Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 Review
Specifications
WinTV-PVR-250 includes:
- 125 channel cable ready TV tuner
- Composite/s-video input to connect to VCR or camcorders
- High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder
- dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
- IR remote control
- The WinTV-PVR-250's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.
MPEG record specifications:
- MPEG1 recording at 1150K bits/sec (Video CD data rate)
- MPEG2 record datarates:
- 2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec.
- Selections for DVD Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2MBit/sec)
- NTSC format at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240
- PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288
- Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec
- Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:0
- Video file format: .MPG
- MPEG file tested compatible with: MediaStudio 6.0, MyDVD and DVD MovieFactory DVD authoring applications
System Requirements:
- Pentium® II processor 733MHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
- Windows®98SE (Second Edition), Windows® Millennium Edition, Windows2000 and WindowsXP.
- Free PCI slot
- Sound card
- DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVDs or Video CD's)
- VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.)
