• Features
  • Overview
  • System Requirements

For use with Windows XP Media Center

  • Watch and Record TV under Windows XP Media Center.
  • Pause TV with instant replay, and use Media Center's electronic program guide to automatically record your favorite TV shows to disk!

WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP features

  • Plug and play TV tuner suppport for Windows XP Media Center.
  • Live TV from the built-in analogue TV tuner, plus composite/S-Video and audio inputs to connect to a cable TV set top box or satellite receiver.
  • Built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder. Record TV or videos to disk using from 1-2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recorded video. While recording, the WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP's hardware MPEG encoder does all the work, so your PC continues to run at full speed.
  • Pause live TV with instant replay, fast forward and rewind.
  • FM radio receiver, so you can listen to FM radio while you work on your PC
  • Nicam TV stereo decoder, for great TV sound.

Add TV and FM radio to your Windows XP Media Center Edition PC with the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP. At a size which will fit in most low profile chassis, the WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP has the best video quality of any Media Center TV tuner, plus adds FM radio.

Plug-and-Play TV tuner suppport for Windows XP Media Center Edition. Just plug the WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP into a free PCI slot in your PC, install the Media Center driver, and you can watch TV with Media Center's MyTV button!

WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP allows you to upgrade your Media Center PC or laptop by adding a TV tuner and FM radio. Record your favorite TV shows to your hard disk, or pause live TV and create your own instant replay!

The WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP uses a hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so you don't slow down your PC while recording. With MPEG-2 data rates from 2 to 8Mbits/sec, you decide how much hard disk space your videos will consume (the lower the data rates, the less disk space your videos will consume, but with lower video quality).

Use up to two WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP'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-150, you can add a second WinTV-PVR-150 (any model).

Notes

  • To use the WinTV-PVR-150 MC LP for TV with the Windows XP Media Center application a Media Center certified DVD or MPEG-2 software decoder is required. If you are building a Media Center PC, refer Microsoft's web site for a list of Media Center certified DVD decoders.
  • Creating Video CD's and S-VideoCD's requires that your PC have a CD-RW burner. Creating DVD's requires that your PC have a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-R recorder.

System Requirements

  • Minimum processor 733 MHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent.
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center (32bit only) with Service Pack 2.
  • Graphics with 64 MB of memory (minimum).
  • Sound card or on board sound.
  • A free PCI slot.
  • CD-ROM drive (for Software installation).

Included in the box

  • WinTV-PVR-150 MC Low Profile PCI bus card with an analogue TV tuner, FM stereo radio, hardware MPEG-2 encoder, Nicam stereo decoder, S-Video/composite and audio inputs.
  • FM radio antenna.
  • Composite to S-Video adaptor.
  • Software on CD-ROM.
  • Quick Installation Guide.