Hauppauge WinTV-HVR850 TV stick

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With Windows Media Center and a digital terminal adapter with ir two way blaster and an eHome receiver you will be in a position to change channels with the number pad on your keyboard or the remote controller that comes with your eHome receiver. You will also be capable to use the guide and record future programs. The hauppauge software that comes with the unit is imho junk. The unit performs substantially superior with Windows Media Center. Lousy software program.

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100 % Functional none great item. may possibly need usb extender (not con)

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This product undoubtedly performs as advertised. You must exceed the minimum hardware requirements to use this solution. Would have liked the selection to record at MPEG1, but not that big of a deal.

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Item installs easily with integrated drivers and operates good with Windows 7 Media Player Heavily labeled HDTV, but you only get local HD channels with the antena. The unit does not pick up HD channels by way of the cable or satellite.

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Good picture top quality, easy to use. Higher CPU usage, but to be expected. Very easily utilized with a desktop or a laptop. The scheduler and program guide are good.

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worked great out of the boxdrivers installed effortlessly on 7ኜincluded antenna appears to work as nicely as my ฮ GE rabbit ears can't find regional Channel 2 in Chicagooften has at least some choppiness, from time to time it is almost unnoticeable and often it is unwatchable, based which pc it is on. on 2 nearly identical computers at the same desk with identical processor, quantity of ram, it is as well choppy to watch on a single of them, but is fine on the other. Antenna is in the same spot. Screen resolution does not look to affect it.But I purchased it to use with a digital projector and it looks really quite great, even at 768x1280, the SD looks extremely good, in particular the studio broadcast stuff like the news, projected at one hundred"

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Loved this solution. Plugged it into a XPS A single that had a poor video card and almost everything went very smooth. Windows Media Center also picked appropriate up on the incoming television signal and fully configured completely. Considering about purchasing yet another one just for my laptop! None at the moment Didn't use the computer software that was supplied. Windows Media center worked so properly that i didn't even set up it.

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It worked as advertised suitable out of the box. Effortless to set up and set up. Can not obtain encoded HDTV, but this is clearly stated up front. The unit get really hot in use. For the price, it's terrific.

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Consists of low profile bracket. Difficult to install with low profile bracket. The top coax connector is too higher. Runs a tad hot.

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none Software is incredibly crude and crashes on vistaኜ.requires two-five seconds to transform each and every channel regardless of feed.antenna quite poor, could not receive hd over Air and standard 'air' stations had been really poor.connected it to my cable to see if i could atleast record shows and low and behold, the cable feed is just as poor as the air! have no idea why.unit gets Very hot when plugged in, utilizes a lot of electrical energy.other applications in the software suite would crash and i could not terminate them effortlessly. save yourself the time and money and do not get.it's not usable for any application.i have a higher end machine and i have cable television AND access to HD more than the air and this unit couldnt preform below any of them.Extremely unsatisfied. it's going back for a refund ASAP.

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Nonetheless can't come across any. Worked when immediately after installing then the Win Tv system crashes and has to close each and every time. Attempted removal and re-install X4 of the software and the identical issue takes place each and every time. Why do organizations continue to release solutions that they know up front will in no way operate.

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this is a good device it only took about ten mins tobe able to watch reside tv very first time i utilised the antenna and i received 22 channels and it played fairly decent even although the antenna was 25 to 30 feet from the closest window i then changed out the antenna to see how it handled a cable signal and it does really effectively it picked up 125 channels and all but 10 of these channels function great i consider the 10 channels have a been coded by cable company i am making use of windows medis center and it works flawless so i in no way bothered installing the drivers that came with it i actually take pleasure in understanding if the shows i watch are going to be on up to two weeks in advance i purchased it so i could use it as a dvr and so far so excellent. i purchased a PCTV Hd mini stick prior to this a single and had to return it mainly because windows 7 in no way recoginized it as a tv tuner also PCTV HD only has beta drivers for windows 7 and the don't perform at all none as of appropriate now this is extremely effortless to use with windows 7 plug and play windows 7 finds the appropriate drivers rapid and like i said ahead of about 10 min and you can be watching reside tv on a pcmy pc specsAzza 1000 case blue Led fans Azza 850 watt energy supplyAMD Phenom II 965 stock fan (windows 7 score 7.4Ƣgb A Information ram (windows 7 score 7.five)Asus M4A78T-E motherboard (onboard graphics scored four.7 Ǜ.six)Memorex dvd writerHauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 HDTV Adapter 1200 USB two. Interface - RetailMaxtor 80 gb really hard drive with 8 gb bufferwestern digital 750 gb hard drive with 32mb buffer

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I plugged the adapter in my computer system, connected the antenna to it, opened up windows media center, and set it up in the settings. All you have to do is plug it in and use windows media center to configure the settings of your place and almost everything. It worked completely. Higher Definition and I have like 80 channels. Incredible product.*Using this product on my laptop None at all. If your antenna doesn't function, then just split your cable signal from your wall and plug it directly into your adapter from the wall. No HD that way but the SD is excellent also.I am running windows 7, right here are my laptop specs:*Manufacture/Model: Dell Studio 1558*Processor: Intel Core i5 @ CPU 2.40 GHz*RAM: 4 GB*Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

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Uncomplicated Install!Functions with XP, Vista, and Windows 7WinTV v7 (Works with all above operating systems)Functions with DTV more than the air and analog cable channels.Worked on my Dell E1405 (below the needs) for OTA HD, such as recording.Fantastic Image for OTA DTV signals! Ought to have Fantastic reception or video will be choppy and drop out or just freeze.Video top quality using Media Center (XP) wasn't very very good.No QAM tuner for Digital Cable, although they do NOT promote it has a QAM tuner. I fought with this little tuner for a few weeks since of choppy video. Tested it on four computer systems ranging from a Dual Core 1.6GHz with 1GB RAM and onboard video (laptop) up to a Quad Core 3GHz with 4GB RAM with a XFX GeForce 8600 GTS. In the finish the difficulty was signal strength and had practically nothing to do with the power of my computer systems.WinTV v7 is a excellent improvement over the other versions and worked very well (though a tiny slow as reported by other users).

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Functions with Windows Media Center in Vista Ultimate. Permits me to record tv shows, even though I don't use it for watching shows on my pc because it is a bit choppy due to my slow personal computer. Watching the recorded videos on the laptop is fine as soon as the show has been recorded. I purchased this so I would have some flexibility as to which laptop I use it on. I discovered I could not use it in the bedroom because my cable signal was too weak in there. I use it in the living space on a Dell Optiplex pentium two.eight with two gig of ram. It is certainly a resource hog and I think you should have a dual core if you plan on multi-tasking.I couldn't get Windows Media Center to recognize the tuner until I installed the WinTV 7 application from the Hauppage site.If you are employing a set-top rated box like me, you will have to adjust channels at the box or utilizing your remote for the box. So for me I tune in channel three within media center and that is it. From that point on I adjust channels at the set-best box or use my remote.

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High def televisoin,usb, Normal broadcast now looks certainly poor,don't know why I didn't get one particular of these sooner! You have to have a very good signal to get the stations,and if signal strength is somewhat poor can be a tiny choppy.Also it would hiccup and lock up my personal computer,so I place the hardware audio accellaration down a notch and seemed to function fine immediately after that,perhaps confilcting the cpu and sound card. Let the cpu do all the perform. Uses about 50plus % of cpu make certain you have a dual core and reduced hardware sound accelleration if you have lock ups.Don't have cable so don't know if works with it. I don't watch very substantially tv anyway except when sports are on. NBA finals appears fantastic!

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Functions with all my cable channels. Video looks like a Tv that is not HD. As advertised this only HD by way of antenna. I got this from Radio Shack for 49.99. Hassle-free setup and low-cost. I would like to have HD cable tuner but don't see something inside my range. Is this best? No, but for the capital I realy like it. Read other thoughts. I bought a pinicale USB HD from most effective decide to buy. Paid more than twice the quantity 鲸.00). Had wonderful picture but only for the normal stations. It could not get the rest of my cable staions. I went for decrease excellent reception, and lower price tag, plus got all my cable stations with 850. I watched the superbowel with the pinicale (awsome). I pretty much usually buy from Newegg considering that they are the perfect!! So I stray as soon as in a when.

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Performs wonderful. Tuner is FAR superior to the KWorld and Asus sticks I have, pulls in weaker signal and records clean. High power consumption. My desktop won't power two of them on the same port pair, unique pair is OK. Doesn't come with dongle required for analog NTSC. Want a stick that works effectively, get this. If you will need NTSC analog capture, obtain the 950Q, it comes with the needed plug dongle.

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Effortless To Set up, Trustworthy Efficiency, Good quality Output, Effortless To UseIdeal Uses:Daily use, DVR, Multimedia Doesn't include things like AV CableBest Uses:Daily use, DVR, Multimedia I use this everyday and use it as my DVR. I don't use it's software package as it lags but I use Windows Media Center, and operates actually wonderful with that. Manual looks up to two weeks in advance so you can schedule a recording in advance. I have it connected to cable, you can acquire this one particular as this one should be more affordable than the 950q, just update the drivers so it can grab the digital channels as of the adjust the old drivers would not pick up channels till the update. Bought this on 2008 black friday for ฤ and was the final a single. On functionality, it performes seriously great, have not missed a plan with this tuner, picks up all the cable channels and no lags.

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Quick effortless setup, up and operating in just a few mins. channel scan worked really speedily and painlessly to choose up all the analog cable channels I get. Software package it comes with is so/so. Want I had gotten 1 with a remote.

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Compact...had option for hooking up S-video/composite inputs. Didnt operate...and when i ultimately got it to perform, it only did so for 10minutes b4 it froze. Antenna was cute...quite useless...but cute. Software program {all three versions I tried} all have been slow to scan and move up/down channels. I got this for my PVR which even though an older Computer was nonetheless above all expected specs. Wanted to get the digital conversion thing out of the way. I suspect it just couldnt get enuf steady information via the USB. A challenge I had with other USB video devices and will in no way go that route again for something video. Hauppage is a fantastic corporation for this and even their techs were baffled. Computer software that came with it...newer version from site...BETA version from site...all failed. I'm sending it back and will get a PCI Hauppage this time rather than a USB. NEW EGG however nevertheless rocks and my subsequent tuner card will of course be through them.

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USBHauppaugeWorksSupports HD ATSCSupports Cable NTSC (standard def)good create qualityperforms on vista media center soon after putting in driverscomes with nice antenna Its slow (takes like 3 seconds to modify channel)Slow (takes like ten seconds to begin watching)Slow (video glitches as soon as in a whilst) (mildly annoying)HD only works with over-the-airgets quite warmbundled software is poor (i don't use it) don't take this as a undesirable overview (its a pretty fantastic solution)hauppauge is a good brand, and this factor operates excellentI stated it is slow (compared to my pci hauppauge card)But I am just about good that any USB tuner will be comparatively slow. You may require a swift method. (it worked for me with a core2duoʁ.83 and intel GFX without having a lot issue)

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I didn't have to open my personal computer to install 1. Here is genuine issue for me is that it doesn't capture the HD signal from Cable tv. It only captures from the over the air. It only captures analog signal from cable television. Is this means I have to get new a single immediately after 2񳏉ɸ. I have to consitently install audio driver in order to hear any sound. The moment I reboot my program, I want to install audio driver o/w no audio. It need to say HD for the over the air clearly.

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turns your computer into a TvUncomplicated setupit has worked flawlessly for a couple of months now it's affordable feeling, i'm generally in fear that i'm going to break itthe 1 led light quit working to set it up- you just install the drivers from the CD and open up Windows Media Center witch by the way is actually very good. the unit gets a tiny warm right after more than a hour. if your going to record points it'll fill up your hard drive quickly so set the limit in WMC before its to late.

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Effortless installation for each hardware and computer software, above average picture good quality for viewing and recording, price tag. Scanning channels is a long cpu hogging procedure.. hit the button, and go for a walk. :p Changing channels is a bit slow, about two seconds to do so.. the usb stick does get a bit hot, but not THAT hot as some have stated here. No image sharpness setting, so the excellent of the video is *slightly* fuzzy. What is important to note right here is that the cons I listed above, in their totality, is not enough in my opinion to minimize the rating of this tuner by 1 egg. The value of this unit, along with the picture excellent makes this a great tiny tuner to use on the go on a laptop, or at property on your Pc. I am absolutely satisfied with this buy.