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Hauppauge Computer Works 1178 WinTV-HVR-1600 Dual TV Tuner

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★★★★☆
4.0
Not much more to get ATSC

"Pros Gives you a standard cable tuner and adds an over the air HD tuner Priced just slighty more than a comparable single cable tuner Cons Does not come with ATSC over the air antenna, which set me back an additional $40.00 for a good one. Additional Thoughts Website is difficult to find Vista drivers on...." Read Full Review »

Apr 09, 2007 by Thellamie

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3.0
TV-HVR-1600

"Pros Easy operation, ok video quality, doesn't appear to be much of a resource hog Cons TV mode always starts, yet record mode often crashes when starting, I've spent as much as 45 minutes trying to start recording and when it fails I have to close the entire program and restart the computer to even watch tv, the only hardware complaint is that it does run a little hot Additional Thoughts I've built lots of..." Read Full Review »

May 19, 2007 by dajawer

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Hauppauge Computer Works 1178 WinTV-HVR-1600 Dual TV Tuner Review

Not much more to get ATSC

★★★★☆
4.0

"Pros

Gives you a standard cable tuner and adds an over the air HD tuner

Priced just slighty more than a comparable single cable tuner



Cons

Does not come with ATSC over the air antenna, which set me back an additional $40.00 for a good one.



Additional Thoughts

Website is difficult to find Vista …"  Read Full Review »

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Apr 9 2007
Thellamie
Louisville, KY
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Hauppauge Computer Works 1178 WinTV-HVR-1600 Dual TV Tuner Review

Working wonderfully

★★★★★
5.0

"Pros

No hiccups what-so-ever with Windows Vista. Good image quality (I have my cable signal amplified).



Cons

This sucker gives off a good amount of heat casing my case fans to roar.



Additional Thoughts

I have this one and a 1600MCE that has the radio tuner. Both of these in my Vista Media Cente …"  Read Full Review »

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Aug 1 2007
ExtemelyHappyUser
Indianapolis, IN
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[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

Hauppauge Computer Works 1178 WinTV-HVR-1600 Dual TV Tuner Review

Great tuner for the $$

★★★★★
5.0

"Pros

Hardware MPEG, digital and analog tuners, great picture quality



Cons

Doesn't tune digital cable channels, scheduler program it comes with is useless; you have to manually set each recording. It won't record multiple showings without you telling it what the different times are.



Additional Th …"  Read Full Review »

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May 16 2007
Eccatfud
WA
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Hauppauge Computer Works 1178 WinTV-HVR-1600 Dual TV Tuner Review

I installed this card in ...

★★★☆☆
3.0

"I installed this card in an old computer we wanted to use on our home entertainment system. We also installed an HDTV output card and 7.1 sound coaxial card. We were planning to turn off satellite and go ''off-the-air'' to save $70/month. The card installed easily the first time and generally works …"  Read Full Review »

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Hauppauge Computer Works 1178 WinTV-HVR-1600 Dual TV Tuner Review

TV-HVR-1600

★★★☆☆
3.0

"Pros

Easy operation, ok video quality, doesn't appear to be much of a resource hog



Cons

TV mode always starts, yet record mode often crashes when starting, I've spent as much as 45 minutes trying to start recording and when it fails I have to close the entire program and restart the computer to e …"  Read Full Review »

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May 19 2007
dajawer
Montana
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