Warmish deal on Hauppauge PVR-500 from Mwave

[DontCare]

Link

Dual tuners card for the HTPC people.

 

[k1114]

hot because its actually in stock

also you can get $10 off by signing up for their mailing list

and yes, it's a repost, but the old thread is several pages back

 

[dartworth]

great card:thumbsup:

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: k1114
hot because its actually in stock

also you can get $10 off by signing up for their mailing list

and yes, it's a repost, but the old thread is several pages back

thanks for the clarification but he DontCare, lol

thanks OP

 

[NeoV]

Can you record 2 shows at once with this card, or is it just for watching one while you record with the other?

 

[farscapesg1]

You can record two shows or watch 1 and record another.

Any info on getting the $10 off? I created an account and can't seem to find any information on a $10 coupon code or anything.

 

[MedicBob]

Very nice card. It comes with no software but works with several, MythPC, Windows MCE(duh), etc. You can record 2 shows at once too.

 

[Childs]

You should be able to record two shows at once, and watch something you already recorded as well.

 

[k1114]

Originally posted by: farscapesg1
You can record two shows or watch 1 and record another.

Any info on getting the $10 off? I created an account and can't seem to find any information on a $10 coupon code or anything.

The $10 off might be dead now It was active last week IIRC, and I used it when I ordered this card a couple weeks ago.

 

[Dogg73]

Originally posted by: k1114

Originally posted by: farscapesg1
You can record two shows or watch 1 and record another.

Any info on getting the $10 off? I created an account and can't seem to find any information on a $10 coupon code or anything.

The $10 off might be dead now It was active last week IIRC, and I used it when I ordered this card a couple weeks ago.

It was active when I was looking for a pro duo card for my psp. Didn't sign up for it, since they weren't in stock at the time. I'm sure you can find the link at FW. I'm gonna have to use that $10off for this instead.

 

[FP]

"System Requirements: Windows XP Media Center Edition"

Is this true or will it work on XP?

 

[nomadh]

if its a pvr-500 then it will work with lots of software. If it doesn't then it wasn't a 500 and you can return it. Otherwise it would be fraud. It should be a safe buy.

 

[uwannawhat]

$10 off link for Mwave.

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[scorpiuss]

The 500 only works with MCE, according to info at the Hauppauge Web site. No drivers for vanilla XP.

 

[dbleoslow]

It works with XP> Hauppauge tends to "officially" support very few things> I works with SageTV and a bunch of other software as stated above>

 

[rgroves]

It IS supported in MCE, SageTV, and I believe BeyondTV, and possibly Medio.

 

[elmo582]

AS they said:
System Requirements:

Processor requirements: Pentium® IV processor 1.2GHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback

Windows®XP Media Center Edition 2005, WindowsXP Home or WindowsXP Professional
Note: when using the WinTV-PVR-500MCE with WindowsXP, you need a third party TV application such as MythTV, SageTV or BeyondTV

Free PCI slot

Sound card

VGA card (PCI or AGP) with Media Center 2005 certified driver
DVD decoder certified for use with Media Center 2005

 

[randomlinh]

argh... i had to pay $100 for my 150... i was in a bind and needed it right away. blast.

 

[anazoal]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
argh... i had to pay $100 for my 150... i was in a bind and needed it right away. blast.

The 150 has been <$70 for a while now - regular version on sale at CompUSA, and MCE version at Amazon

Since the 500 saves you a PCI slot (think SFF case) then it's a really good deal.

 

[dehemke]

It does work with XP. In fact, my 150 (the single tuner version) works better with XP+3rd party apps than with Media Center.

Media Center only seemed to want to pickup the coaxial input - I couldn't get it to input via the S-video or component.

 

[upwardspiral]

Has anyone used this with Direct TV?

 

[Esquire]

any good site that have mce faq.... what file type does it save as?

avi?

 

[MisterMe]

Originally posted by: Esquire
any good site that have mce faq.... what file type does it save as?

avi?

Nope - not AVI - something special MS put together like a modified version of mpg...

chekc out The Green Button

 

[ccbadd]

MPEG2 + MS DRM!!

 

[Esquire]

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/printpost.php?postid=4600660


i want 3 tunners