WinTV-HVR-1950 has these features:
- Supports analog NTSC TV, digital over-the-air ATSC TV for North America plus clear QAM digital cable TV
- Easy to install over USB (requires a USB 2.0 port)
- With built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder, so your PC does not slow down when recording analog TV
- Includes Hauppauge's WinTV v6 application for TV watching and recording on PC's
- Includes an IR Blaster to control the channels on a set top box