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

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MODEL- 1178 VENDOR- HAUPPAUGE COMPUTER WORKS

FEATURES- WinTV-HVR-1600 Hybrid Video Recorder
Watch hi-definition ATSC digital TV on your PC! Analog cable TV,
too!
Dual format TV receiver for your PC. Watch ATSC digital TV or analog
cable TV, in a window or full screen.
Watch and record ATSC high definition digital TV or analog cable TV
on your PC, in a window or full screen! ATSC HD is the over-the-air
high definition TV standard for North America.
Two tuners on board: a 125 channel cable ready TV tuner and an ATSC
digital TV tuner. Connect both cable TV and ATSC digital TV to the
WinTV-HVR-1600 at the same time.
Includes Hauppauge's WinTV2000 application. Our WinTV2000
application allows you to toggle between cable TV and ATSC digital
TV channels.
Includes an IR blaster to change the channel on your satellite or
cable TV set top box. Connect your set top box to the
WinTV-HVR-1600 via S-Video.
Bundled software includes a TV scheduler plus ULead's DVD
MovieFactory authoring and burning software.
Includes WinTV-HVR-1600 PCI bus card with 125 channel cable-ready TV
tuner, ATSC receiver, hardware MPEG-2 encoder, dbx-TV stereo decoder,
S-Video/composite and audio inputs; IR remote control receiver;
IR Blaster (infra-red remote control transmitter), to control
satellite and cable TV set top boxes. WinTV-HVR-1600 CD-ROM
includes: WinTV2000 application for TV in a window plus TV recording,
pause and playback; WinTV-Scheduler for scheduling your TV recording,
and with link to TitanTV.com; WinTV MPEG editor for high quality
cutting and pasting of your standard definition video movies; Ulead
DVD MovieFactory, to create your own videos on DVD or CD.
* Digital ATSC HD TV features
- ATSC over-the-air digital TV receiver built-in. Supports all ATSC
formats, up to the high definition 1080i format!
- Record ATSC digital TV to your PC's hard disk using high quality
MPEG-2. TV recordings will typically consume 5 Gb of disk space per
hour for ATSC high definition.
* Analog TV features
- 125 channel cable ready TV receiver built-in. With dbx-TV stereo
decoder, for great TV sound.
- Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or satellite set top
boxes or VCRs.
- Record TV shows to your PC's hard disk using the built-in high quality
hardware MPEG-2 encoder. While recording, the hardware encoder does
all the work so your PC continues to run at full speed!
(1-2 Gigabytes of disk is used per hour of recorded video.)
* WinTV-HVR-1600 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 is the over-the-air digital TV for North America. ATSC
digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is currently
broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations. Note: ATSC digital
TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. The WinTV-HVR-1600
cannot receive digital cable TV or digital satellite TV.
* ATSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC's
multimedia experience with near CD quality sound. WinTV-HVR-1600'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 without no loss in quality.
* Two tuners to simplify connections The WinTV-HVR-1600 has two tuners: one
for analog cable TV and one for ATSC digital TV. You can connect both
cable TV and an ATSC digital TV antenna at the same time. And our
WinTV2000 application allows you to toggle between cable TV and ATSC
digital TV channels.
* Create your own personal Digital Video Recorder! Record cable TV or ATSC
digital TV shows to disk with MPEG-2. 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.
* Control your cable TV or satellite set top box with WinTV-HVR-1600's IR
Blaster. Both the WinTV2000 and WinTV-Scheduler can automatically control
the channel on your set top box, so you no longer need to manually change
set top box channels.
* Are you using Windows XP Media Center Edition or Vista? If so, you can
add WinTV-HVR-1600 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-1600 has
Windows Vista Premium certification.
* WinTV-HVR-1600 contains two tuners: a ATSC digital TV tuner for over the
air digital TV reception plus a 125-channel cable ready TV tuner. For
ATSC digital TV, all 18 ATSC formats including 1080i can be watched or
recorded to disk as a Program Stream. A highly integrated MPEG-1/2
hardware encoder based on the Conexant -418 is on-board for recording
analog cable TV to disk. The playback of the recorded ATSC digital or
MPEG-2 encoded analog program is done through a software MPEG-2 player.
An on-board IR receiver and transmitter uses a software loaded set top
box table for the codes to control a set top box.

-- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------
INTERFACE/BUS- 32-bit PCI (half-height)
REQUIREMENTS - 2.2 GHz P4 or equivalent (minimum) required for displaying
ATSC high definition TV.
Microsoft Windows XP Home, Pro or Media Center Edition. Also
Windows Vista Premium certified.
Available PCI slot.
Graphics with 64 MB memory (or greater).
Sound card.
DVD or CD writer for burning Video CD's, S-VCD's or DVD's
(optional).
www.hauppauge.com

Specification	Description
Model	1101, 1101-, 1101WB, 1178
UPC	785428011011
Form Factor	Plug-in Card
Interface	PCI

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★★★★☆

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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 »

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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 »

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Not much more to get ATSC

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"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.

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

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"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.

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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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"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.

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"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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"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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