Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 Combo TV Tuner MC-Kit, Dual Tuner PCI Express NTSC/ATSC/QAM TV Tuner board for Windows Vista

The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 brings over-the-air high definition ATSC digital TV and analog cable TV to your PC brings you all the great features of the WinTV-HVR-1800, but adds on-board Media Center and WinTV remote control receiver/blaster. Now you can get IR receive and blast for both Media Center and the WinTV v7 application, with one device. All of the other features remain the same as the WinTV-HVR-1800.

ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception and is currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations. ATSC broadcasts range in resolution from standard definition up to the high definition 1080i format. The WinTV-HVR can be used to watch and record all ATSC formats. ATSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC's multimedia experience with near CD quality sound. WinTV-HVR's ATSC digital TV tuner adds great features to your TV viewing: high definition TV reception, automatic identification of channel names plus records high-definition digital TV programs to your PC's hard disk in an MPEG-2 format without any loss in quality.

The WinTV-HVR-1800 has two tuners: one for analog cable TV and one for ATSC/QAM digital TV. You can connect both cable TV and an ATSC digital TV antenna at the same time. And thenew WinTV v6 application allows you to toggle between cable TV and ATSC or QAM digital TV channels record cable TV shows to your PC's hard disk with thebuilt-in high quality MPEG-2 hardware encoder. You can also record high definition digital ATSC and QAM to disk in the original digital quality. Use the WinTV-Scheduler to schedule the recordings of your favorite analog or ATSC digital TV programs. Play the recordings back to your PC screen at any time.