Hauppauge WinTV USB 2.0 TV Tuner for $39.99 Shipped After Rebate

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Hauppauge WinTV USB 2.0 TV Tuner for $26.98 Shipped After Rebate

Circuit City has a great deal on the Hauppauge WinTV USB 2.0 TV Tuner. Watch live TV on your PC desktop or notebook. The Hauppauge WinTV USB 2.0 TV tuner includes a 125-channel cable-ready TV tuner, so you can watch TV on a full screen or in a resizable window while you "work."

Pricegrabber Price : $91 ~ $119 Shipped

1. Circuit City Price : $99.99
2. Panasonic C Batteries Price : $1.99
3. Coupon Price : -$15 off $100 | Code : TDAZTESAAD
4. Rebate1 Price : -$20.00
5. Rebate Price : -$40.00
Final Price : $26.98 Shipped After Rebate

 

[TheWhippingBoy]

yeah, got the pvr-150 with a similar rebate for $80, and stuck it in a linux box w/ mythtv pvr. works great, couldn'ta been happier.

 

[Tekmaven]

I posted this last time this product was marked as a "great" deal:

Just to make everyone aware, this is not the Haupauge WinTV PVR-USB2.

What this means, is that the video is encoded on your computer's processor, and not on the device itself. It also makes it incompatible with things like Windows XP Media Center Edition.

The PVR version encodes the video on the device, and sends it to the computer in an MPEG2 stream. This has many advantages, and is worth the extra money.

This isn't such a hot deal, because your comparing it to the PVR card's price.

 

[morriefisher]

CC rebates are more & more of the product price. Now about 65%. Plus, they have a new rebate company & my rebates take a long time. Other people said they can't get their rebate approved because of the numbering system on the ticket. So copy everything 2-3 times.

 

[Mic2470]

Does anyone know if you can record programs with this tv tuner or any other tv tuner for that matter. Thanks.

 

[stax68]

where did you buy the pvr-150 ??? with the $80 rebate

 

[Inu_Yasha]

I actually have this tuner and it works great as far as tv watching is concerned. I tried to hook up my ps2 to this though and it didn't want to work . Honestly though, get the pvr version if you have the extra money. From what I've read, it's a lot better!

 

[tigerjohn]

PVR software

yeah, got the pvr-150 with a similar rebate for $80, and stuck it in a linux box w/ mythtv pvr. works great, couldn'ta been happier.

to TheWhippingBoy or anyone else who has experience with mythTV, beyondTV, sageTV, mediaportal, chrisTV, GBpvr.

which is the "best" in your opinion? i want to install one, but don't want to install all of them to just try. please tell :bigok: advantages/disadvantages :thumbs_do of one over the other. thanks!

 

[TheWhippingBoy]

I got the pvr-150 from circuit city, btw.

I have tried many software pvrs, including microsoft's windows mce 2005, and personally, I think mythtv, combined with a hauppauge tuner, is by far the best. For one, mythtv is open source, so there are many plugins out there made by many people. My favorite is a console emulator that allows me to play super nintendo right from the mythtv gui. Also, mythtv is continually improved upon with great features that nobody else has. Another great feature, which i believe the others don't have, is the commercial detection, which is very accurate. You can even set it to not record commercials, which saves a lot of disk space. Finally, it is not resource intensive at all. I am running mine on a duron 750 with 256mb of ram, and it runs just as fast as a tivo would. There is no lag whatsoever. The interface is totally customizable too, and you can make it look and function however you please. there is even a skin that mimics windows media center edition 2005. There is even a web interface which lets you log in to your mythbox from anywhere in the world and access the recordings, music library, and even schedule recordings. Finally, the best part is that mythtv and its program guide are both completely free for life.

Now I could go on and on about the benefits of mythtv over its competitors, but there is a large caveat: it requires a great amount of knowledge in linux to create a mythtv box. It took a lot for me to get it all running. Don't let this discourage you though, I started out with no linux knowledge, and by the end of my project, due to the great help of forum members, i now have a fully operational mythtv box and a great knowledge of linux. For newbies, i would recommend knoppmyth, a fully compiled knoppix linux os with mythtv built in. There is much less work involved and it is great for a computer with no os. Otherwise, there is a great guide for installing mythtv on a fedora core install at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/. The forums which i referred to are located at http://www.mythtvtalk.com/.