Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE (785428010816) Video Capture
Consumer Rating
Price Range
$0 - $0
Product Description
Watch one and record another TV channel on your PC with the dual tuner WinTV-PVR 500 MCE. Yes, the WinTV-PVR 500 MCE has 2 tuners on board to optimize MCE 2005. Like all WinTV boards, the WinTV-PVR PCI allows you to have television in a resizable window, adjustable to size, from a tiny window up to full screen. But with WinTV-PVR-500 MCE, you can now record your TV shows using high quality MPEG2 compression, and play them back on your PC. Additional features include personal instant replay and live pause, where you can watch video that was broadcast up to one hour before. Media Center edition 2005 compatible. Includes MCE 2005 driver software only
Record two shows, or watch one and record another!
Rating
Written By gbaughma
Date Written Oct 11 2006
Summary
When I was building my Media Center PC (see my other posts about other parts of the project), I started off with an ATI All-In-Wonder card as my TV tuner. I soon started shopping around for a better TV tuner. "All-in-one" cards are nice for general...
Strength
Easy to install, excellent picture quality, DUAL TUNERS!
Weakness
Don't use with a set-top cable tuner; you're wasting features.
Bottom Line
The PVR-500 is an excellent card that does everything that it promises to.
Be Aware : you may receive a white box without A/V Adapter cable
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Written By dkcho
Date Written Feb 16 2006
Summary
Be aware that there are two white boxes in the market. One is older and there is no A/V Adapter cable for your Svideo input. So please make sure that you have a A/V adapter cable in the box or purchase other brands which work fine two. This is their...
Hauppauge! 1081 WinTV-PVR 500 MCE is not just for MCE
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Written By john-k
Date Written Aug 03 2005
Summary
I bought the Hauppauge! 1081 WinTV-PVR 500 MCE White box to run with XP Pro. Digitally Unique gave me a good deal on this card. While it is designed to work with XP MCE 2005, it does work well in XP Pro. You do need to buy a 3rd party TV Software (I...
Strength
Record two TV shows at once, Two additional A/V headers.
Weakness
Does not come with a MCE Remote. 3rd party TV software in XP Home/Pro.
