Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 Media Center Edition - $66.99 Shipped - Amazon.com

[GottaDEAL]

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00064GI2O/ref=nosim/10108121979-20" target="_blank"><img src="http://ai.pricegrabber.com/product_images/4267000-4267999/4267835_125.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><br />Amazon has the very popular Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 Media Center Edition for a low $66.99 with free shipping for a limited time.<br /><br />Add TV and FM radio to your Windows XP Media Center Edition PC with the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE. The WinTV-PVR-150MCE has the best video quality of any Media Center TV tuner, plus adds FM radio. The WinTV-PVR-150MCE runs under Windows XP, too! You can also use the WinTV-PVR-150MCE to watch TV in a window and record your TV shows into an MPEG format with WinTV2000, Hauppauge's TV application. Use up to two WinTV-PVR-150MCE's in a Media Center 2005 system:. Watch one TV channel while recording another by installing two WinTV-PVR-150's in a Media Center system. If you already have a Media Center system with a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR, you can add a second WinTV-PVR.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00064GI2O/ref=nosim/10108121979-20" target="_blank">Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 Media Center Edition - $66.99 Shipped - Amazon.com</a><br /><br /><b>Discuss the deal in this thread.</b>

[DaveSimmons]

the PVR-150's are the best cards for recording TV and analog video under $150. They're just as good as the PVR-250 models they replaced, they just cost less.

 

For the MCE edition under "plain" XP you need your own remote, and recorder software like Sage or BeyondTV.

 

The retail / non-mce version costs more ($80-100) but includes a remote and software (both for "plain" XP, *not* for Windows XP MCE 2005).

 

I have the retail version, but it's sitting in a box until I have time to install it and start capturing some laserdiscs (Han Solo fired first!)

[Brad]

Price down to $60.46 shipped :)

[linh]

hrmm... i have the non MCE version.. the software for it should work w/ this right? would dual tunners work... argh.. what am i thinking... i just bought a HD.. no.. must.. stay.. away...

[aplefka]

the PVR-150's are the best cards for recording TV and analog video under $150. They're just as good as the PVR-250 models they replaced, they just cost less.

 

For the MCE edition under "plain" XP you need your own remote, and recorder software like Sage or BeyondTV.

 

The retail / non-mce version costs more ($80-100) but includes a remote and software (both for "plain" XP, *not* for Windows XP MCE 2005).

 

I have the retail version, but it's sitting in a box until I have time to install it and start capturing some laserdiscs (Han Solo fired first!)

So you're saying that this is like an OEM version? What else would I need to buy in addition to this to make it fully functional to be able to record/encode stuff in MPEG2 files?

[DaveSimmons]

If you aren't going to install Windows MCE 2005, or buy PVR software (SageTV / Beyond TV $65) and a remote, you're better off getting the retail non-MCE version for $80-95 since it comes with software and remote. I think Amazon carries it too.

 

AT's Software forum has had a few threads on Sage and BeyondTV, an Advanced Search could find them. Some power users don't like the Hauppage bundled software, but I'll finally get a chance to try it myself next weekend since I've finally finished off some other projects I needed to do first.

[Scott]

So you're saying that this is like an OEM version? What else would I need to buy in addition to this to make it fully functional to be able to record/encode stuff in MPEG2 files?

I don't think you would need to "buy" anything.

 

don't quote me on this but the software that you can get from Hauppauge should work fine with this card. However, I'm not sure if the WinTV2000 application supports recording directly to MPEG2. Maybe someone else can help with that.

 

I use an older WinTV card, so I will check the options in the WinTV2000 app tonight and post back here.