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Summary: WinTV PVR USB2.0
Review: I bought an ATI capture card upon recommendation from Circuit City when I bought my computer. Turned out to be junk, and quite possibly the worst tech support around. Luckily I was able to return it, and upon a friend's recommendation ("get a device with a HARDWARE encoder") chose what he uses (with great results) the PVR 250. Then I saw the USB 2.0 external version for $50 more and went with that. Capturing has been a snap, and because it's a hardware encoder, it's independent of your PC, and thus the capture avoids getting corrupted and one can do some things while it captures (it slows mine down a bit tho, more RAM I'm guessing would help). I've captured from my DVD player and my DishTV PVR, works great. I've made 4-5 excellent DVD copies so far. The included software is decent, I use DVD-Architect for burning, but the included Ulead is not bad at all. Have not tried the scheduler yet, but if it works as advertized, it will basically turn my PC into a 120 g-byte TiVo.I would have given 5 stars if not for the high price $199)
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Summary: huappauge: a fuzzy dud
Review: I bought this product based on the reviews i read in the amazon.com section for the huappauge INTERNAL WinTV Personal Video Recorder. Those reviews were fantastic and they raved about the product so I thought the usb one would be just fine, but that was not the case. First I recieved the PVR without the remote control but I thought if the product was going to be as good as its "sister" (the internal one) then I might as well keep it. It was not. The picture was horrible and terribly fuzzy, and it skipped frames every fews seconds. So i returned it and I am now trying to go through reviews for other tv tuners to see if there are any decent ones out there. So anyways, I just wrote to warn others that this product is not a good one.
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Summary: don't waste your time with this product
Review: I have great Dell 2XXX series machine. EVERY other product plugs into USB and works flawlessly. This one does not. Tech support was waste of time. Said to update Dell USB drivers. Already did. Device is NOT certified by Microsoft nor are the Hauppauge Drivers! Power on the unit (straight out of box) was unreliable. Power Light would fail 90% of time I plugged it in (during ALL those resets tech support tried to walk me through). In a day and age of plug and play and USB2 gear, this product is a joke. Please don't waste your time with it. Install software even thought this was a PCI bus internal! a real mess.
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Summary: Poor Performer
Review: This product has never worked properly. it tends to overheat when in normal use so you can't leave it plugged in all the time, but if you plug it in when your computer is on the drivers will not recognize it properly until you restart. Slightly sad for a USB product. The only tech support solution I have recieved is to update my drivers, only I've done that about ten times and the thing still doesn't work. I recommend buying a ATI All-In-Wonder card instead of this tuner. ATI's product will be an upgrade to your graphics card in addition to providing PVR functionality, although it does require opening your PC's case. Still, it will save you from wasting money on a product that does not work.
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Summary: Poor Performer
Review: This product has never worked properly. it tends to overheat when in normal use so you can't leave it plugged in all the time, but if you plug it in when your computer is on the drivers will not recognize it properly until you restart. Slightly sad for a USB product. The only tech support solution I have recieved is to update my drivers, only I've done that about ten times and the thing still doesn't work. I recommend buying a ATI All-In-Wonder card instead of this tuner. ATI's product will be an upgrade to your graphics card in addition to providing PVR functionality, although it does require opening your PC's case. Still, it will save you from wasting money on a product that does not work.
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