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WinTV-PVR-250MCE:

an MPEG TV encoder board for use with Windows XP Media Center Edition

WinTV-PVR-250MCE for Windows XP Media Center Edition: The WinTV-PVR-250MCE brings live TV, FM radio and TV recording to Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004. If your PC was a Hewlett Packard, Gateway or Viewsonic Media Center Edition PC, then you can upgrade your TV tuner to the latest Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250MCE. The WinTV-PVR-250MCE has the best video quality of any Media Center TV tuner, plus adds FM radio.

The WinTV-PVR-250MCE runs under Windows XP, too! If you are using one of the excellent media center products, such as SageTV, BeyondTV or Showshifter, WinTV-PVR-250MCE can add TV watching and recording to your home media center.

You can also use the WinTV-PVR-250MCE to watch TV in a window and record your TV shows in an MPEG format with WinTV2000, our TV application which is bundled with WinTV-PVR-250MCE.

$149.00

For Windows XP Media Center Edition users:
  • Watch TV with the MyTV button on Media Center
  • Use the MCE TV scheduler to record your TV shows to disk.
  • WinTV-PVR-250MCE's built-in hardware MPEG encoder allows you to continue to use your computer while recording. Listen to music, watch digital pictures or play a DVD movie while recording!
  • Listen to FM radio while you work on your PC.
  • Record your home videos to disk. WinTV-PVR-250MCE includes audio/video inputs to connect to VCRs and camcorders.
  • Note: the MCE remote control is used to control the TV window under Media Center
For Windows XP users:
  • 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 create DVD or CDs from your recordings.
  • Supports great TV watching applications like Snapstream's BeyondTV, SageTV and Showshifter!
  • Note: there is no remote control for use under Windows XP.
WinTV-PVR-250MCE includes:
  • 125 channel cable ready TV tuner
  • Composite/s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to VCR, camcorders or set top boxes
  • High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder based on the Conexant -416 MPEG encoder
  • dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
  • FM radio receiver
  • The WinTV-PVR-250MCE's S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.
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