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Description
WinTV-PVR-150MCE l.p. brings live TV, FM radio and TV recording to your low profile Media Center system Add TV and FM radio to your Windows XP Media Center Edition PC with the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE l.p. At a size which will fit in most low profile chassis, the WinTV-PVR-150MCE l.p. has the best video quality of any Media Center TV tuner, plus adds FM radio.
Quick Glance
Form Factor: Internal Card
Video Standard: NTSC
Slot/Port Type: PCI
A/V Connectors: 1 x mini-DIN, 1 x Mini-phone Audio In, 1 x TV, 1 x FM
Compatible OS: PC
Summary
Product Title: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE l.p. Personal Video Recorder
Manufacturer: Hauppauge
Power Score: 3.7 | 4 Reviews
Device Type and Features
Video Standard Supported: NTSC
Video Quality
Audio Video Connectors: 1 x mini-DIN, 1 x Mini-phone Audio In, 1 x TV, 1 x FM
Video Capture Format: S-Video
Compatibility
Form Factor: Internal Card
Slot/Port Type: PCI
Operating System: PC
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: 125 channel cable ready TV tuner, NTSC The WinTV-PVR-150MCE also runs with third party applications like BeyondTV and SageTV, too: You can also use the WinTV-PVR-150MCE l.p. under Windows XP to watch TV in a window and record your TV shows by using applications like SageTV and BeyondTV. These applications are great if you already have a Windows XP system and would like to add TV watching and recording.
Frame Rate: 30 fps NTSC
Functions: Video Capturing
Audio Line In: Yes
Strengths: Easy to install, works with Media Center PC
Weakness: None
This works great. Easy to install. Plug in cable and FM wire. And thats it. Media Center finds it and downloads all channels for you. You can listen to the radio also! Highly recommended.
Strengths: Good quality recordings, decent price, unloads CPU resources, easy to use, works with Win XP
Weakness: Only records one channel at a time (but we know that)
I bought this to replace my software based TV tuner (some kind of an ATI). I was throughly pleased. I use this with WIndows XP SP2 and Beyond TV by Snapstream Media. They work flawlessly together. Beware: If you use a PVR-based Hauppauge card, Vista, and Beyond TV 4.7.x; there's a good chance you will have problems recording. I had to switch back to XP because it was so bad. I think it's a...
Strengths: great OS support excellent tech support
Weakness: slightly higher cpu usage not quite the perfect picture
I like this a lot, and it's one of the few low profile cards with a real low profile bracket for htpc cases. Also, it has drivers for linux that work with mythtv, etc. Finally, Hauppauge tech support is excellent, if you have problems. I wish it were a pci-e card, though.
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Strengths: Good price for PVR hardware, radio feature, RCA jack (saves money on buying a converter).
Weakness: still have trouble getting radio to work. No remote
I bought the card for windows xp actually and so far TV is good, no problems, no hardware slow down, although I doubt there would be one with 2.8ghz pentium running. I'm still having trouble getting the radio to work since the program keeps giving me a dll error. It's probably just my configuration though. Basically, this has the best features for the price and my only gripe is that it doesn't...
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