Hauppauge 1101 WinTV HVR-1600 Internal PCI Dual TV Tuner/Video Recorder

by Hauppauge

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 7 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000MTSYRU
• Item model number: 1101
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,660 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 21, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Hauppauge 1101 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 computer for viewing later without slowing down your computer.

The Hauppauge 1101 WinTV-HVR-1600 offers: Dual TV tuners to watch digital and analog television signals. Compatibility 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 connections

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 transmissions 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 don't have access to digital television channels yet, you can also watch regular analog cable television.

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. The card also includes an FM radio tuner that lets you listen to your favorite FM radio broadcasts.

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 GB 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 player's grand slam.

The Hauppauge 1101 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 supports up to two TV tuners, so you can watch on channel while recording another.

What's in the Box
WinTV-HVR-1600 PCI card.

Product Description

Watch hi-definition ATSC digital TV on your PC! Analog cable TV, too! Dual format TV receiver for your PC. Watch ATSC digital TV or analog cable TV, in a window or full screen. Watch and record all ATSC formats, including the highest definition 1080i format!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars warm, May 12, 2007

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Johnathan D. Raymond (Clearwater, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hauppauge 1101 WinTV HVR-1600 Internal PCI Dual TV Tuner/Video Recorder (Personal Computers)

This Card isn't quite like the normal WINTVR-1600. It has the addition of a fm tuner as well, which surprised me when I opened the box. This card WILL, however drastically affect the heat output of your system. This card is doing a lot of work, and it outputs at a heat level to match

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wintv HVR1600 Mce for Vista White Box Pci Atsc HDTV, January 19, 2008

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A. Winters "Play in our world, Live in yours" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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Wintv HVR1600 Mce for Vista White Box Pci Atsc HDTV

This is a perfect match for those running windows xp media center 2005. It gives your old Pentium IV new life. The channels come in crystal clear and the radio function takes your pc to new heights. It works with your pc's remote and has "TiVo" like features. If I can install it, then most novice users can also. Call pc manufacture for help, or visit website for step-by-step instructions.

Los Angeles, Ca.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great card and cheap too., May 10, 2007

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Jeremy A. Campbell (Florissant, MO) - See all my reviews
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Anyone needing a hdtv card for there pc needs this card. It meets the requirement of haveing an analog tuner and the two tuners record at the sane time. I have a really cheap antenna and it locks on fully to all the channels I have the antenna faced at. I did't need the remote either because I use my Xbox to watch my tv recordings not my computer. Hope you all get this card becuase it rocks. I am replacing my two pvr 150s with another one of these bad boys.