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Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2250 White Box for System Builders Dual Hybrid PCI-E TV Tuner Board | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hauppauge
Category: CE
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $114.63
You Save: $35.36 (24%)
New (14) from $114.63
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1559
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center compatible
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 3 x 10
MPN: 1229
Model: 1229
UPC: 785428012292
EAN: 0785428012292
ASIN: B001E2T6Y4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | PCI-E TV Tuner Board | | • | Dual Hybrid Analog and Digital TV Tuners | | • | Watch record and pause TV on your PC | | • | ATSC Clear QAM Digital TV up to 1080i | | • | Vista Compatible |
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Product Description
The WinTV-HVR-2250 has two tuners, for watching a TV program while recording another program with the other tuner. Record analog cable TV shows to your PC's hard disk with a built-in high quality MPEG-2 hardware encoder. You can also record high definition digital ATSC and clear QAM digital cable TV to disk in the original digital quality. Use the WinTV-Scheduler to schedule the recordings of your favorite analog or digital TV programs. Play the recordings back to your PC screen at any time. Clear QAM TV channels are unencrypted digital TV channels broadcast by your local cable operator. ATSC broadcasts range in resolution from standard definition up to the high definition 1080i format. The WinTV-HVR can be used to watch and record all ATSC formats. ATSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC's multimedia experience with near CD quality sound. WinTV-HVR's ATSC digital TV tuner adds great features to your TV viewing: High definition TV reception, automatic identification of channel names, plus it records high-definition digital TV programs to your PC's hard disk in an MPEG-2 format without any loss in quality. WinTV-HVR-2250 is a PCI Express X1 board based on the NXP 7164 bus interface chip. For ATSC and QAM digital TV, all 18 ATSC formats including 1080i can be watched or recorded to disk as a MPEG-2 Program Stream. Single slot PCI Express (PCIe) X1 board, half height System Requirements - 2.2-GHz P4 or equivalent required for displaying ATSC high definition TV on your PC screen, Microsoft Windows Vista Premium or Ultimate with Media Center or Windows XP Media Center Edition, Available PCIe X1 or X8 slot, Graphics with 64MB memory or greater, Sound card, and CD reader for software installation
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sweet, Totaly recommended. October 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This thing is pretty sweet. Just connect 1 coax cable and it splits it internaly. I like being able to record 2 shows at once. I watch TV on my big screen, but use this to record my favorite shows and works great, the quality, although not HD over my standard cable connection, is still quite good. My friends brag about having a 100gb Tivo, lol, i have 2Tbs, and can burn em to DVD, hehe. Great card, works perfect on Vista Ultamate 64bit. I use it with Media Center and not the WinTV.
The shipping was super fast and the price is certainly great.
 SageTV users: ATSC doesn't work with this card... yet. October 25, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are planning to use with SageTV 6.4.8 (latest as of this writing) then be aware that the ATSC tuners do NOT work. Although this is a problem with SageTV, those that are looking to purchase this card are likely to use it under SageTV.
SageTV recognizes this card as something completely different and is unable able to tune the Digital ATSC tuner. I've tried to install the latest beta XP 32-bit drivers from Hauppauge and the beta drivers for SageTV without avail.
I'm sure there's a fix for this coming from SageTV, and when it comes, this card will be perfect. But, until then, buyer beware!
Great Tuner October 3, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a relatively new product and I was skeptical as to whether it would work for me. There were very few reviews to help guide me. I'm happy to say that the tuner card installed easily, the drivers loaded properly, and both tuners (this is a dual tuner card) are functioning with my digital video recording software. I use Beyond TV and wasn't sure that the current version of BTV would recognize this new tuner device. I had some initial concerns in that the Hauppauge software that came with the tuner card wouldn't pick up one of my local channels (the weakest channel in my area). However, the BTV software successfully directed the tuner card to the weak channel and the tuners pull in a sufficiently strong signal for good reception. I'm delighted with this card and would recommend it. Just make sure you have the appropriate slot open in your computer to accept it. Double check the specs for the card and your computer to ensure compatibility. Oh yeah... you can order directly from Hauppauge for less than what Amazon has it priced at.
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