980 by Hauppauge Computer Works

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Manufacturer Hauppauge Computer Works
Manufacturer's Part Number 980
Description Hauppauge; Product Type: TV/Video Input Device; Additional Information: Watch TV in a window on your PC screen (any size), or watch TV full screen!; Host Interface: PCI; Functions: TV Tuning, Video Capturing; Video Signal Format: NTSC, PAL;
NAME DESCRIPTION
Data Transfer Rate: 12 MB/s
Maximum Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Product Name: WinTV-PVR-250 Personal Video Recorder
Functions: TV Tuning, Video Capturing
Video Formats: NTSC, PAL
Brand Name: Hauppauge
Package Contents:
  • 125 channel cable ready TV tuner
  • Composite/s-video input to connect to VCR or camcorders
  • High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder
  • dbx-TV stereo decoder
  • IR remote control
Additional Information: With WinTV-PVR-250 you can:
  • Watch TV in a window on your PC screen (any size), or watch TV full screen!
  • Record your home videos and TV shows to disk using MPEG compression. The built-in hardware MPEG encoder allows you to continue to use your computer while recording. Surf the net or answer e-mail while digitally recording to your PC's hard disk!
  • Schedule your TV recordings with WinTV-Scheduler. The Electronic Program Guides TitanTV.com in the U.S., TVTV.de in Europe and iEPG in Japan, are Internet based program guides which work with WinTV-PVR to help schedule your TV recordings
  • Pause and instantly replay your TV shows, with 2X and 8x digital fast forward and rewind
  • Capture high quality still video images from live or recorded TV
  • Edit your TV shows or home videos with the Hauppauge MPEG Editor
  • With the included DVD MovieFactory, you can author your home videos onto CD or DVD*

    With WinTV-PVR-250, you can also create Video CD's, saving up to an hour of video on a single CD-RW disk and playing them on your home DVD player. You can also create S-VideoCD's, which allows up to 1/2hour of MPEG2 quality video on a CD-RW disk.

    If you have one of the new DVD+RW or DVD-R burners, you can record your TV shows (or home videos!) with WinTV-PVR-250 and burn them onto DVD. The WinTV-PVR-250 has been tested with MyDVD, DVD-It and ULead's DVD MovieFactory, popular DVD burning applications.

    * Note: Creating Video CD's and S-VideoCD's requires that your PC have a CD-RW burner. Creating DVD's requires that your PC have a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-R recorder.
Marketing Information: Turn your PC into a Digital TV recorder. Watch and record your TV shows with instant replay and program pause. Burn your home videos and favorite TV shows onto CD-ROM or DVD and play them on your home DVD player. Includes hi-performance hardware MPEG2 encoder!

The WinTV-PVR-250 brings live TV to your PC screen. With it's 125-channel cable ready TV receiver, you can watch TV in a resizeable window or full screen while you work on your PC.

But thats not all!!

WinTV-PVR puts TV watching under your control! Watch what you want, when you want! With WinTV-PVR you can pause TV when you want, create your own instant replay and even burn your TV shows and home videos onto CD-ROM or DVD!

Want to make your PC a Digital VCR? The WinTV-PVR-250, with the built-in hardware MPEG2 encoder, can take your home video tapes and turn them into high quality MPEG videos. The you can author and burn DVD's, VideoCD's or S-VideoCD's. WinTV-PVR-250 includes the excellent ULead DVD Movie Factory to author your digital videos.
Video Signal Format: NTSC, PAL
Product Type: TV/Video Input Device
Host Interface: PCI
Maximum Data Transfer Rate: 12 MB/s
System Requirements:
  • Processor requirements: Pentium II processor 733MHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
  • Windows98SE (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition, Windows2000 and Windows XP
  • Free PCI slot
  • Sound card
  • DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVDs or Video CD's)
  • VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.)
Maximum Resolution: 1600 x 1200
Audio Line In: Yes
Product Model: PVR-250
Compatibility:
  • PC
Product Line: WinTV