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

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 3 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0014YFC18
• Item model number: 1196
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 27, 2008

Product Description

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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

The WinTV-HVR-1250 from Hauppauge is a dual tuner analog and high definition digital ATSC PCI Express card internal TV tuner for PCs. The WinTV-HVR-1250 has separate tuners for analog NTSC and ATSC digital TV. Ships with full height bracket installed, and includes low profile bracket as well. Includes remote control. Certified for Windows Vista.Features Includes: Watch, pause and record TV on your PC, in window or full screen, uses Hauppauge¿s SoftPVR to record analog TV programs to your computer¿s disk drive, receive ATSC digital TV or Clear QAM digital cable TV, up to 1080i format, receive NTSC analog cable TV with the built-in 125 channel cable-ready TV tuner, Dolby-TV stereo decoder, Schedule TV recordings with WinTV-Scheduler software, Compatible with Windows XP and all versions of Windows Vista.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic for a MythTV Box!!!, November 24, 2008

By	E. Holt (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this card to be put into a MythTV (Linux) home-built DVR. I previously was only recording standard definition non-digital cable channels. I recently purchased a HDTV for my bedroom/office and wanted to be able to take advantage of that. This card works perfectly with MythTV and Linux. The tuner found all of the digital channels in the air that my TV was able to find with the antenna connected directly to it. This card seems to lock onto signals very well, as I havnt seen a single issue in any of the recordings made from it yet. You can't beat free over-the-air high definition of the local networks!!! I'm thrilled. Buy it!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Card for Vista, May 9, 2008

By	Olin Gay (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This TV tuner card works great in a Dell Dimension desktop with Vista. Highly recommended when combined with Windows Media Center. Note that the card will fit in either a PCI Express x1 or x16, but not in a regular PCI slot. I did not set up the remote as I did not need it, so I can't speak for how it works. It looked somewhat cheaply built, though, so if the remote is a selling point, you may want to look elsewhere.

If you want a cheap and easy recording option in Vista, go with this card.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars decent tuner at a good price for analog / ATSC and QAM, January 20, 2009

By	K. Wirsch (Redwood City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I've only used the digital part of this tuner, but I'm very happy with it. Worked out of the box in my linux mythtv system.

If you are thinking about getting this, be sure to select the version that has a remote included. The only difference between the two versions is the extra remote and a S-Video to Composite adapter to make up for the Composite input port you are giving up for the remote input port. And most places offer the version with remote cheaper than the one without. Go figure :)