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Hauppauge DEC2000 Set Top Box with USB & SCART
 
 

Hauppauge DEC2000 Set Top Box with USB & SCART

by Hauppauge
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Product Specifications
General
Brand:Hauppauge
Item Height :21 centimetres
Item Width:9 centimetres
Additional Specifications
Tuner Technology:Digital TV

Technical Details

  • Digital TV on your PC - or your television set
  • Digital radio on your PC - or through your home theater system
  • Record digital TV and radio to your PC's hard disk
  • Schedule your recordings whilst you are away from the PC
  • Alternative RF loop-through connectivity
  • Use the external Audio-out to connect to your Hi-fi system
  • Includes remote control
  • SCART output - watch digital TV on your television
  • Digital Text (PC Only)
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 9 x 21 cm ; 1.3 Kg
  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.3 Kg
  • Item model number: 137
  • ASIN: B00007179R
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 1 Jan 2002
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 92,290 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

The DEC 2000-t is a new generation TV adapter that can be connected to either an analogue TV or a personal computer or a notebook through a USB connection. The DEC 2000-t will allow you to receive all the new free to view digital terrestrial channels. The DEC 2000-t comes with all the cables to allow you to connect to a TV set through either the Scart or RF inputs.

Box Contents

  • DEC-2000-t unit
  • Installation and utilities CD-ROM - with complete reference manual
  • SCART to SCART cable
  • USB cable
  • RF loop-through cable
  • 12v power supply
  • Remote Control

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    76 of 77 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars Hauppauge DEC2000-t - Good but Slow, 26 Nov 2002
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    F. Bingley "Gumleyboy" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Hauppauge DEC2000 Set Top Box with USB & SCART (Electronics)
    Installation
    I chose the Hauppauge DEC2000-t, because it could be directly connected to my PC. The first thing that struck me when opening the box was how small the unit was, about the size of a thickish paperback. All the necessary cables were included, USB, RF, scart etc. and a remote control. The power supply was external. Connecting everything together was relatively simple, and I opted to try it with a TV first. When switching on, it prompted me to press 'OK' before it went into scan mode, its progress monitored on screen. In all, it found 14 TV channels and six radio. Connecting to the PC was just as simple and worked without a hitch.

    Operation
    Using the unit with a TV, it is much the same as a digital satellite receiver, though you need to manually select the AV channel on the TV if you are using the scart lead, or tune into the video channel if using the RF cable. The current station is shown briefly in a blue information bar at the bottom of the screen. Pressing the green button toggles between this, then program synopsis, then signal quality. Using the unit on a PC, the software delivers an unbelievably clear picture, though is rather slow when changing channels. There is an option to record to hard drive while you watch - playback quality is almost as good as the original. There is a choice of watching TV in a resizable window, which lists the channels alongside, or in full screen mode.

    Summing up
    In general, picture quality is quite superb, though suffers from the occasional blip or picture and sound break-up on some of the weaker channels (similar to the effects of heavy rain on a digital satellite dish). The unit is a little slow on start-up, both on TV and PC. A good aerial is essential for this product to work well, and a reasonably fast PC - 700mhz at least for PC use. On the downside, I would have preferred an internal power supply, the external being rather bulky in a plug socket.

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    31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice box, naff software, 13 Dec 2002
    This review is from: Hauppauge DEC2000 Set Top Box with USB & SCART (Electronics)
    When connected to the TV, this box is excellent. However, the software provided for use on a PC is really basic. Many of the features available to TV users are not available on the PC. EG: Only the first line of the current and next programme description is shown! Also, there is no on screen display when viewing in full-screen and several buttons on the remote cease to function.

    I had expected much more from Hauppauge because they have been making PC TV products for years. I just hope that over time they will release improved software.

    Of course the ability to pause TV is a real benefit when connecting the DEC2000 to a PC, but if you intend to mainly watch TV through your PC you will likely become annoyed by the software.

    My rating: 5 stars when connected to a telly, 3 when connected to a PC. So the average is 4 stars.

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    28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
    3.0 out of 5 stars What's with the software?, 25 Jan 2003
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Hauppauge DEC2000 Set Top Box with USB & SCART (Electronics)
    The device itself is excellent, small size, okay(ish) remote control, easy to setup and use etc... but only when used on a TV set. It manages to tune pick up digital signals reasonably well, and i have successfully used it with an indoor arial, even though i generally get fairly naff analogue reception.

    When plugged into my PC, I have found that not only is the software slow to load, it is prone to randomly freezing. Changing channels takes several seconds. In addition, the progam guide gets cut off after a single line. Also, make sure that you have a least a 700Mhz processor before you buy this product.

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