Let’s head on over to Hauppauge which had a fairly small booth display over at the South Hall of the LVCC. Despite the small booth, they did have a number of new product announcements including the new two new internal HDTV tuner cards, and three external HDTV TV tuner receivers.

Featured above is the new Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1500 - a single tuner NTSC/ATSC and Clear QAM ExpressCard/54 device designed for notebook systems and small form factor PCs with ExpressCard interfaces (as shown above). Features include:

• Single Tuner NTSC/ATSC and Clear QAM digital cable TV receiver
• ExpressCard/54 for 54mm slots
• Includes Hauppauge SoftPVR
• Includes portable ATSC digital TV antenna plus A/V adapter cable

Pictured above is the newly announced Hauppauge USB-based WinTV-HVR-1950. The WinTV HVR-1950 allows a PC or laptop user to watch, pause, and record NTSC, ATSC, or clear QAM digital TV right onto their hard drive - without slowing down the computer thanks to a hardware based MPEG-2 encoder. The 1950 can also use the built-in hardware based MPEG-2 encoder to record video from S-Video or Composite A/V inputs. Features include:

• Watch NTSC cable TV, ATSC and clear QAM digital cable TV
• Listen to FM radio
• Includes IR blaster to control channels on set top box
• Easy to install - just plug into USB 2.0 port
• Drivers for Windows Vista Media Center
• Comes with new Hauppage WinTV version 6

The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1950 will be available in February of 2008 for an MSRP of $149 (includes the remote control)

Above is the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q - the first TV tuner “stick” to feature Clear QAM support. The 950Q is basically a small portable HDTV tuner stick which can be plugged into a USB 2.0 port. Features include:

• Watch and record NTSC analog cable TV, and ATSC HD digital TV
• Supports Clear QAM digital TV
• Credit Card sized remote control
• Supports Hauppauge SoftPVR and SoftMCE software MPEG-2 encoders - no hardware encoders here
• Comes with certified drivers for Windows Vista Media Center
• Available in January of 2008 for an MSRP of $99 with remote control

Above is the new Hauppauge dual tuner WinTV-HVR-2250 card. The HVR-2250 has two complete on-board analog and digital TV receivers - allowing users to watch and record two NTSC, ATSC, or Clear QAM digital cable TV programs at once. The WinTV-HVR-2250 card is a half-height PCI Express Card which is ideal for small form factor home theater PC systems. To make things even sweeter for the home enthusiast, the HVR-2250 features two built-in hardware based MPEG-2 encoders which are coupled with the dual tuners - relieving encoding duties from the system processor.

Features include:

• Dual NTSC/ATSC/Clear QAM tuners
• FM radio support
• Two on board MPEG-2 hardware encoders
• Single slot PCI-Express with full and half height brackets

The WinTV-HVR-2250 will be available in February 2008 for an MSRP of $129 with a remote control.

Pictured above is the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 PCI Express TV Tuner card. This is the lowest cost PCI-Express TV tuner card available today (at $49 dollars) and is certified to work with Windows Vista Media Center. The 1250 allows user to watch, pause, and record analog NTSC cable TV, ATSC digital TV and clear QAM digital cable TV on their Windows XP or Vista PC. The 1250 is a half height PCI express board which is a boon for small form factor HTPC systems. This card does not use a hardware based MPEG-2 encoder though - instead relying on a software MPEG-2 encoder.

Features include:

• Single tuner NTSC/ATSC and Clear QAM support
• Includes Hauppauge SoftPVR for Windows
• Half height PCI-Express board

The WinTV-HVR-1250 will be available in January of 2008 for an MSRP of $49 dollars.

Although not new, this is the WinTV-HVR-1800 dual tuner board from Hauppauge. This dual tuner system features a single analog cable TV tuner and a single ATSC/Clear QAM digital TV tuner. The board also comes with an on-board hardware based MPEG-2 encoder for analog cable TV recordings.

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