Hauppauge 1193 WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card HDTV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit

by Hauppauge

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7 x 2.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0010DJQII
• Item model number: 1193
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #15 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Video Capture Cards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

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Amazon.com Product Description With the Hauppauge 1193 WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card HDTV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit you can watch live HDTV or cable TV on your laptop PC. Just plug this card into your computer's Express Card/54 slot, and you can watch and record your favorite television show at up to 1080i resolution.

The Hauppauge 1193 WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card HDTV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit offers: Live HDTV or cable TV on your laptop PC at up to 1080i resolution. Support for NTSC analog cable, over the air TV, ATSC digital over the air HDTV, and Clear QAM digital cable TV. Built-in 125 channel cable-ready TV tuner. Dolby-TV stereo decoder for Dolby-quality audio. The card supports NTSC analog cable, over the air TV, ATSC Digital over the air HDTV, and Clear QAM digital cable TV. View connectors. Plug this card into your laptop's Express Card/54 slot and watch live HDTV or cable TV at up to 1080i resolution. The WinTV application offers an elegant interface to watch TV in a window or full screen. View larger. Watch Analog, Cable and Digital TV on your Laptop The WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card couldn't be easier to install. Simply plug it into you laptop's ExpressCard/54mm slot, and you're ready to enjoy the full benefits of television from the convenience of your computer. Why miss your favorite show or the deciding playoff game just because you have work to do? With this card, you have the option of watching your favorite television programming in a window or on full screen. The card supports NTSC analog cable, over the air TV, ATSC Digital over the air HDTV, and Clear QAM digital cable TV. NTSC is the analog cable TV standard, and ATSC is the over-the-air digital HDTV standard for North America and typically requires an antenna for reception. Clear QAM digital cable allows you to watch unencrypted HDTV stations from your cable TV provider without a set-top box. The card features a built-in 125 channel cable-ready TV tuner, allowing you to watch Analog TV and Clear QAM Digital TV by connecting to a cable box with the included adapter cable. Also included is a portable ATSC antenna with MCX connector lets you watch ATSC HDTV at up to 1080i format. For analog cable TV reception, you will need an analog cable TV connection. If you have a digital cable set-top box or a satellite box, the WinTV-HVR-1500 can connect via either channel 3, Composite or S-Video inputs. For ATSC over-the-air digital TV reception, a high-gain antenna is recommended. (To check the ATSC TV broadcasts in your area, go to TitanTV.com and enter your postal code. Note: depending on the strength of your antenna, you might not be able to receive all broadcasts listed at TitanTV.) Schedule and Record your Favorite Show When coupled with the included Hauppage's SoftPVR software, you can record your programs directly to your computer's hard drive with one click. Analog TV recordings typically consume 1.5 GB of disk space per hour using Hauppauge's SoftPVR for Windows XP and Media Center. High Definition TV recordings typically consume 5 GB of disk space per hour. With WinTV-Scheduler software installed (also included with the video card), you can also turn your PC into a virtual personal video recorder, or PVR, and schedule and record your TV shows automatically. Other features include a Dolby-TV stereo decoder for Dolby-quality audio, and a Windows Media Center certified USB remote control transmitter and receiver. The WinTV-HVR-1500 is compatible with Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Media Center and requires an available Express Card/54 slot for operation. The kit includes What's in the Box WinTV-HVR-1500 Express Card/54 TV tuner, Media Center certified USB remote control transmitter and receiver, cable TV adapter cable ('F' connector to MCX), portable ATSC antenna with MCX connector, audio/video input cable, WinTV Installation and Utilities Software CD-ROM, and quick installation guide.

Product Description

TV TunerExpressCard - ATSC, NTSC

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than most, December 16, 2008

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Godthi Vamsy "Electronic Geek" (Kakinada, India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hauppauge 1193 WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card HDTV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit (Personal Computers)

All the features stated in the description work really well. Its a breeze to install and make it work with Windows media center. Also works very well with Vista. The remote is very handy and can be used as a media center remote control. It also controls other programs playing media on the laptop. It does not slow down the system even when it is recording videos. Excellent value for the money.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TV on PC review, March 19, 2009

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William Hicks "unpluged fan" (phx az usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hauppauge 1193 WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card HDTV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit (Personal Computers)

i purchased two other tunners before this one and had trouble with all of
them either the software or the acual usb or express card hardware was not
compatible but the product worked perfectly out of the box and installed
in 5 minutes

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WINTVHVR1500MC Video Express Card, February 29, 2008

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Jack C. Hayden Jr. "Jackson Hayden" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hauppauge 1193 WinTV HVR-1500 Notebook Express Card HDTV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit (Personal Computers)

Excellent hardware. Kit uses Windows Media Center. This
is MUCH too slow. Downloaded Hauppauge WinTV from their website
and now it works VERY well.