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Hauppauge Win TV USB
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Earlier reviews in error...?  |
We have had one of these Hauppauge WinTV USB units for nearly two years, and it has been used successfully on a laptop(W98SE, Pentium 366) and a couple of desktops (W98 Athlon 800, WinXP Pentium 2.53G)What confuses us is the number of reviews referring to the unit as a "Card" since it isnt a card. Its a tiny remote USB-powered TV tuner box, and ours works well. It was quirky to use the first time (this is years ago, remember) & we needed to download the updates from the website, but it worked OK after doing this. The VTPlus Teletext software is written in Germany, and the manual is typically opaque as a result (Help tells you everything except what to do & why you should do it), but the software works well once one realises that there are obscure undocumented teutonic features like not using a space in the channel name ( is OK, but confuses VTPlus).WinTV 2000 is now a well featured piece of software that only suffers from having a diseased skin appearance and tiny concealed buttons. WinTV 32 (alternate interface) worked fine too, with fewer features and a more normal appearance. Video capture worked first time (WinTV 2000 is best for this), its not high res, but VHS is only around 300 blurry lines, and what do you want for the money? The PDF & HTML help files on the Hauppauge.com & ...co.uk web sites are pretty detailed and we found them useful when setting up the beast and using the updated software. We fancy buying a second one, or something similar for permanent use, so were now looking at the PCI cards - PVR maybe, and Freeview is very tempting.
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WinTV USB is a plug and play card and that is exactly what it is. A doddle to install on my Sony Vaio. A good areal is required to get the most out of the TV picture. Love the frame grabbing facility. A must for the World Cup
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This seemed really good at the time as i was going to uni and it was the only TV card i could get for a laptop. However it takes about 3 goes to install it, and when it is installed, jog the card slightly and it will crash. A small pink line will appear across the screen and the whole computer will die. Frankly this TV CARD IS S**T!
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