Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE 2-Tuner PCI-Based Digital Video Recorder (NTSC)

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SKU: 1081

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Product Description

Watch one channel while recording another with the WinTV-PVR-500MCE and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. WinTV-PVR-500MCE contains two complete TV tuners, each with their own hardware MPEG encoder!Ever want to watch the ball game while your favorite late night TV show is on? Well, with WinTV-PVR-500MCE, you don't have to choose which show to watch. Just set the Media Center Edition to record that late night TV show while you continue to watch the ball game, with full PVR capabilities. Pause live TV, replay and skip forward, all while your other TV show continues to be recorded to your PC's hard disk.

Product Specification

Binding:: Electronics
Brand:: HAUPPAUGE
Feature:: PCI-based digital video encoder and recorder designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and, with limited functionality, Windows XP
Features 2 NTSC TV tuners, each with its own hardware MPEG encoder so you can watch one channel while recording another
Pause live TV, replay segments, and skip forward, all while your other TV show continues to be recorded to your PC's hard disk
Audio/video inputs (including S-video) accommodate external sources like camcorders, cable boxes, and VCRs
FM radio reception
Label:: HAUPPAUGE
Manufacturer:: HAUPPAUGE
Model:: 1081
ProductGroup:: CE
Publisher:: HAUPPAUGE
Studio:: HAUPPAUGE
Title:: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE 2-Tuner PCI-Based Digital Video Recorder (NTSC)
UPC:: 785428010816
MPN:: 1081

Customer Reviews

Great with MCE

I needed a TV card for my new Sony Vaio XP-MCE and i made a research on the best in the market, i agreed on this card when i checked the reviews and made sure this product is recommened by Microsoft in the market place site.My experience with this card, its amazing very simple in its installation with MCE it got configured in a few seconds and very well recongnized with MCE i searched TV watched Live TV and MCE recognizes the 2-tuners it asks if you want to use one or both, its amazing at least...

7/24/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Bad drivers for Windows XP x64 Edition

This product did not work as advertised under the Windows XP x64 Edition operating system. Despite using the very latest drivers, I get a blank black display, and it works only immediately after restarting the PC (only for a short while).I ended up going with PowerColor Theater 550 Pro PCI Express x1 which has better drivers for x64 from ATI. This also freed up a PCI slot that I needed....

7/14/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Best of current crop.

I think this is about the best of the current crop (end of year 2005) of dual tuner video cards. However, I am still looking forward to the next generation as this card and many in the same category have somewhat "mushy" video, slightly washed out color. This particular model has audio problems on some channels about 5% of the time, so recorded shows are sometimes not watchable. New drivers did not help. You can only use one type of video input at a time: either the 2 tuner coax inputs or the 2...

3/24/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

I eventually returned this tuner card due to several problems.

Amazon was great about shipping this product, but I eventually returned it due to several problems.They were also great about the return -- they paid the return shipping and I got a full refund.I never tried any recordings with this card using the Media Center software that is part of Windows MCE. I was using it with SnapStream BeyondTV 4.1. If you record using anything but the Best (DVD 720x480) quality level it would crop out part of the picture. This is a known issue that is apparently a driver...

3/14/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Be Aware : you may receive a white box without A/V Adapter cable.

Be aware that there are two white boxes in the market. One is older andthere is no A/V Adapter cable for your Svideo input.So please make sure that you have a A/V adapter cable in the box or purchase other brands which work fine two.This is their reply :" I'm sorry that you feel that way but it states specificallythat it does not include one. It is not a defect or missingpart it was how the model was sold. Also we still do sell a oem which is what you purchased only the kit comes with the cableset...

2/14/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews