Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500 Media Center Kit

Hauppauge Updated: 2008-12-15 RSS
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500 Media Center Kit

WinTV-PVR-500 MC-Kit is the best way to add dual analogue TV's to your Windows Vista Media Center PC. The Media Center application allows you to watch one TV channel while recording another with it's MyTV button. Or you can schedule to record up to two channels at once with the built-in TV scheduler. The WinTV-PVR-500 MC Kit comes with a dual TV tuner PCI board, so you can take full use of Media Center's dual tuner capabilities.

Simply plug WinTV-PVR-500 MC into an open PCI slot in your PC and you will be watching TV with Media Center's MyTV button in no time!

WinTV-PVR-500 MC-Kit comes with a Microsoft certified remote control. Control all of Media Centers functions with the included remote control. Play music, start a slide show, all from the comfort of your living room couch. And if you have a cable TV or satellite box, WinTV-PVR-500 MC-Kit's IR transmitter can control the channel changing. So you can automatically schedule and record TV from cable TV or a satellite receiver.

Technically speaking: WinTV-PVR-500 MC contains two highly integrated MPEG hardware encoders plus two analogue TV tuners for cable TV or over-the-air analogue TV reception. There is also a separate built-in FM radio tuner. The WinTV-PVR-500 MC can record to your PC's hard disk full screen video (full D1) from TV or an external cable TV / satellite TV receiver, at data rates from 2.5 Mbits/sec to 8 Mbits/sec (Media Center supports 3 standard profiles). The encoded MPEG-2 program stream is sent over the PCI bus, where it is stored on the PCs hard disk. The video can also be played back to the PC screen while recording, so you can pause, rewind and fast forward live TV.

Dual TV recorder for Windows® Vista Media Center. Watch one TV channel while recording another. Or record two TV shows at once.

* Watch and record analogue TV with the MyTV button in Media Center, or record two channels at once!
* Listen to FM radio with Media Center's MyRadio button.
* Dual built-in hardware MPEG encoders, for the best PC performance and video quality.
* Includes Microsoft Vista Media Center certified remote control.

WinTV-PVR-500 MC-Kit is the perfect dual TV upgrade for Windows® Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate

* Dual high quality hardware MPEG encoders and dual TV tuners in one PCI board. Only one TV connection is needed for easy installation. Also includes dbx-TV stereo decoders for great TV sound.
* Use the MyTV button in Microsoft Vista's Media Center to watch one TV channel while recording another. Or record two TV shows at once!
* While recording TV to your PC's hard disk, WinTV-PVR-500 MC does all the work so your computer continues to run at full speed. Media Center recording uses from 1 to 2 Gigabytes of disk space per hour of recording.
* Listen to FM radio with Media Center's MyRadio button.
* Connect to a satellite or cable TV box with the built-in S-Video or composite connectors. WinTV-PVR-500 MC has two A/V inputs so you can connect up to two set top boxes at once.
* The WinTV-PVR-500 MC-Kit includes the Media Center remote control. Manage all Media Center functions via remote control. The Media Center remote control also has an IR transmitter to control the channels on a cable TV set top box or satellite receivers.

With WinTV-PVR-500 MC-Kit and Windows Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate you can

* Watch TV with the MyTV button in Media Center. Pause TV, with instant replay, skip, fast forward and rewind.
* Record one TV channel while watching another channel using WinTV-PVR-500's dual built-in TV tuners so you can record two TV channels at the same time. You typically use 1-2 Gigabytes of hard disk per hour of recorded video.
* Record two TV channel's at once. WinTV-PVR-500 MC has two built-in hardware MPEG encoders, so you can record two TV channels at once without slowing down your PC. Use Media Center's TV scheduler to automatically record your favorite TV shows.
* Listen to FM radio with the MyRadio button in Media Center.
* Use the included Media Center remote control to control media functions, such as digital picture slide shows, music playlists, etc.
* Use Media Center's IR transmitter to control the channels on your satellite or cable TV set top box.
* Install WinTV-PVR-500 automatically, purely "Plug and Play": WinTV-PVR-500 is Windows Vista Premium certified!