WinTV-HVR-1850 is a PCI Express X1 board. It contains two tuners: a digital TV tuner to receive ATSC and QAM channels plus a 125-channel cable ready TV tuner. For ATSC and QAM digital TV, all 18 ATSC formats including 1080i can be watched or recorded to disk as a MPEG-2 Program Stream. A highly integrated MPEG-1/2 hardware encoder based on the Conexant -418 is on-board for recording analog cable TV to disk. The playback of the recorded ATSC and QAM digital TV and MPEG-2 encoded analog programs are done through a software MPEG-2.
Manufacturer:
Hauppauge Computer Works
Manufacturer Part Number:
1128
Manufacturer Website Address:
www.hauppauge.com
Brand Name:
Hauppauge
Product Line:
WinTV
Product Series:
HVR
Product Model:
HVR-1850
Product Name:
WinTV-HVR-1850 MC-Kit Hybrid Video Recorder
Product Type:
TV Tuner
Functions:
FM Tuning
Video System:
NTSC
Video Formats:
MPEG-2
Platform Supported:
PC
Host Interface:
PCI Express x1
Audio Line In:
Yes
Software Included:
WinTV2000
Package Contents:
WinTV-HVR-1850 MC-Kit Hybrid Video Recorder English Manual MCE Remote FM Radio
Additional Information:
Digital ATSC HD TV Features: Supports Dolby Digital AC3 audio ATSC over-the-air digital TV receiver built-in. Supports all ATSC formats, up to the high definition 1080i format! Record ATSC digital TV to your PC's hard disk using high quality MPEG-2. TV recordings will typically consume 5 Gb of disk space per hour for ATSC high definition Analog TV Features: Built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so your PC continues to run at full speed while watching, pausing and recording analog cable TV 125 channel cable ready TV receiver built-in. With dbx-TV stereo decoder, for great TV sound Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or satellite set top boxes or VCRs
System Requirements:
Processor requirements: 2.2 GHz P4 or equivalent (minimum) required for displaying ATSC high definition TV. on your PC screen DVD or CD writer for burning Video CD's, S-VCD's or DVD's (optional) Available PCIe X1 or X8 slot Graphics with 64 MB memory (or greater) Sound card Operating System Support: Microsoft Windows XP Home Microsoft Windows XP Pro Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Windows Vista