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Product ReviewsHauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 - White Box 1187
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 Rating: Review Date: 05/19/13 |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/17/13 |
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Fantastic with windows 7 or XP media ed. Does not perform for LINUX. at least I havnt been in a position to get it to perform (with almost everything else).drivers for analog not accessible. For linux go to a different model... but ok for windows (its triggered me to switch my media center pc to windows...) |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/15/13 |
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Worked correct out of the box in my MythTV/Linux box with ASUS M4N72-E motherboard and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor processor. None |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/15/13 |
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The card does function, picks up digital and analog channels properly. The remote ONLY operates with media center and the integrated application if you set up ALL of the application (so don't even dream of it working in Linux). The integrated application is HORRIBLE. Requires way too lengthy to flip channels. Remote is laggy. You can download the computer software and drivers from the internet site, but it Makes YOU INSERT THE CD to continue the installation. It even says on the internet site, you have to have a Hauppauge CD, not even the original one, to get it to full installation. Oh, and they'll send you 1 for บ. How considerate of them. Highly recommend you not get this card unless you don't plan on operating Linux or use the remote or hold the CD forever. I program on returning it. I have an ancient Hauppauge tuner card that I nonetheless use after several OS reinstalls. Lost the integrated software program extended ago. If they expected the CD for that a single I would almost certainly have to toss it. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/02/13 |
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Amazing sensititivty. This tuner locks on to stations your TVset can obtain. I have been via a long list of Pc primarily based ATSC digital tuners including Avermedia, ATI, Hauppage, HD Homerun. The tuner on this card is in a class by itself. I have attempted all the above tuners and not 1 could match any of my HDTVs (Sharp, Panasonic, HP, Samsung, or and external CE tuner like a Tivo HD. The 1250 can, it is truly a even more effective tuner than the greatest I have which is constructed in HP DLP. The software cd that comes bundled is pure excrement. Download the most recent driver package from the Hauppage web-site and only install the standard driver. Even that is an iffy install. But one you get it set up as a tuner in Media Center be ready to be pleasantly surpised. I have been throwing capital at I have been throwing capital at Computer tuners for 2 years attempting to get one particular that work on par with my HDTVs, absolutely nothing came close until an individual on the AVS Forum suggested the 1250. There story was the identical, it blew away there HDTVs constructed in tuner. The software program is ugly but if you are runnig Vista Media Center you only will need the standard driver. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/19/13 |
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Wonderful quality imageNicely supported cardLow profile form element Windows computer software that ships with card (use MCE or MediaPortal!).Lack of and Mpeg Encoder/Decoder.Lack of Analog Assistance in Linux. I purchased this card to go in a low profile media center case for a custom built PVR I have. I enjoy it! It is effectively supported in each linux and windows. Linux help doesn't include things like analog as of but, but thinking about the upcoming DTV switch, that's not much of an issue. I had zero complications installing this card and setting it up with MythTV. I have bought many Hauppauge cards and I have loved them all. Fortunately Comcast, the cable provider in my area, doesn't encrypt the simple 80+ channel digital package so I was capable to access almost everything I am paying for via MythTV with this card. This card can be really challenging on older systems as it doesn't have any onboard encoders/decoders. At 1080i that can seriously tax a technique bus, make positive you have at least a 400Mhz+ FSB. It will operate in conjunction with older (PVR-150룶) cards that have onboard encoders nonetheless, but that FSB speed is nonetheless critical.Overall it's a great card for the value, via MythTV/Linux or MCE/Windows. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/28/12 |
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Place in a Intel E6550 Pc with Vista and X3000 on-board video. Its HDTV good quality is remarkable from my Acer Ph530 projector. With its low-cost audio wire antenna, I get all nearby HD channels in my basement. Image projected to a 72" x 120" screen nonetheless looks sharp and color rich. DTS audio output is outstanding also. The signal is additional stable than my Olevia HDTV on the 2nd floor with a much better antenna. Analog Tv high quality is terrible, but I employed it only for HDTV. Just employed included driver. May well try to download a upgrade driver to see the distinction. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/28/12 |
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Fantastic specs on paper. Hauppauge tech assistance is really courteous and knowledgeable. Controller chip on card was DOA. Connected, reconnected, set up, uninstalled. Windows 7 discovered the device in handle panel, but controller would not pick up the channels off of the cable connection. Hauppauge tech assistance supplied to RMA the card for me, but I just decided to bite the bullet and let the Egg refund my cash. I will go with a unique card.Possibly |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/26/12 |
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Nicely, it didn't work for me - but I don't know if it's the board or my MB, As soon as the driver began loading, my computer locked up. This has in no way happened otherwise and does not occur with my PVR-150. A posting in right here mentions a compatibility situation with the AMD 770 chip on the ASUS M3A78 - my encounter supports that. Possibly won't perform with an AMD 770 chipset ;( New Egg delivered quick, but you knew that... |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/11/12 |
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Really like this tuner, I had formally been making use of k-world tuners nonetheless the signal was not what I had hoped for. This is a really sensitive tuner; so substantially so that I am receiving channels from over 50 miles away in some cases! took a although for me to uncover the driver download to make sure the tuner was entirely up to date but then that's just their web site. If you are not receiving a clear signal I would advise you to purchase A signal booster with an FM trap and make certain you only use coax cable so as to keep away from the cable from turning into an antenna which causes interference. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/03/12 |
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Affordable. PCI-Express x1. Works fantastic with Vista Residence Premium Windows Media Center. At the recommendation of numerous, I did not install WinTV computer software. Gets all the obtainable HD OTA channels. Quite delighted with the image excellent. I can't say anything about QAM, analog cable recording, etc. simply because I don't use it for that. Only four stars simply because it doesn't fit in my machine with no some modification. My Intel MB has a capacitor that keeps the card from seating all the way into the slot. I read another overview that recommended you relocate the card's audio jack, which is the guilty part that pushes against the capacitor. I may possibly ultimately do that, but for now I went with a temporary remedy: I removed the card's metal mounting plate, which gave me a small additional wiggle space to push the card most of the way into the slot. I did this initially to just make sure the card worked. It did operate, so I'm leaving it as is till now. Playback of recorded HD content material can be a tad pixelated when the picture moves quickly. This might be due to my video card; even so, live play isn't as undesirable. I have Windows Media Center configured to record on "best," so I guess I will just try to preserve tweaking it. My specs:Pentium D 925, 3. GhzVista Household Premium2 MB RAM256 MB GeForce 7300 GTI don't have cable, and I don't but personal an HDTV, so all I wanted was a standard card that could view and record OTA HD channels--and this card does that effectively. Card only does software program mpeg-two compression, but I don't have to worry about this given that all I record is HD, which is native mpeg-2 so no compression needed. In other words, this was the excellent card for what I wanted to do.If you want a card with hardware mpeg-2 compression, appear elsewhere. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/28/12 |
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The card looks nicely when it desires to function. This card interferes with every single single other device in my process. When its in it kills all my other tuner cards and network cards. And it fails to load any video or tune any channels in mythtv. Total pile. It may well look like the card isn't screwing with the method but you'll locate anything that is absolutely unrelated and discover out that its induced by the card. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/25/12 |
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Not a bad cost, has assistance for both analog and digital "free-over-the-air" signals. Can't get the dang thing to operate correctly with Vista Residence Premium Media Center. The trouble is very first it wont let me install the WinTV for MC Computer software, that and the signal I get more than it in Media Center, which is straight from a VCR, has such a "low data-rate" that the connection is viewed as lost... but at the very same time I get the proper Audio. It happens with the Coax, element, and the S-Video as effectively. And as if this doesn't irritate me... I go to examine for updated drivers or software, and the card is practically not possible to locate beneath the help area of Hauppauge's web page, but there are no downloads for it that I can locate. Aside from Newegg's wonderful delivery instances? None. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/19/12 |
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Uncomplicated installation and fantastic documentation I have a Vista Media Center running on an Abit IL-90MV (GMA 950) with a Core2 Duo T5500 and 1GB of RAM. I have it connected to a 1080p Tv and have by no means located any HD content that I can not watch. The OTA HD channels from this card have been the initial that have failed outright for me. When watching either live Tv or a recorded show, my memory jumps from close to 600mb allocated up to around 2GB, causing the machine to consistently swap and grind to a hault. I know that 1GB with Vista is asking for difficulty, but till now, I have been in a position to watch any other kind of HD content material without any challenges and this card's specifications do not specifically list that more than 1GB of RAM is needed. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/03/12 |
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Inexpensive Cheap for a reason. The drivers just don't operate and there is no help from the firm. It may possibly work with Vista(Yuck) but I could not get it to perform with XP Pro. If you want a video card that truly functions, DO NOT Buy THIS One particular!! |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/28/12 |
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Effortless to install and performs nicely with vista. Picture and sound top quality are good. MC has a tendency to skip recording on programs periodically with this card. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/04/12 |
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HD looks fantastic nearly as very good as watching live Television. Just place it into my Windows 7RC machine and it worked with out installing drivers or something.Newegg got it to me in three days.I don't have to record everything in SD any longer. SD high quality is slightly below typical with Media Center set to "Best" quality. The SD top quality is by no implies unwatchable but I have three other SD capture cards and the recordings all look greater than with this card. Bought the card for HD not SD so I don't actually care about the below average SD top quality.Making use of Cable with clear QAM so I don't know about it's ATSC functionality.Didn't even have to put in the CD it came with so I can't coment on that either. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/01/12 |
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Couldn't tell if it had any. Perhaps price tag? I couldn't install it in my machine. It's a low profile card, but it didn't ship with a total size adpater. It in no way reached the motherboard. It came with a second bracket, but it was the identical size that was on there. It did't even match the picture which shows it with a complete size bracket. I can't make a decision if I ought to return it and try once again or just get a refund... |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/31/12 |
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Read Cons initial...Technical Help was really prompt. Didn't give me any trouble about RMAing it. Got a new one back inside 1 WEEK of mailing the broken one particular to them. Broke right after 31 days. Stopped tuning to any channels. Had to RMA it by way of the manufacturer, which in fact wasn't so undesirable (See Pros) I assume the purpose it broke was because right after examining it closely, the back edge of the card was resting on the NB heatsink (X58) and looked a little charred. Changed the configuration of the cards on the MB when i got the new a single. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/27/12 |
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PCI-E 1x, in-high priced, out of the box compatibility with ubuntu eight.04 (Digital only, as of this writing). Nicely supported by linux in general. Broken drivers. Installation feels more voodoo then tech. Digital only in linix (as of this writing) For those of you with negative analog quality using four+ GB RAM, go to the HVR-1800 help, and look beneath the beta section for 4+ GB drivers. No, it's not an HVR-1800, but apparently it's close enough?! Visat Media Center only finds digital antenna, and does not operate regularly (in my practical experience) with the NTSC bits. As generally, YMMV.Program: E8400, DG33TL, 4x2G Ballistix DDR2-800, Palit 8800GT - 1GB, HVR-1250 (to be replaced by an HVR-1800) PCI SIL3114 SATA, 2x 500G Seagate, 2x Lite-ON SATA DVDRW, 4x Tosiba 100G two.5" (VM-Ware lab), Generic 4x two.five -> five.25 hotswap enclosure, P180-mini, Neo-Power 500HE. At idle - Dead silent. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/12/12 |
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Excelent digital and analog tuner. Performs great with Windows XP home. Captures HDTV in it's native resolution to your challenging drive. HORRIBLE driver/software package integrated in the box. Would not work at all till I got the new driver/software package from the manufacturer's website, and the only way I could get it was thru their buyer service, as treir US web page didn't have this model listed. The paperwork included states to download a driver/software package for the HVR-1800, but that only worked with analog chanels, and not digital. After everything was sorted with computer software, this item performs precisely as promised, but I just couldn't give them 5 stars based on the computer software situation. Also, if you're planing on performing anything with HD programing, make positive you have LOTS of hard drive space, as it requires about 5-7GB per hour of HD programing. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/06/12 |
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Tiny form aspect and PCI-E x1 This tuner did not pick up any of the ATSC or clear QAM channels in my region. I tried a number of diverse points to get this card to do what it says, but to no avail. I feel like I wasted two days on this card and I don't want anyone else to have to do the same. The Hauppauge web page is also horribly slow to download anything at all from. I downloaded the new drivers and s/w for this card and several manuals at about 30kbps. It just seems like Hauppauge puts out half-working hardware and computer software and expects us to bear the burden of attempting to make it operate. This is the second Hauppauge tuner I have owned and I was not impressed with the initially one particular, either. This is the first issue I have ever returned to Newegg in many years of being a customer. H/W: P IV two.80GHz, 4GB RAM, GeForce 8600 GT 256MBOS: Vista Ultimate |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/30/12 |
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Plugged straight into my HTPC and was recognized by Vista MC. Simple to configure. Signal was satisfactory. A word fo caution and perhaps I just missed it. This tuner can only support analog channels OR digital channels. This is over the air. It can't assistance both at the moment. I was assuming it did and that is why I bought it. I only have a terrestrial antenna connected. When the SoftMCE program installs it does not look like it is undertaking something but apparently it installs. Don't use the CD included, go to the assistance page and download the most recent package. I agree with the WA reviewer, there are two support places on the hauppauge internet site. One particular has the 1250 listed and the other does not. Known as tech assistance twice. Each guys were incredibly useful, nonetheless a single said that this tuner supported analog and digital at when and the other stated it did not. Thus I am sending it back mainly because I can only have analog or digital but not both. |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/19/12 |
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Purchased this card for a Linux MythTV box to complement a PVR-150. Performs perfectly; I can pick up all of the neighborhood stations using QAM256 more than my cable feed without having any difficulties and it caps every little thing fine without having difficulties. Plus, it was really uncomplicated to setup. None so far for me. Individuals have said this has horrible analog excellent but I'm not using this card for analog. For the cost, it is a incredibly, very good choice for cheap QAM or OTA HD, specially in Linux. |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/03/12 |
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Both ATSC and QAM tuning work very well in linux and the driver is included in the kernel for Ubuntu 9.04 and 8.10. No potential to tune NTSC analog in Linux but there are no more OTA analog signals due to the fact the digital transition. |
Easy installation, PCI X1 slot, Cool operating, great picture, fantastic recorder, HD!. At times requires a even though to lock onto a signal. Possibly a handful of seconds longer than usual. Also the pc that runs this requirements to have significant horsepower. I have the bare minimum 2.two Ghz AMD processor, and it can barely run this issue. The card eats 60% of the CPU cycles, but the outcome is quite very good recordings and a very very good picture. I would recommend at least a 2.8 GHz processor, and a multiicore would be the ideal predicament. With my 2.two GHz single core CPU and when I kill indexing, and other background tasks the card runs great. Don't attempt to surf the net whilst recording that fantastic Pink Floyd concert on PBS or you'll get the rap version.