
I was getting ready to ditch my PVR150 as it never really lived up to expectations, but I'm starting to use it more than my ageing Liteon DVD recorder for archiving from our Sky+ box. Don't forget to either reboot the PC or restart the Hauppauge service before the registry tweaks will take effect. The registry keys can easily be found on the Hauppauge support site. Surf the net while you watch TV on your PC screen Record your TV shows to disk using the built-in hardware MPEG-2 encoder. in the registry although the defaults are much better than they ever were under XP with earlier versions of the software. WinTV-PVR-150 has these great features : Watch TV on your PC screen using a 125 channel cable ready TV tuner. In Windows 7 you can tweak the brightness, contrast, sharpness, etc. bitrates etc.) in the Config menu, choose the channel you want to record from (the composite and s-video inputs are treated as channels) click on the Record button and press the Play button on your VHS recorder. All the details are on the Hauppauge site.Īs for using it, well, you set the recording parameters (e.g.

If your original CD is out of date or lost then you can purchase a disk for I think around £9.
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You also need the original CD that came with the card to install the latest version of Hauppauge's software.
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The latest version of the Hauppauge software does work in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, although I think you must have less than 4Gb of RAM for it work with the 64-bit W7. And sometimes getting audio to work with capture cards can be a little tricky and you may have to check your audio settings under Windows 7 and be sure that no inputs are muted. it may be using EXT2 and if you only check EXT1 you won't find it).

I can tell you from the 350 model that sometimes when capturing VHS or laserdisc input that you may have to cycle through all the input choices before you find the one it's actually using (ie. Windows 7 does have a compatibility mode and you might need to run this as a Win XP program using that compatibility mode. However, because this card is old it may not work with Windows 7. Hauppauge has some online docs that might help you, but since you've been a member almost 8 years here and have over 100 posts to your account, I'm thinking you probably can figure it out on your own. As a result I've heard rumors that some 3rd party capture programs did work with this model (they don't work with the 250 and 350) but as I am a 350 owner I have no personal experience with this. Note: If its not in the pictures or specifically mentioned in the description text,its probably not included. Outer Case may show some minor scratches/scuffs from normal use. The PVR 150 used a different chip set from the PVR 250 and 350 models. INCLUDES: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 25012 TV Tuner Half-Height Card.These items have been tested, and are guaranteed to be in good working condition.
