote, but it's easy to learn after you play around with it for a few minutes.
Also i've had problems when i set a schedule for programs to record and set my pc to standy, the program scheduler wakes up the computer as it should, but when this happens the computer loses it's tuner signal from the PVR which requires you to power off the PVR and reconnect. I've had this problem with both XP and vista. I tend to leave my pc on most of the time anyway so this is not much of an issue to me.
Digital camera Review: Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-USB
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-USB to use on the wife's laptop. Her laptop had the windows XP multa-media software and I thought that would be a good accessory. The software loaded OK but it took awhile to get the remote control to work. Windows problem not Hauppauge. The computer is used when we travel in our RV. On a recent trip I programmed the local cable channels and it took the guesswork out of finding the programs I wanted to watch. It made the computer into a additional TV and VCR as well. I have bought several Hauppauge products and this is the hi quality I expected from them. The only negative is that it doesn't include digital channels. I had to buy a HVR 950 for the HDTV channels. I see they now have a HVR 1600 which may be better for analog and digital. Digital camera Review: Great TV Capture Device
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a bit hesitant to buy this product because I didn't know if it supported my OS. I am running Vista Ultimate 64bit Edition. I am happy to say it runs amazingly well with Media Center. Full functionality with the remote too. Don't hesitate this product is awesome.
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