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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! You can also use the WinTV-PVR-250MCE to watch TV in a window and record your TV shows into an MPEG format with WinTV2000, our TV application which is bundled with WinTV-PVR-250MCE. So we support both TV watching and recording under Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 and also Windows XP!
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For Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 users:
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Watch TV with the MyTV button on MCE 2004.
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Use the MCE 2004 TV scheduler to record your TV shows to disk.
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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!
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Listen to FM radio while you work on your PC.
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Record your home videos to disk. WinTV-PVR-250MCE includes audio/video inputs to connect to VCRs and camcorders.
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Note: the MCE 2004 remote control is used to control the TV window under Windows XP MCE 2004.
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For Windows XP users:
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Watch TV in a window on your PC screen (any size), or watch TV full screen!
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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!
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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.
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Pause and instantly replay your TV shows, with 2X and 8x digital fast forward and rewind.
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Capture high quality still video images from live or recorded TV.
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Edit your TV shows or home videos with the Hauppauge MPEG Editor.
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With the included DVD MovieFactory, you can create DVD or CDs from your recordings. |
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Supports great TV watching applications like Snapstream, SageTV and Showshifter! |
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Note: there is no remote control for use under Windows XP. |
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WinTV-PVR-250MCE includes:
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125 channel cable ready TV tuner
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Composite/s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to VCR, camcorders or set top boxes
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High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder based on the Conexant -416 MPEG encoder
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dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
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FM radio receiver
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The WinTV-PVR-250MCE's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.
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MPEG record specifications (under Windows XP):
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MPEG1 recording at 1150K bits/sec (Video CD data rate)
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MPEG2 record datarates:
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2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec.
Selections for DVD Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2MBit/sec)
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NTSC format* at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240 |
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PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288 |
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Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec |
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Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:0 |
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Video file format: .MPG |
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MPEG file tested compatible with: MediaStudio 6.0, MyDVD and DVD MovieFactory DVD authoring applications |
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System Requirements:
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Processor requirements: Pentium® IV processor 1.2GHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
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Windows®XP, Windows XP MCE 2004, Windows2000 or Windows Me
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Free PCI slot
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Sound card
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DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVD's or Video CD’s)
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VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.) |
* Note: Creating Video CD's and S-VideoCD's requires that your PC have a CD-RW burner. Creating DVD's requires that your PC have a DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-R recorder.
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