Dual Tuner board for use with Microsoft's Windows Media Center application in Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate, and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

• WinTV-PVR-500 MCE brings TV watching with background recording to Windows Media Center
• Also compatible with third party TV applications such as BeyondTV or SageTV

For Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate or Windows XP Media Center Edition users:

• Watch TV with the MyTV button in Media Center
• Watch one TV show while recording another using WinTV-PVR-500's built-in dual hardware MPEG encoders.
• Record two TV shows at once.

Watch one channel while recording another with the WinTV-PVR-500 MCE and Windows XP Media Center Edition or Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. WinTV-PVR-500 MCE 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-500 MCE, 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 .

Model numbers

model 01081: WinTV-PVR-500 MCE: dual NTSC tuner boards with dual A/V inputs

Important message regarding analog TV receivers in North America

This Hauppauge WinTV product has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna in the United States because of the transition to digital broadcasting in North America. Analog only TV receivers will continue to work as before with cable TV and satellite TV receivers, plus other video devices such as camcorders and VCRs.
For more information, visit the U.S. FCC website on the digital TV transition at www.dtv.gov If you have any questions on which Hauppauge models support digital TV reception, please contact us at sales@hauppauge.com

Note: the WinTV-PVR-500 MCE does not come with a remote control or a software DVD decoder. If you are building Media Center systems, please check with Microsoft for a list of MCE certified remote controls and DVD decoders.
When using the WinTV-PVR-500 MCE with WindowsXP or Vista Home Basic, you need a third party TV application such as SageTV or BeyondTV

System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate PC with 1.5 GHz processor (min. recommended). WinTV-PVR-500 MC is Windows Vista Premium certified*.
• A free PCI slot.
• DirectDraw compatible AGP or PCI Express graphics card.
• Sound card or on board sound.