• Features
  • Overview
  • System Requirements

Watch, Pause and Record TV on your Media Center PC or laptop!

  • Watch, Pause and Record TV with the MyTV button on your Windows Media Center PC. Listen to FM radio, too!
  • Record TV programs using MPEG-2 hardware compression! Choose your recording quality.
  • For PCs and Laptops with USB 2.0 or 1.1 ports.
  • Includes a Microsoft Media Center certified remote control and IR blaster.
  • The WinTV-PVR-USB2 is ready for Vista!

WinTV-PVR-USB2 MC-Kit has these great features

WinTV-PVR-USB2 MC-Kit
model 99016

  • Watch, Pause and Record TV in the Media Center application in Vista or Windows XP MCE. Compatible with either laptop or desktop PCs. WinTV-PVR-USB2 has a built-in 125 channel cable ready TV tuner and an FM radio tuner.
  • No need to open your PC: just plug into a USB port. Works best with USB 2.0, but will also work with USB 1.1
  • Includes a Media Center remote control transmitter and receiver. The Media Center receiver conveniently plugs into a USB port. The Media Center remote will control Media Center media such as music, digital pictures plus TV.
  • Listen to FM radio with Media Center.
  • Record your TV shows to disk using the high quality built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder. While recording, the WinTV-PVR-USB2’s hardware MPEG encoder does all the work so your PC continues to run at full speed! Uses from 1-2 Gigabytes per hour of recorded video.
  • Use the Media Center TV scheduler to schedule your TV recordings. Never miss your favorite TV shows again!
  • You can also connect to cable TV or satellite set top boxes. WinTV-PVR-USB2 includes composite and S-Video inputs for the best video quality!
  • Also includes Hauppauge's WinTV2000, for TV-in-a-window under Windows XP or Vista Business Edition.

With WinTV-PVR-USB2 MC-Kit and Windows Media Center you can

  • Watch TV on your Media Center PC or laptop screen. Listen to FM radio, too!
  • Pause TV, with instant replay, fast forward and rewind.
  • Record your favorite TV shows to your PC's hard disk using high quality MPEG-2 compression. Create MPEG movies in DVD quality up to 12 Mbits/sec (over USB 2.0). You typically use 1-2 Gigabytes of hard disk per hour of recorded video.
  • Schedule your TV recording with Media Center’s built-in TV scheduler.
  • Use the MCE remote control to control all your PC media. Listen to music, watch TV, play a DVD movie, all from the comfort of your living room couch with the included MCE remote control.
  • Install WinTV-PVR-USB2 automatically, purely "Plug and Play", WinTV-PVR-USB2 is Windows Vista Premium certified!