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Pros & Cons
Pros
T tuner card is terrific. Piece of cake. The card mitigates signal as good as, if not better than, the led television. The picture quality from the over-the-air hd television channels is perfect.
Video capture card device. Connected the vcr via the composite video and audio cables. It records in. A bonus for me is the ability to connect my old 8mm camcorder to the composite input on the back. The card and software add dvr functionality to a pc... Read More
Wintv-hvr-1265 is the most sensitive atsc pc tuner for your fringe area hdtv ota reception. Tunes cable as well as over-air broadcasts. Better reception from my roof antenna then the old tuner card and my smart tv's. Using tvheadend and ubuntu as back... Read More
Cons
The consumer is getting squeezed incessantly by either worthless technology or rescrictions placed by greedy companies. It seems the source in mercurial is not updated for years. The only way to get it to start is to completely exit the application an... Read More
Card has only one one video in, which is s-video by default. It is nothing like a tivo or dvr from the satellite or cable providers. You will have to use the comcast remote to change the channels on the comcast convertor. The video will just freeze.
Highlights
Quality
Bought this capture card to use for recording box load of analog vhs and camcorder tapes the picture quality is probably as goo... Read More
Transferred over several vacation videos to digital and am pleased with the quality
I even purchased a usb capture device but the picture quality was horrible
The remote control that came with the product was a disappointment see the picture in one of the other reviews ive been using h... Read More
Price
Its a great product and the price cant be beat
Competitiveness
I have used an hvr 1600 for years with an analog signal from a comcast digital converter box
Easy to install the hauppauge tv card and easy to get the wintv v10 software installed
All this in less than 30 minutes
You can find your tv guide listings for free on that web site and then click a link and it will automatically insert a program ... Read More
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- This product had a total of 463 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This has only one tuner and even though it supports ntsc is lacks fm capability which is the stereo part of ntsc
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There is a piece of paper in the box you need to register for the software i almost did not see it and threw it away
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But found it so be careful unpacking
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is a delay in changing channels that takes some getting use to
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you want to use this dont update to windows 10
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The recordings from livetv were very good quality but the recordings it made from the scheduler app were jerky and unusable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After spending way too much time with this and having drawn a blank with tech support i finally reinstalled the 1600
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I returned the 1265 to amazon for a full refund
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