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TV Cards Get Vista Overhaul
Hauppauge has
been quick off the mark this morning by announcing an entire range of Vista-ready TV tuners, designed to
work with newer PCs and laptops. In all, the company has unveiled 13 TV
tuner models for Windows Vista Media Center, 
with prices starting at £49.99. If
you are already a Hauppauge user then don’t fret since the company has released
free Vista drivers if you’re planning to upgrade your OS.
"With the introduction of Media Center as a standard
part of the most popular versions of Windows Vista, the demand for TV cards is
going to multiply," said Yehia Oweiss, European VP of Sales, Hauppauge
Digital.
The line-up looks like this:
Analogue TV
WinTV PVR-150 (PCI)
WinTV PVR-250 (PCI with MPEG encoder)
WinTV PVR-350 (PCI with MPEG encoder and radio)
WinTV PVR-USB2 (USB with MPEG encoder)
Digital Freeview
WinTV Nova-t (PCI)
WinTV Nova-t 500 (PCI dual tuner)
WinTV Nova-t Stick (USB2)
WinTV Nova-TD Stick (USB2 Antenna Diversity dual tuner)
Digital Satellite
WinTV Nova-s (PCI)
Hybrid
WinTV HVR-1100 (PCI analogue + digital Freeview)
WinTV HVR-1300 (PCI analogue + digital Freeview with MPEG
encoder)
WinTV HVR 900 (USB2 stick analogue + digital Freeview)
WinTV HVR-3000 (PCI analogue + digital Freeview + digital
satellite triple tuner)
I hope the new range of Hauppauge cards work better than their previous Nova S Plus etc, forums are full of moans about constant error messages.
My next card will be made by someone else.
Posted by: Mike Reed | March 11, 2007 8:42 PM