Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1600 MCE Kit Bundle 1388

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Operates nicely with Windows Media Center. I regularly record analog NTSC and clear channel digital each over cable with great results. Have not tried ATSC over-air. At 1st I had difficulty with the analog video usually freezing. Net reserch showed others have had this challenge with this and with other cards also on analog content material. The fix wasn't completely clear. In my case I changed the target drive from C: (MCE default) to my D: drive and the challenge went away! I spent a lot of time attempting to fix the video freeze difficulty but now that I'm passed that I'm enjoying this card! I haven't attempted any other software program other then MCE.

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Tunes typical cable signals like these supplied by CharterAlso has an S-Video and RCA input as effectively as an IR Blaster and remote to make it doable to use with DirectTV, or basically control any sort of set-top-boxVideo4Linux drivers usually built suitable into the kernel ( depends on version)Remote and IR Blaster have been covered perfectly by the packages obtainable in Ubuntu 8..four.3 LTSVideo good quality is acceptable, even though at occasions it appears like it could be a bit greaterWorks excellent with MythTV and is extremely nicely documented and supported The Videl4Linux drivers are a bit finicky. One have to do some unloading an reloading of the module into the kernel to get it to function correct, otherwise it just plays "static" or a solid color ( colour varies). Easy repair is to unload and reload module cx18. It can still be somewhat annoying.The compilation of the V4L drivers didn't precisely go through devoid of a hitch. They were a discomfort in the but to compile properly as a module. Nevertheless not exactly certain why.The IR Emitter that comes with the IR Blaster seems like it could be a small more powerful, and the remote would be much better if it had been programmable. I believe this card is properly worth the income, but I haven't nor did I ever intend to record HD content material with it. I also feel that this card is a far better solution since of the RCA audio inputs versus composite.

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great price tag Could not get this card to function on windows 7 64 bit, spent 7 hrs on the phone with tech assistance and they told me that it will not perform, sent it back

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capable of recording HD more than the air 1080i, and 420p from the cablebox, or coax(VCR,Satalitebox,etc) does not record HD from the cablebox. 420i or 420p. it also makes use of a difficult drive video pause buffer which fills up my 80 gig os drive in about 8hrs, then i have to delete the files. the cable co. encrypts the coax signals so you can not watch them with out renting 1 of there boxes for HDTV. its not the interfaces fault. and it does have some hicuupps when ran for a lot more than a couple of hours.