Hauppauge 1213 WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Hybrid PCI-E TV Tuner Board with Media Center Remote Control and Receiver
- PCI-E TV Tuner Board
- Dual Hybrid Analog and Digital TV Tuners
- Watch record and pause TV on your PC
- ATSC Clear QAM Digital TV up to 1080i
- Comes with Microsoft certified Media Center remote control and receiver
Product Description
The 1213 from Hauppauge is a HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Bundle. It is a PCIe TV Tuner board with dual (two) hybrid tuners. Both tuners have analog and digital reception that allows recording of two channels at the same time. Each tuner has hardware MPEG2 encoding for recording analog channels. Each tuner has ATSC clear QAM for receiving digital cable TV channels. Watch and record two channels of analog cable TV or ATSC high definition (HD) TV on your PC. Comes complete with a Microsoft certified Media Center remote control and receiver.Includes hardware MPEG2 encoders for recording cable TV with Media Center. Compatible with Vista Home Premium or Ultimate and XP Media Center Edition…. More >>
Hauppauge 1213 WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Hybrid PCI-E TV Tuner Board with Media Center Remote Control and Receiver
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5 comments
OfARavilution on December 10, 2009 at 12:47 am
Why is this TV Tuner (Hauppauge WINTV 2250 w/ MCE kit) $40 more than the retail as listed on the hauppauge website and $50-$70 more expensive than any other website as of 08/28/08? What is Amazon pulling? Reduce the price and I’ll buy it!
B. Russell on December 10, 2009 at 1:03 am
Absolutely rediculous, I’d have to agree. While this card did receive the ‘Gold Standard’ rating from PC Magazine, the fact that Amazon is charging $40 more than the Hauppauge online store for an identical product is mind boggling.
From the Hauppauge page:
WinTV-HVR-2250 TV tuner with
Windows Media Center remote control kit
$149.00
Other online stores have it as low as $125. So why would I buy here?
I give the product 4 stars, but Amazon only 1 for trying to rip us off. 4 stars for the product because of the dual tuner limitation (or at least confusion). So I compromised and marked 3 stars.
D. Bennett on December 10, 2009 at 3:25 am
The Hauppauge 2250 card works great! The Media Center remote control died about 3 days after it was installed.
Shane M. Walton on December 10, 2009 at 3:47 am
I don’t usually write reviews on items that I purchase, but this is one that I can’t ignore.
This device works fine for ATSC from an antenna, but it doesn’t tune in any of the 150+ Comcast clear-QAM channels in my area (Loudoun Co., VA).
If you want a clear-QAM tuner that works in Northern VA, buy the HDHomeRun by Silicon Dust, it just works.
Be-a-Critic on December 10, 2009 at 5:34 am
Installation was not hard, although the remote control drivers did not install properly on the first try.
Overall I’m happy with it, except the video onscreen shows up a bit washed out compared to what I get directly on the TV or via the DVR. I didn’t see controls to tune the brightness on Media Center.