Hauppauge Computer Works - Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 Reviews

Windows 7 will support Digital Channels in Windows Media Center. If your cable company offers clear QAM, Comcast in my area has a digital alternative for every analog channel as well, so I can get every channel they offer in digital, then there is NO reas...

One of the lowest cost Hybrid Tuner Cards out there that can do both Analog and Digital Tuning. It works well, can view a clear picture on the computer, smooth, NOT choppy nor freezes (Athlon X2 6000+ w/ Vista 64Bit). Includes WinTV7 which is needed to wa...

Does NOT have a MPEG Encoder chip, so no hardware conversion of the Analog signal, your CPU will have to work harder to do a software MPEG conversion. With weaker CPU's that might be a problem, my Athlon X2 6000+ runs at 40%-50% utilization while watching...

I expect to get long life and good use out of this product.

I have an older Hauppauge PVR350 that I have really liked, so I got this card for my sister's box. She lives out in the country and has no TV out there, so I used this card to feed a VCR into the computer. It seems to work fine

The software is still a little hokey and there is a learning curve to get the best out of the card, but that was true of my PVR350, too

didnt have any problem

pci express slot is taken and you can never get it back