A highly integrated MPEG-1/2 hardware encoder based on the Conexant -418 is on-board for recording analog cable TV to disk. 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.
It contains two tuners: a digital TV tuner to receive ATSC and QAM channels plus a 125-channel cable ready TV tuner. Technically speaking WinTV-HVR-1800 is a PCI Express X1 board.
The Microsoft Media Center application supports up to two TV tuners, so you can watch one TV channel while recording another! And WinTV-HVR-1800 has Windows Vista Premium certification. Are you using Windows Vista Media Center ? If so, you can add WinTV-HVR-1800 as either the primary or as the second TV tuner.
Play the recordings back to your PC screen at any time. Use the WinTV-Scheduler to schedule the recordings of your favorite analog or ATSC digital TV programs. You can also record high definition digital ATSC and QAM to disk in the original digital quality. Create your own personal Digital Video Recorder! Record cable TV shows to your PC's hard disk with our built-in high quality MPEG-2 hardware encoder. And our new WinTV v6 application allows you to toggle between cable TV and ATSC or QAM digital TV channels.
You can connect both cable TV and an ATSC digital TV antenna at the same time.
Two tuners to simplify connections The WinTV-HVR-1800 has two tuners: one for analog cable TV and one for ATSC/QAM digital TV. WinTV-HVR-1800’s ATSC digital TV receiver 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 with no loss in quality. ATSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC’s multimedia experience with Dolby Digital AC3 sound. To receive digital satellite, you will need a satellite receiver set top box. The WinTV-HVR-1800 cannot receive digital satellite TV directly. ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations.Note: ATSC digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. ATSC digital TV is the over-the-air digital TV for North America.
Watch and record TV in a window or full screen using high quality MPEG-2. WinTV-HVR-1800 brings over-the-air high definition ATSC digital TV and analog cable TV to your PC. Composite/S-Video and audio inputs, for cable or satellite set top boxes or VCRs. With dbx-TV stereo decoder, for great TV sound. Note: not all cable TV networks send clear QAM channels Analog TV features Built-in high quality hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so your PC continues to run at full speed while watching, pausing and recording analog cable TV 125 channel cable ready TV receiver built-in. Digital QAM TV receiver features If you are using digital cable which broadcast the local ATSC channels on their cable TV network, you can receive these QAM channels with the new WinTV v6 application. TV recordings will typically consume 5 Gb of disk space per hour for ATSC high definition. Supports all ATSC formats, up to the high definition 1080i format! Supports Dolby Digital AC3 audio Record ATSC digital TV to your PC's hard disk using high quality MPEG-2. Digital ATSC HD TV features ATSC over-the-air digital TV receiver built-in.
Our WinTV2000 application allows you to toggle between cable TV, QAM and ATSC digital TV channels. Includes Hauppauge's WinTV2000 application. Connect both cable TV and ATSC digital TV to the WinTV-HVR-1800 at the same time. Clear QAM are digital ATSC channels which are re-broadcast on digital cable TV Two tuners on board: a 125 channel cable ready TV tuner and an ATSC digital TV tuner. Watch and record 'clear QAM' digital TV channels. Watch and record analog cable TV plus hi-definition ATSC or clear QAM digital TV on your PC! Dual tuner TV receiver for your PC: one analog TV tuner and one digital TV tuner Single slot PCI Express (PCIe) X1 board, full height Built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder for recording analog cable TV, for the best system performance Watch and record all ATSC formats, including the highest definition 1080i format Supports clear QAM channels with the new WinTV v6 application WinTV-HVR-1800 has these great features Watch and record ATSC high definition digital TV or analog cable TV on your PC, in a window or full screen! ATSC HD is the over-the-air high definition TV standard for North America. Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista NT4? MAC? Linux?ĭual tuner PCI Express NTSC/ATSC/QAM TV receiver board for Windows Vista. Tv Tuner Digital TV ATSC HDTV QAM tuner Analog VideoIn MPEG1 hardware MPEG2 hardware