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Hauppauge WinTV USB 2 Personal Video Recorder
 
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Hauppauge WinTV USB 2 Personal Video Recorder

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Technical Details

  • 125 channel storage ready TV tuner for TV in a window (or full screen). Surf the net while you watch TV on your PC screen
  • No need to open your PC: works best with USB 2.0. Will also work with USB 1.1
  • Composite/S-Video and audio inputs to connect to VCR or camcorders
  • Hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so you only need from 1-2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recorded video
  • While recording, the WinTV-PVRs' hardware MPEG encoder does all the work, so your PC continues to run at full speed
  • Turn your home video tapes into MPEG movies, then burn them onto CD or DVD
  • Includes composite/ s-video and audio input
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Product details

  • Item Weight: 980 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.4 Kg
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  • Item model number: 958
  • ASIN: B0000CGUY7
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 1 Jan 2002
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,289 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Manufacturer's Description
Watch and record your TV shows with instant replay and program pause External USB 2.0 (also works on USB 1.1) Plug-and-Play device for easy installation on PC's and Laptop'sBurn your favorite TV shows onto DVD or CD ROMIncludes hi-performance hardware MPEG2 encoderIncludes DVD MovieFactory for authoring and burning DVD's and CD's, plus WinTV Editor and WinTV Scheduler

WinTV-PVR-350 uses a highly integrated MPEG-1/2 encoder, compressing your videos while you watch TV on your PC screen. It also has a built-in hardware MPEG decoder with video output, so you can play back your recorded TV shows or home videos on an external TV set or video monitor. WinTV-PVR-350 can record live television or video from a VCR or camcorder, using as little as 1 GB of hard disk space per hour. Schedule your TV recordings with WinTV-Scheduler, and then edit them with the WinTV-Editor. With the included Ulead DVD MovieFactory, you can also create Video CD's, S-VCD’s or DVD’s. Play your recordings on your home DVD player!

The WinTV-PVR-usb brings live TV to your PC screen. WinTV-PVR-usb2 has a 125-channel cable ready TV receiver, so you can watch TV in a resizeable window or full screen. Or listen to FM radio with our built-in stereo FM receiver.

And with WinTV-PVR-usb2, there is no need to open your PC. Just plug it into a USB port, so installation is a snap! You can run it on either a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 system, though the datarates supported with USB 2.0 are higher (up to 12 Mbits/sec compared with 6 Mbits/sec on USB 1.1).

But thats not all!!

WinTV-PVR-usb2 puts TV watching under your control! Watch what you want, when you want! With WinTV-PVR-usb2 you can pause TV when you want, create your own instant replay and even burn your TV shows onto CD-ROM!

WinTV-PVR includes WinTV-Scheduler, which can control TV watching on a daily, weekly or random schedule. And you can schedule your TV recording, too. Never miss those old favorite shows which are broadcast in the middle of the night!

WinTV-PVR Pause feature gives you control of what you watch in your WinTV window. Get personal "instant replay" to stop the action when you want to analyze a key scene. Instantly rewind to any point and replay the action again. You're in control with WinTV-PVR! Ever been called to the phone, had to answer the door, or went for a snack and missed the big play? With WinTV-PVR, you'll never miss the action again. Just click on WinTV-PVR's "One Touch Pause" button to pause your TV show, click again to continue watching where you left off. Then skip through commercials as you catch up to the live broadcast.

Record your TV shows and play them on your PC or home DVD player! With WinTV-PVR, you can record your TV shows to your PC's hard disk and play them back at any time. Then use your PC's CD-RW burner to create Video CD's, with up to one hour of TV video. Video CD's can be played on your PC or laptop computer, or on your home DVD player (see our web site for a complete list of tested compatible DVD players). Record TV show episodes to CD-RW disks, and then watch them on your laptop when you travel. Or play them through your DVD player in your living room.

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WIN TV PVR USB 2 UK

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111 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Say goodbye to video tapes, 20 Feb 2004
This is a very nice piece of kit. With encoding to MPEG-2 on the hardware you can record directly to DVD quality video in real-time. Hauppauge's software has always been criticised as being less than perfect, but you certainly have everything you need to use this.

Using the TV-Pause mode is fantastic. You can go back and watch from the beginning of the pause. Great for skipping adverts - watch the best bits again and then catch-up.

Works with USB 1.1, but with USB 2.0 you can record up to the full 12Mbits of DVD quality. Looks great on my 32" TV. It also comes with DVD movie factory so you can burn to DVD without having to re-encode the video if you don't want to. You can also edit out adverts too.

The only down side is that it takes about a second or so to encode the video, so don't plan on using this with a games console unless you like playing as though you've had far too much to drink.

I currently use this on my PC (P4 1.7GHz - WinXP Pro) and I can run it in a small window while working in other programs. Full screen mode is very good as well with a strong TV signal. I've also run this on my Sony Vaio (867Mhz Crusoe processor) and recorded full quality TV programs and then use the laptop to play it back to TV. It does run sluggish on my laptop though so don't expect to work on anything else if you have a low spec computer. My normal PC handles it fine!

The remote control is very useful when playing back recorded video and navigating paused TV. But you will get a popup message box when you boot windows saying it can't find the remove it you don't have the device plugged in. You then have to manually restart the remove software to get it working again. Not a problem unless you want to unplug it.

It can run at quite a warm temperature when the computer is on, but not really something that you need to worry about.

To my knowledge, it is not possible to record one station and watch another. It doesn't support picture-and-picture and the 16 channel surf mode only displays a single frame of each station one after the other every second or so.

The scheduler program works well too and you can say what you want it to record and when. You can also set up reoccurring recordings as well. I have also recorded video while working in another program and there were no problems.

I wouldn't recommend recording video to a USB hard drive as you will end up having to share the bandwidth of the USB ports. Full quality video works out at about 100MB a minute or 6GB for an hour. It's best to find the settings that suite your needs.

You can't use it to record AVI or other forms as it has already been encoded to MPEG-2. Of course, you could use another piece of software to convert it but Adobe Premiere 6.0 didn't respond to well.

I would certainly recommend this product if you want it to replace a video recorder and you use your computer quire regularly. The price Amazon offers it at is significantly lower than anywhere else I looked.

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the tin, 14 Aug 2004
By Mr Patrick J Noble (Nottingham, Notts United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I installed the PVR USB 2 according to instructions and everything worked as expected until I ran the TV viewer and got a black screen. Full of trepidation, and expecting the usual 30 minute wait whilst listening to "soothing" music, I called the Hauppauge support line. It was answered on the second ring by a very helpful and courteous gentleman who knew what the issue was and how to fix it.
I am impressed with the video quality and user interface and, in my opinion, this product is excellent value for money.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great little piece, 5 May 2006
By Blaze (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This is a great piece of kit, I just plugged it into my USB port, attached the aerial, let it search for the channels and off we went. Super easy to use, no problems at all, reception is good. I bought mine used for under 40 quid, perhaps not worth the full price when there are less expensive alternatives, but otherwise it's fantastic.
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