• Features
  • Overview
  • System Requirements

Watch TV, listen to FM radio, grab images and videoconference on your PC or Laptop

  • Watch TV in a window on your PC.
  • Listen to FM radio.
  • Snap video images.
  • Videoconference over the Internet*.
  • Plugs into your PC's USB port for easy installation.

WinTV-USB-FM features

  • No need to open your PC - plugs into the USB port on your PC or laptop.
  • Live TV from 125-channel storage ready TV tuner or from external audio/video source (S-video or composite), TV-in-a-window (any size) up to full screen. Channel surf 16 channels at once.
  • Still video image capture in BMP, TIF, TGA and JPEG formats.
  • Video movie capture in Microsoft AVI file format, from TV or any video source.
  • Videoconference* with Microsoft Netmeeting or Windows® Messenger by adding a video camera.
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP compatible.

Installation is a snap!
Don’t open your PC! WinTV-USB-FM is an external device with a 125 channel storage-ready TV tuner and an FM radio receiver built in. Install the WinTV-USB-FM in your PC's USB port and you're ready to watch TV in a resizeable window, right on your PC screen!

WinTV offers features usually only seen on high-end television sets, like previewing 16 channels at once. And it goes further! Snap and print stills from whatever you're watching. Or record video clips from your camcorder or off the air to create your own high-impact presentations. Add titles, soundtracks and special effects!

And with Hauppauge's SnapShot application, you can capture still video images to disc.

WinTV digitizes video using high quality 4:2:2 video sampling. And you can work on applications while simultaneously watching TV in a resizeable window.

Entertainment: The Hauppauge WinTV-USB-FM application has exclusive features like "channel surf", "no-title mode" and "always-on-top mode", making WinTV easy and fun to use! Watch your favorite TV shows, in a window or full screen, while you work! Or listen to FM radio. WinTV-USB-FM will also display video from a VCR, camcorder or any other video source.

Videoconference* over the Internet: Your WinTV-USB-FM is a video digitizer and can be used with Internet videoconferencing applications like Microsoft's NetMeeting, CU-SeeMe and more! Videoconference with your friends and family right on your PC!

Spice up your multimedia presentations! Create digital movies in the Microsoft AVI file format with Hauppauge's WinTV-Capture application.

Add video clips to your Web Page: Creative Webmasters can incorporate TV highlights or video clips in their web sites!

Desktop Publishing: With our exclusive SnapShot application, you can quickly save video images! Capture 24-bit still video images in TIFF, JPEG, BMP in color or black/white. Great for desktop publishing and web design.

Notes

  • Videoconferencing requires the addition of a video camera.
  • TV reception requires an antenna or cable TV connection.

System Requirements

  • PC with Pentium® processor (333Mhz MMX min.).
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP.
  • USB port on your PC.
  • Sound card.
  • CD-ROM drive.

Included in the box

  • WinTV-USB-FM with 125 channel storage-ready TV tuner (mono audio) and FM radio receiver.
  • Audio cable for connection to sound card.
  • FM radio antenna.
  • Composite/S-Video adapter.
  • WinTV CD-ROM includes:
    • WinTV application for TV in a window.
    • WinTV-Snapshot for high resolution image captures.
    • WinTV FM radio application.
    • Installation and reference manual.