Product DescriptionWinTV-HVR-1800 brings over-the-air high definition ATSC digital TV and analog cable TV to your PC. Watch and record TV in a window or full screen using high quality MPEG-2.ATSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC's multimedia experience with Dolby Digital AC3 sound. WinTV-HVR-1800's ATSC digital TV receiver adds great features to your TV viewing: high definition TV reception, automatic identification of channel names plus records high-definition digital TV programs to your PC's hard disk in an MPEG-2 format with no loss in quality.The WinTV-HVR-1800 has two tuners: one for analog cable TV and one for ATSC/QAM digital TV. You can connect both cable TV and an ATSC digital TV antenna at the same time. And the new WinTV v6 application allows you to toggle between cable TV and ATSC or QAM digital TV channels.Create your own personal Digital Video Recorder! Record cable TV shows to your PC's hard disk with the built-in high quality MPEG-2 hardware encoder. You can also record high definition digital ATSC and QAM to disk in the original digital quality. Use the WinTV-Scheduler to schedule the recordings of your favorite analog or ATSC digital TV programs. Play the recordings back to your PC screen at any time.Are you using Windows Vista Media Center? If so, you can add WinTV-HVR-1800 as either the primary or as the second TV tuner. The Microsoft Media Center application supports up to two TV tuners, so you can watch one TV channel while recording another! And WinTV-HVR-1800 has Windows Vista Premium certification.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Now Clear QAM with Vista Media Center
I have been stuck using GB-PVR (open source alternative to WinTV that is MUCH better yet still very buggy and not that intuitive) until I found out TV Pack 2008 for Vista Media Center. Now I can use the elegant interface of Vista Media Center to tune in to BOTH analog and clear QAM digital signal from my cable company (Comcast).
P.S. You need to make sure that your card is the correct hardware version (it has several revisions). I initially got an old batch from Amazon that didn't even ... Read More
Rating: - Works well out the box.
No problems with installation. Did not use cd for drivers. Used website drivers (but did not install wintv). Works well with MS Media Center in Vista 32-bit. Does not work with 3rd party programs like DScaler (due to mpeg2 output). No other particular complaints.
Rating: - Good hardware, worthless software
Good analog TV/video-in capture, but p_ss poor QAM support. Software (WinTV2000) crashes so often the only viable option is to use third party software. NO AUDIO on QAM at all. ZIP. Less than useful support from manufacturer; (persistently supplying 100% correct, but absolutely unhelpful advice.)
Rating: - Not Vista compatible
I made every effort I know to use this in my Vista Home Premium machine, but in vain. It did work with 3rd party software that I found unacceptable, as it would not control my satellite box.
Rating: - Works with Windows Media Encoder 9 Series
I have this card working great on Windows Media Encoder 9 Series 64-bit, running on Vista x64 with 8G RAM. Previously I tried the ATI TV Wonder 650 and that kept crashing with buggy drivers. In contrast, the Hauppage 1800 started working perfect from the beginning. No more ATI junky drivers for me; Hauppage has their stuff together. With this card I can encode live streams over the Internet, just like those live events on pro websites.
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Electronics : WINTV-HVR-1800 Pcie for Vista White Box Pcie Atsc HD & Ntsc Tv
- Works well out the box.
- Good hardware, worthless software
- Not Vista compatible