Been on the lookout for a USB TV tuner with NTSC, ATSC
and Clear-QAM support? Look no further than Hauppauge, which has proudly introduced the WinTV-HVR-950Q to handle all of the aforementioned needs. Additionally, the stick comes bundled with a credit card-sized remote capable of controlling the action from any given sofa, and it obviously supports the firm's SoftPVR and SoftMCE software MPEG-2 encoders. We know you're eager to cram one in your laptop and hop on a jet to a land far, far away, so you'll be quite pleased to know that it ships this month for $99.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
whatishalo? @ Jan 7th 2008 2:56PM
Cool. Hope it plays well with BeyondTV. Out of PCI slots in my HTPC and want to add another HD input.
nerdwes @ Jan 7th 2008 3:09PM
Have you looked at the HDHomeRun?
Timmy @ Jan 7th 2008 6:21PM
Beyond TV doesn't support QAM, other than the HD Homerun, so don't bet on it. Check the SnapStream forums from last week regarding the "future" of Beyond TV. Doesn't look good.
Rakesh@SnapStream @ Jan 8th 2008 4:29AM
Here's the post that Timmy's referring to: http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?t=43398
You can judge for yourself about the future of Beyond TV.
We support the HVR-950 right now so just using this device (the HVR-950Q) as an ATSC TV tuner will work just fine. It's the QAM part of it that we don't support, yet.
helloUser @ Jan 7th 2008 3:01PM
Mac compatible?
Max @ Jan 7th 2008 3:12PM
The Elgato EyeTV Hybrid is just a rebranded Hauppauge HVR-950 (predecessor to the one announced today) so I can only assume Elgato will follow suit with software support and their own version of this.
Here's hoping it happens soon!
Dan S. @ Jan 7th 2008 3:24PM
The Hauppage models work out of the box with Elgato's software.
dhaasgob @ Jan 7th 2008 6:47PM
All Elgato needs to do is add driver support (it's like the Pinnacle devices, not all of the USB stick ones work even though they are similar devices). IF they do end up supporting it, I might pick it up and drop my Hybrid.
I doubt they'll have a rebranded version of this for Macs. It would compete directly with the 250+ they released a few months ago (the 250+ has hardware encoding as its big selling point vs. the Hybrid and this device).
Ian @ Jan 7th 2008 3:13PM
Pretty next, but do note it uses software decoders.
SuperQ @ Jan 7th 2008 3:59PM
Hopefully MythTV will work as well.
Joseph @ Jan 7th 2008 8:00PM
Wow, this is an affordable way to start in with a linux MCE. Im thinking mac mini + 2 of these & linux MCE and gyro remote. Compact, functional, sweet!