Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 USB 2.0 Stick Review

[LuxoDave]

Yeah, it will work with cable.

[caedeskhan]

Did anyone have trouble getting the tuner to work with Media Center on Vista? I installed the MCE app from Hauppauge but Media Center can still not detect any tuner hardware.

[LuxoDave]

I did not install the Hauppage software but Media Center works with it just fine on my laptop.

[chaukka]

I am trying to use the 'cable splitter' trick to input both cable and OTA signal from antenna into the HVR-950. However, although both work independently, i.e. I get analog channels from cable (good quality) and OTA HD channels using the antenna, the do not seem to work together. My cable signal seems to block the OTA content. I am using the cable straight from my apartment wall (not through a STB). Does anyone have any suggestions regarding getting both cable and OTA signal working together?
Secondly, what software do people suggest for this. I am not very impressed by WinTV and looking for other free software that could do a better job. Orb? MediaPortal? GB-PVR? Anyone have suggestions?

[foursevensix]

Hi. I just received this as a present recently. I am living in a dorm, where there is just no place for a TV. But I'm not quite sure how this works. Do I just connect it to the wall to watch cable... or do I need to get something else?

[chaukka]

Hi. I just received this as a present recently. I am living in a dorm, where there is just no place for a TV. But I'm not quite sure how this works. Do I just connect it to the wall to watch cable... or do I need to get something else?

Just plug this USB stick into your desktop PC or laptop, connect it to the cable in your room or the provided antenna, load the Win TV software from the provided CD, scan for channels and watch.

[foursevensix]

What I meant was if my dorm provides us with cable, do I do need to get a cable to connect the USB stick to the wall as to watch the channels my school provides?

When I just scan for channels now, I only get like two cable channels... are they subchannels? And how do I know what they are?

[PhoenixReborn]

You would need a coaxial cable. They probably either provide it or sell it in the bookstore. Check with them.

[JMac]

Will the Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 work with Cable/Satellite HD signals? I know it works with standard def cable and over-the-air HD (ATSC), but my understanding is that the Cable/Satellite HD is different from OTA ATSC.

[LuxoDave]

Will the Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 work with Cable/Satellite HD signals? I know it works with standard def cable and over-the-air HD (ATSC), but my understanding is that the Cable/Satellite HD is different from OTA ATSC.

It might work if you take the out-put of the set top box. Going direct from the dish to the HVR 950 would not work.