| | | WinTV-PVR-500MCE brings TV watching with background recording to Windows XP Media Center Edition
Watch one channel while recording another with the WinTV-PVR-500MCE and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. WinTV-PVR-500MCE contains two complete TV tuners, each with their own hardware MPEG encoder!Ever want to watch the ball game while your favorite late night TV show is on? Well, with WinTV-PVR-500MCE, you don't have to chose which show to watch. Just set the Media Center Edition to record that late night TV show while you continue to watch the ball game, with full PVR capabilities. Pause live TV, replay and skip forward, all while your other TV show continues to be recorded to your PC's hard disk .
| | Features |  | Interfaces/Ports | | 1 x Composite - RCA Video In External
1 x S-Video Input External
2 x RCA (Left/Right) Audio In External
1 x TV Connector Input External
1 x Radio - FM Input External | | Host Interface | | PCI | | Manufacturer | | Hauppauge Computer Works | | Functionality | | FM Tuner
TV Tuner
Video Capture | | Manufacturer Part Number | | 1081 | | Product Name | | WinTV-PVR-500MCE Personal Video Recorder | | Product Type | | TV/Video/Radio Input Adapter |
| | Tech Specs | | Package Contents | | WinTV-PVR-500MCE Personal Video RecorderFM radio antennaInstallation CD-ROMQuick Installation Guide | | Manufacturer | | Hauppauge Computer Works | | Interfaces/Ports | | 1 x Composite - RCA Video In External
1 x S-Video Input External
2 x RCA (Left/Right) Audio In External
1 x TV Connector Input External
1 x Radio - FM Input External | | Host Interface | | PCI | | Additional Information | | Inlcudes built-in FM radio receiver. Listen to FM radio with the MyRadio button on Media CenterWatch TV with the MyTV button on MCEWinTV-PVR-500MCE includes:Dual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners, each with a dbx-TV stereo decoderDual high quality MPEG2 video and audio encoders based on the Conexant -416 MPEG encoderOne back panel composite/s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to VCR, camcorders or set top boxesTwo on-board A/V headers, to connect to two more A/V sources (A/V cable set not included)One FM radio receiver | | Functionality | | FM Tuner
TV Tuner
Video Capture | | Manufacturer Part Number | | 1081 | | System Requirement | | Processor requirements: Pentium IV processor 1.2GHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playbackWindows XP Media Center EditionFree PCI slotSound cardVGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.) | | Form Factor | | Plug-in Card | | Broadcast Formats | | NTSC | | Product Line | | WinTV-PVR | | Product Name | | WinTV-PVR-500MCE Personal Video Recorder | | Video Formats | | Composite Video
S-Video | | Product Type | | TV/Video/Radio Input Adapter | | Video Features | | Dual tuners for Media Center Edition. Two TV tuners plus dual MPEG encoders on one PCI board! Watch one TV channel while recording anotherIncludes a built-in TV splitter, so you only need to make one connection to your television cableBack panel A/V set for connecting to a set top box or VCRFor Windows XP Media Center Edition users:
Watch one TV show while recording another to disk using the WinTV-PVR-500's built in dual hardware MPEG encoders | | Platform Support | | PC |
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| Customer Reviews |  | | Value |  4.5 | | Performance |  4 | | Ease of Use | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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5 of 5 Perfect Product Thursday, March 20, 2008
A Customer from Rochester, Mn.
I installed the card in my Media Center Edition windows computer.
Very simple to do. Ran the install disk, also very simple. I already had a single tuner card installed, left it in. Then went into the Media Center software and told it to auto-configure the
new card, it worked flawlessly. It kept all my options and
all the tv programs from my old card. This could not have been
any easier. I can't use my old card yet(until I get around
to following instructions I found on the net on how to change
settings in the registry) to record more than 2 shows at once.
I wish all things with computers would install and work as
perfect as this. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Hauppauge Puts SONY Gigapocket to Shame Sunday, March 18, 2007
marty bacon from warwick, ny
The Hauppauge WinTV PVR 500 MCE PCI Tuner Card .....
I purchased this digtal tv & video recorder, dual tv tuner, fm radio ... from Hauppauge ... because I have a SONY RB60G mce VAIO tower with Gigapocket, and it cant be upgraded to Vista Home Premium. I had upgraded the VAIO when I bought it, it is capable of running any version of Vista, 32 or 64 bit.
SONY said they support Vista, but the drivers for RB60G desktop tower do not work. Their support was no help. I needed to replace the Gigapocket with another tv tuner-recorder.
As my graphics card was an ATI X800, and it worked well with Vista, I first tried to upgrade to a TV-WONDER-200. It worked but not with the Vista Media Center.
So I tried the Hauppauge-500, everything worked. First thing out of the box it worked. Vista Media Center embraced it like the long lost son, returned home from the war.
Most of the card's chipset match the SONY Gigapocket, if Hauppauge can write drivers for Vista, why can't SONY?
Hauppauge is my "New Best Friend,"
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5 of 5 Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE - PCI Tuner Card Thursday, December 21, 2006
A Customer from Olathe, KS
Love this card, easy to install and load software. Using Windows Media Center and Media Center makes it easy to setup. Works great. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Dual Tuners Rock Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Bill W from Covington KY
I have two of these units in my WindowsXP Home Edition PC with 512 Megs of RAM and a AMD 2500+ Processor. I run BeyondTV by Snapstream and can record four shows a once. The built in mpeg decoders free up system resources. I would highly recommend this dual tuner card to amyone wanting to setup a Media PC or DVR. Was this review helpful?
4 of 5 THE BEST PCI DUEL TUNER ON THE MARKET! Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Harvey from California
I have this installed on my MCE 2005 and it works great! Very easy to install and use. Watch one channel while recording another.
The only drawback is that you can't record TV and listen to the radio at the same time. Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Great with SageTV Monday, January 02, 2006
A Customer from Birmingham AL
Very nice TV tuner with low resource use (256MB Ram & P4 1.7 CPU). Works great with Sage or Beyond. No driver problems. Great to watch & record at same time. Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Excellent Card Thursday, August 25, 2005
Mike from Chandler, AZ
I've installed this card in an MCE 2005 (symphony) system. The MPEG encoders do an excellent job of keeping the processor usage very low, even when recording on two channels at once. For anyone debating between this and a single-tuner solution for Media Center, I would highly recommend the dual-tuner option. It comes in very handy both if you want to watch TV while something else is recording, or if there are two shows on at once that you want to record. I did notice that the tuners on this card didn't seem to do quite as well as my Tivo when I had a mediocre signal from the cable company-- more fuzziness. With a good signal, it's a non-issue. Also, not really specific to this card, but with Media Center, you will need to pick up a 3rd party MPEG decoder, and Media Center is *very* picky about which ones will work. Was this review helpful?
8 of 8 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Works Great!!! Seamless intergration Friday, April 29, 2005
Dugall12 from Bloomfield, NJ
I purchased this product for use on my Dell PC running Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and it works Great!! The Install was rather easy, just note that this PCI card is oversized! The Included instructions are a little too vauge, but after a quick call to Hauppauge every thing was made clear. The card itself contains the splitter so you dont have to run two cable lines to it. One cable line Two Tunners, watch one program and record another. There is no strain on my system at all, Note- Microsoft recomenends a 2.8 or above processor for TV recording.
With Media Center 05 Configuration was a breeze, you also get a free program guide with accurate time and channel listings... Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
4 of 5 Operates as expected. Sunday, March 20, 2005
A Customer from Seattle, WA
Works good in SageTV, got along fine with another tuner card already in the system. No unhappy suprises. Was this review helpful?
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