Go back to home page
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 TV Tuner

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 TV Tuner

MPN: 1183

As low as $84.99 from Ebay Rated 3.5 Star Review out of 3 reviews See Price History

Description: The WinTV HVR-1600 MCE PCI TV Tuner Card from Hauppauge! is a dual tuner analog and high definition digital ATSC PCI TV tuner for Windows Vista PCs. On a single full height PCI board, the WinTV HVR-1600 MCE PCI TV Tuner has separate tuners for analog NTSC and ATSC digital TV... read more

The WinTV HVR-1600 MCE PCI TV Tuner Card from Hauppauge! is a dual tuner analog and high definition digital ATSC PCI TV tuner for Windows Vista PCs. On a single full height PCI board, the WinTV HVR-1600 MCE PCI TV Tuner has separate tuners for analog NTSC and ATSC digital TV. With Vista's Media Center, you can watch an analog TV channel while recording hi-definition digital TV from another channel! This tuner card is a part of a bundle which includes FM Radio Tuner, MCE Media Center Remote and Receiver. minimize
 
 

Sort Reviews by:  Most Useful | Rating | Date

geo442 from OH

Member Since
Sep 2004

View Member's
Profile | Reviews

User has 2 Days of experience with this product

3 Star Review Good card, but the I think 1800 is worth the incremental cost.

Strengths:

Good reception of both digital and analog channels, acceptable framerates all around.

Weaknesses:

Lack of QAM, large size, lunky software.

Posted Dec 31, 2007 - I have been using this card for a few months (upgraded fom a KWorld ATSC 120 that was having frame tearing issues on a computer that otherwise was so overspeced that the bad framerate could be squarely blamed on the card). The 1600 is a larger card than the KWorld one, but it has worked much better than its predecessor (the one exception is that I think I liked teh KWorld's software a bit better -- but the KWorld software was more of a pain to install properly, which maybe makes that a wash). Overall, though, the incremental price for the 1800 series card (Which is PCI-e x1 and has QAM) probably makes it a better alternative for an only slightly larger cost -- having used both, I wish I had bought the 1800 instead (and probably will at some point soon).

100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

Buy now at Buydig.com: $95.00

Buy now at PC Connection: $108.89

Buy now at Ebay: $84.99

 
sonoma03 from CA

Member Since
Aug 2000

View Member's
Profile | Reviews

User has 21 Days of experience with this product

3 Star Review Good hardware, poor software

Strengths:

NTSC, ATSC, and QAM tuners included. Good reception of TV channels

Weaknesses:

WinTV software Incorrect/incomplete instructions

Posted Jan 16, 2008 - I purchased this product from Dell because this MCE kit version was the only version of the HVR-1600 that said it had a QAM tuner. I ran into problems because Dell's Web site said that this product is compatible with Windows XP Home and XP Media Center Edition as well as Vista. It turns out that the product that was sent to me is only compatible with Vista, as correctly described on Pricegrabber. The main problem was the IR remote receiver which only works with Vista. I wasted many hours trying to install it, looking for new drivers on the Web and so forth, before getting confirmation from Hauppauge technical support that I needed a different receiver. Fortunately they were willing to swap out mine for one that was XP-compatible, although I did have to pay shipping. The other issue was trying to receive a QAM signal. Even though the instructions say the ATSC connector is only for connecting an over-the-air antenna, you need to split your cable signal and input it to both the NTSC and ATSC inputs in order to get both NTSC and QAM channels. The card will not pick them up from the NTSC connector input, even though my TV does that. That caused more wasted hours. The WinTV software found the channels and plays them okay, but it does not have a good TV guide feature. You have to enter in the actual dates and times for the recordings. I installed the free GBPVR software instead, which has a TV guide and you can just click on a program to watch or record it, and you can search for instances of a particular show and record them.

100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

Buy now at NextWarehouse: $94.85

Buy now at Directron: $97.44

Buy now at ElectronicsPLUS: $124.84

 
old_cotton from NY

Member Since
Jul 2004

View Member's
Profile | Reviews

User has 1 Weeks of experience with this product

4 Star Review Great HDTV PCI Card!

Strengths:

Supports QAM; Windows Media compatible remote control.

Weaknesses:

WinTV application is buggy.

Posted Feb 24, 2008 - I am glad that I made the right decision. I'm very happy with this card. It works fine without any problems so far though the WinTV application has some small bugs. The remote control works great. The IR Blaster which comes in the box is very handy. Now I can watch HDTV from my computer! Great product!

100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful , unhelpful, or inappropriate?

Comment about this review

Buy now at Buydig.com: $95.00

Buy now at PC Connection: $108.89

Buy now at Ebay: $84.99

 

Compare Prices
 
Sellers Seller Rating Discounts Price
BottomLine Price

 
See It Fewer than 10 reviewsWrite a Review Free Shipping! $84.99
Your Best Price + $0.00 tax
+ $0.00 shipping =
$84.99
See It 354 Reviews Free Shipping! $94.85
+ $0.00 tax
+ $0.00 shipping =
$94.85
See It 658 Reviews $89.99
+ $0.00 tax
+ $7.45 shipping =
$97.44
Compare Prices for All 8 Sellers ($84.99 - $131.28)

Advertisement

Advertisement

The Perfect Gift Just Got Better.
The NEW American Express Gift Card. NO monthly fees. NO expiration of funds. NO lost value. Some gift cards lose value to monthly fees. Give the one that doesn’t. Order now.

Compare Prices

Find it for the lowest price

Product Details

Features, specifications, & other useful info

  • Internal Card Form Factor:
  • ATSC (Digital)
    NTSC (analog)
    Video Standard:
  • PCI Slot/Port Type:
  • Audio - 1/8" Stereo
    Video - Coaxial (RF)
    Video - mini-DIN (S-Video)
    A/V Connectors:
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
    Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
    Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit
    Compatible OS:

See more product specs

One hot product. One exclusive deal. Available for only 24 hours, or until supplies run out.

17 hours 46 mins left!

 




Error while processing your request, please try again
Email This Page

Want to email this page to yourself or share with someone else? Fill out the form below and we'll send a link to this page.




(Please note: The details you provide above will only be used for this one-time notification. We hate spam. Your information is safe with us.)

  Send »  


Terms of Use and Privacy Policy PriceGrabber is an Experian companyCopyright © PriceGrabber.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved