Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250 Dual TV Tuner Board
The WinTV-HVR-2250 has two tuners for watching one TV program while recording
another: with the built-in dual tuners, you can either watch one channel while
recording another or you can record two channels at once.
Create your own personal Digital Video Recorder! Record analog cable TV shows
to your PC's hard disk with our built-in high quality MPEG-2 hardware encoder.
You can also record high definition digital ATSC and clear QAM digital cable TV
to disk in the original digital quality. Use the WinTV-Scheduler to schedule the
recordings of your favorite analog or digital TV programs. Play the recordings
back to your PC screen at any time.
Vista Media Center compatible: The Microsoft Media Center application
supports two TV tuners. Use the Media Center scheduler to schedule your TV
recordings. And WinTV-HVR-2250 has Windows Vista Premium certification
Clear QAM TV channels are unencrypted digital TV channels broadcast by your
local cable operator. Many cable operators in North America are transmitting the
high definition ATSC channels on their cable networks. They also broadcast the
basic cable channels in using clear QAM. You can use the WinTV v6 application to
watch and record these channels. Note: currently Media Center cannot be used for
clear QAM digital TV.
ATSC digital TV is the over-the-air HD 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. ATSC broadcasts range in
resolution from standard definition up to the high definition 1080i format. The
WinTV-HVR can be used to watch and record all ATSC formats. Note: ATSC digital
TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. ATSC is digital
"over-the-air" TV.
ATSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC’s
multimedia experience with near CD quality sound. WinTV-HVR’s ATSC digital TV
tuner 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 any loss in
quality.
Technically speaking: WinTV-HVR-2250 is a PCI Express X1 board based on the
NXP 7164 bus interface chip. The WinTV-HVR-2250 contains two tuners with a
built-in TV splitter. There is one cable TV or TV antenna connector which is
split, providing a video source for both tuners. For ATSC and QAM digital TV,
all 18 ATSC formats including 1080i can be watched or recorded to disk as a
MPEG-2 Program Stream. The NXP 7164 contains two highly integrated MPEG-1/2
hardware encoders for recording analog cable TV to disk. The playback of the
recorded ATSC and QAM digital TV and MPEG-2 encoded analog programs are done
through a software MPEG-2 player
Specifications
- Video Type: TV Tuner
- Video Interface: PCI Express
- TV Tuner:
Digital Tuner
Analog Tuner
- Clear QAM: Yes
- Remote: Yes
- FM Tuner: Yes
Features
- All on one half height PCIe board!
- Dual tuner TV board for your PC: two analog / digital TV tuners:
- Dual built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoders for recording analog cable
TV, for the best system performance. Watch and record two cable TV
programs at the same time!
- Dual digital TV receivers for ATSC or clear QAM. Watch and record
two digital TV programs at the same time. Watch and record all ATSC
and QAM formats, including the highest definition 1080i format
- Windows Vista Media Center compatible.
- Single slot PCI Express (PCIe) X1 board, half height
- WinTV-HVR-2250 has these great features
- Watch and record two TV programs at the same time: two analog cable TV
channels, two digital TV channels or one analog cable and one clear QAM
digital cable TV channel.
- When recording analog cable TV, the dual built in hardware MPEG-2
encoders let your PC run at full speed.
- Watch and record 'clear QAM' digital TV. Clear QAM digital TV channels
are TV channels which are broadcast "in the clear" on your
cable TV network.
- Includes Hauppauge's WinTV v6 application, which allows you to watch
analog cable TV, QAM and ATSC digital TV channels.
- ATSC over-the-air digital TV features
- Dual ATSC over-the-air digital TV tuners. Supports all ATSC formats,
up to the highest definition 1080i format!
- Watch one ATSC digital TV program while recording another ATSC program
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.
- Built-in antenna splitter allows you to make one connection to an ATSC
antenna but watch and record up to 2 channels.
- Supports Dolby Digital AC3 audio.
- Analog cable TV features
- Dual built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoders, so your PC
continues to run at full speed while watching, pausing and recording
analog cable TV
- Dual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners built-in. With dbx-TV stereo
decoder, for great TV sound.
- Built-in cable TV splitter allows you to make one connection to cable
TV but watch and record 2 TV programs at the same time.
- Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or satellite set top
boxes or VCRs.
- Clear QAM digital cable TV features
- Dual clear QAM digital cable TV tuners. Supports up to 1080i!
- Watch one clear QAM digital cable TV program while recording another
program to your PC's hard disk using high quality MPEG-2.
- Built-in cable TV splitter allows you to make one connection to cable
TV but watch and record 2 TV programs at the same time.
- Note: If you are using digital cable TV which broadcast the local ATSC
channels on their cable TV network, you can receive these QAM channels
with the new WinTV v6 application. Note: not all cable TV networks send
clear QAM channels Note: Windows Media Center does not currently support
clear QAM TV channels.
Minimum System Requirements
- Processor requirements: 2.2 GHz P4 or equivalent (minimum) required for
displaying ATSC high definition TV on your PC screen
- Microsoft® Windows® Vista Premium or Ultimate with Media Center. Windows
XP is supported with Hauppauge's WinTV v6 application.
- Available PCIe X1 or X8 slot
- Graphics with 64 MB memory (or greater)
- Sound card
- CD reader for software installation
