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Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2250 White Box for System Builders Dual Hybrid PCI-E TV Tuner Board | 
| Brand: Hauppauge
Category: CE
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $113.99
You Save: $36.00 (24%)
New (14) from $113.99
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1974
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center compatible
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 3 x 10
MPN: 1229
Model: 1229
UPC: 785428012292
EAN: 0785428012292
ASIN: B001E2T6Y4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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 | | • | Vista Compatible |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The WinTV-HVR-2250 has two tuners for watching one TV program while recording another: with the built-in dual tuners, you can either watch one channel while recording another or you can record two channels at once.The WinTV-HVR-2250 is a PCI Express x1 board based on the NXP 7164 bus interface chip. The WinTV-HVR-2250 contains two tuners with a built-in TV splitter. There is one cable TV or TV antenna connector which is split, providing a video source for both tuners. For ATSC and QAM digital TV, all 18 ATSC formats including 1080i can be watched or recorded to disk as a MPEG-2 program stream.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not quite 100% yet November 23, 2008
Morris (GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well the card came as promised, I plugged it in and it began to work without too much problems. I did need to update drivers etc.
My issue is that you hve to set the card up as either two analog tuners or two QAM tuners, which means you can either watch a QAM and record a QAM program or watch a Analog channel and record an analog channel. Well you cannot. The card should not need to be set up as one or the other it should switch back and forth on the fly (as neccesary).
Hauppauge says it is a problem with Media Center not supporting the functionality. But then I tried to use there built in TV application and it doesnt get QAM at all Hauppauge says it is a problem with how comcast broadcasts there QAM signal. Souns like a big case of passing the buck to me.
 Sweet, Totaly recommended. October 31, 2008
Peter D. Morgenroth (Seattle)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This thing is pretty sweet. Just connect 1 coax cable and it splits it internaly. I like being able to record 2 shows at once. I watch TV on my big screen, but use this to record my favorite shows and works great, the quality, although not HD over my standard cable connection, is still quite good. My friends brag about having a 100gb Tivo, lol, i have 2Tbs, and can burn em to DVD, hehe. Great card, works perfect on Vista Ultamate 64bit. I use it with Media Center and not the WinTV.
The shipping was super fast and the price is certainly great.
 SageTV users: ATSC doesn't work with this card... yet. October 25, 2008
P. Jun (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are planning to use with SageTV 6.4.8 (latest as of this writing) then be aware that the ATSC tuners do NOT work. Although this is a problem with SageTV, those that are looking to purchase this card are likely to use it under SageTV.
SageTV recognizes this card as something completely different and is unable able to tune the Digital ATSC tuner. I've tried to install the latest beta XP 32-bit drivers from Hauppauge and the beta drivers for SageTV without avail.
I'm sure there's a fix for this coming from SageTV, and when it comes, this card will be perfect. But, until then, buyer beware!
Great Tuner October 3, 2008
Max Remley (Penfield, NY)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a relatively new product and I was skeptical as to whether it would work for me. There were very few reviews to help guide me. I'm happy to say that the tuner card installed easily, the drivers loaded properly, and both tuners (this is a dual tuner card) are functioning with my digital video recording software. I use Beyond TV and wasn't sure that the current version of BTV would recognize this new tuner device. I had some initial concerns in that the Hauppauge software that came with the tuner card wouldn't pick up one of my local channels (the weakest channel in my area). However, the BTV software successfully directed the tuner card to the weak channel and the tuners pull in a sufficiently strong signal for good reception. I'm delighted with this card and would recommend it. Just make sure you have the appropriate slot open in your computer to accept it. Double check the specs for the card and your computer to ensure compatibility. Oh yeah... you can order directly from Hauppauge for less than what Amazon has it priced at.
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