WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. Low Profile Personal Video Recorder
WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. low profile video recorder for Media Center
WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. brings live TV, FM radio and TV recording to your low profile Media Center system
Add TV and FM radio to your Windows XP Media Center Edition PC with the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. At a size which will fit in most low profile chassis, the WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. has the best video quality of any Media Center TV tuner, plus adds FM radio.
The WinTV-PVR-150 MCE also runs with third party applications like BeyondTV and SageTV, too! You can also use the WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. under Windows XP to watch TV in a window and record your TV shows by using applications like SageTV and BeyondTV. These applications are great if you already have a Windows XP system and would like to add TV watching and recording.
WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. I/O specfications:
TV input: 125 channel cable ready TV tuner. There are two versions of WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p.: for NTSC TV or multistandard PAL (PAL I, PAL B/G, Secam, PAL D/K)
FM radio input
S-Video input
Stereo audio input via a 1/8" stereo jack
On board A/V header (for OEM use)
Note: the WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. does not come with a remote control or a software DVD decoder. If you are building Media Center systems, please check with Microsoft for a list of MCE certified remote controls and DVD decoders.
MPEG record specifications:
MPEG2 record datarates:
2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec.
Selections for DVD Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2.5MBit/sec)
NTSC format* at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480
PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288
Video digitizer: 10 bits
Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:2
Four line adaptive comb filter for both NTSC and PAL to remove dot crawl
Fast video locking for security camera applications
Video file format: .MPG
MPEG file tested compatible with: MediaStudio 6.0, MyDVD and DVD MovieFactory DVD authoring applications
System Requirements:
Processor requirements: Pentium® IV processor 1.2GHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
Windows®XP Media Center Edition 2005, WindowsXP Home or WindowsXP Professional
Note: when using the WinTV-PVR-150 MCE with WindowsXP, you need a third party TV application such as MythTV, SageTV or BeyondTV
Free PCI slot
Sound card
VGA card (PCI or AGP) with Media Center 2005 certified driver
DVD decoder certified for use with Media Center 2005
Note:
* the WinTV-PVR-150 MCE l.p. does not come with a remote control or a software DVD decoder. If you are building Media Center systems, please check with Microsoft for a list of MCE certified remote controls and 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.