The remote control works in conjunction with the built-in remote control features in the WinTV-HVR-950 software. If you wanted to change channels you would do it with your VCR or cable box. With this hook-up, you are funneling the signal directly into your computer and you do not have the ability to tune channels. The other end of the A/V cable plugs into a little slot on the side of the tuner. The A/V cable provides S-Video and stereo audio inputs, which allow you to connect directly to a VCR, camcorder or cable TV box. Also included is a 1' USB extender cable that gives you a bit of breathing room around your computer's USB ports.įor $16.95, you can order from Hauppauge their A/V Cable Set and remote control. The box contains the tuner, which Hauppauge dubs the "hybrid TV stick," and the antenna, which is attached to a 5' cord that plugs into the stick. NBC News in HD through the WinTV-HVR-950 shown on Windows Media Center
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The tuner also requires that your PC be running Windows XP, XP Pro, XP Media Center Edition, with Service Pack 2, or Vista. "Typically a 2.2 GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent with a graphics card having 64 MBytes of memory is required to properly decode ATSC digital TV on your PC." Since the tuner is relying on your computer to decode ATSC digital signals, Hauppauge recommends minimum system specifications. As the reference material states, "The WinTV-HVR-950 cannot receive digital cable TV or digital satellite TV." You also can plug in a cable or satellite TV wire to the WinTV-HVR-950, but it will only tune in the analog channels. And if your computer is muscular enough, you even can record HD programs.
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Hauppauge also packages software that allows you to record the TV signal onto your computer's hard drive, making your PC a PVR, personal video recorder. The tuner comes with a cute nubby 5" high antenna with a range of about ten miles according to Hauppauge. Plug it into your laptop and you can be watching your favorite analog and digital broadcast TV programs, even HD, no matter where you roam – as long as your reception is good.
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5", the WinTV-HVR-950 is a portable NTSC and ATSC tuner that attaches through a USB port (2.0 and not USB 1.1) to your Windows based computer. The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950 is a convenient little $99 device that allows me to do both.
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