Difference between revisions of "Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 MCE"

Revision as of 23:41, 9 September 2007

• Manufacturer info: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mce.html
• This card is automatically detected by LinuxMCE and is easily setup via the Setup Wizard

WinTV-PVR-150 includes:

• 125 channel cable ready TV tuner
• Composite/s-video input to connect to VCR or camcorders
• High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder
• dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
• IR remote control

The WinTV-PVR-150's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.

MPEG record specifications:

• MPEG1 recording at 1150K bits/sec (Video CD data rate)
• MPEG2 record datarates:
  • 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)
• NTSC format* at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240
• PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288
• Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec
• Video digitizer: 10 bits
  • Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:2
  • Four line adaptive comb filter for both NTSC and PAL to remove dot crawl
  • Fast video locking for security camera applications
• Video file format: .MPG

System Requirements:

• Pentium® III processor 1.2GHz or faster, 128MB RAM and 10GB disk drive minimum recommended
• Free PCI slot
• Sound card
• DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVDs or Video CD’s)
• VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.)