Hauppauge WinTV DualHD TV Stick with Remote Control Number Tuner 2

I have previously owned the PCTV 290e (roughly same price) and August TV (cheaper) USB sticks, so can compare it to those items. The PCTV operation was clunky with the unintuitive TVcentre software , so I always used manual record mode and the results where good, This was a good unit and worked fine for four years, but it always ran hot and eventually died (due, I suspect, to the high running temp). I replaced it with the August T-210 and what a waste of time this has been. It was extremely hard to load and get my PC (I'm running Win7 64bit pro) to recognise the drivers. Then its tuning list was a jumbled mess and the EPG was always in Chinese, in spite of me selecting "English" during installation. It then decided to not work (twice) having software conflict problems that Windows asked to "shut down"! I then had to re-install it again (twice), still getting the software conflict problems (and Chinese EPG!), so eventually I gave up and binned it. Oh, and it ran very hot. I then bought this unit, which installed with no problems whatsoever and when installing the channels, it even asked me which transmitter I wished to use. It picked up and listed all the stations (incl all HD, using rooftop aerial) with their correct UK channel numbers. Note that it records in the *.ts format (good) and even lists the program name as the file name - the others didn't. The EPG works and records with no problems. Whilst I never thought I'd use it, to have two channels, with one on each of my twin HD monitors, so I can watch them both (shades of "The Man Who Fell To Earth") and even record one of them is brilliant, so if you want the bees knees in TV tuners, just buy it.

I've been using the WinTV-soloHD for a couple of weeks now and am very happy with its performance. I have it connected to a Win10 computer and outside aerial. The initial scan found over 120 channels, all the main ones and many I would never want to watch - but that's the nature of Freeview. I'm using it successfully with PLEX and, unlike another reviewer, it has scanned the HD as well as SD channels. The picture quality is good with a noticeable improvement when watching HD. If I was using the Hauppage + Plex setup as my only way to watch TV, I'd go for one of the more expensive models which allows watching one channel while recording one or more other channels, but I don't need this so this model works well for me. I've dropped one star because the included software, while quite capable, is not as good as commercially available programs. I haven't used the included small aerial as I can't imagine it would pick up and the remote control seems superfluous as I'll normally be sitting close enough to the computer to manually change settings.

Was looking for a TV tuner card for the laptop. I saw a cheaper model advertised but the reviews were not good so I plumped for the Hauppage product. Installation was straightforward despite my browser warning me about visiting a non-htttps site! I left the antivirus running and everything installed smoothly. Initial tuning took about 30 minutes but it returned a full selection of TV and radio channels in good quality. I haven't tested all the features yet but the basics - selecting a channel, checking the EPG, maintaining a favourites list, recording and playing back - are all straight forward to use. The remote can be a bit fiddly if you have larger fingers so I tend to stick to mouse / keyboard operation on the laptop, but overall I am very satisfied with this product.

Works great in Linux. Prior to plugging the device into a USB socket I installed the Hauppauge Linux drivers that are available from the Hauppauge website. Search for Hauppauge Linux support from your search engine to find the link, sorry Amazon rules. As regards the remote that is provided with WinTV-dual HD, I also got some functionality out of it, e.g. selecting channels by number. To do this I installed LIRC and configured for Linux input layer as this model of Hauppauge device wasn't listed. I would think with a little work by me I could get this much slicker. However I don't tent to use a remote on my PC as it's located in an office not a lounge so not a problem for me. To view the the DVB broadcasts I ran kaffeine (for viewing digital broadcast TV) and from the menus selected 'television', then 'configure television' , noted that there was a device 1 and device 2 tabs with the name Silicon Labs Si2168, clicked on the first device tab and selected 'autoscan' for the source. Repeated this for the second device. Then back to the menus, selected television again then 'channels', selected terrestrial as the source and clicked start scan ... it found about 160 channels including the HD channels, then click on one of the channels in the right column, CNTRL A to select all then click add filtered. All the channels then move to the left column which is where you want them if you want to view them. Click OK to get back to the main dialog and you should see all your channels. Overall, if your running Linux this works well with kaffeine. SD & HD broadcasts are view-able but you can't view what my Samsung TV calls 'Data' channels. These are channels that point to multiple internet channels. That may just be a failing of Kaffeine and maybe works with other viewers like Kodi, however I don't tend to watch the data channels so I'm not concerned about that. System details: OS Kubuntu 16.04, KDE Plasma 5.8.9, KDE frameworks 5.36.0, Kernel 4.4.0-131201807270420-generic. 64bit, CPU 8xAMD FX8350 8 core, 23.5GB memory. .. Kaffeine version 2.0.12

Siempre he usado Tarjetas TV PCI y era reacio a usar una USB. Pensé que iba a ir "a tirones", con problemas de imagen pero va bastante fluída y tiene buena calidad de imagen. Incluye extensor USB de muy buena calidad: muy sólido para aguantar bien la Tarjeta y que no quede "colgando" y con mucha holgura. Incluye mando también. Incluye Drivers hasta Windows 10, por lo que la podrás usar y reusar en diferentes Equipos con Sistemas Operativos diferentes (yo actualmente la uso en un Equipo con Windows 7) Puedes usarla a tamaño completo, con un tamaño más pequeño con los diferentes controles de volumen y demás o en un tamaño más pequeño todavía en plan "minimalista" sin niungo de los Botones de Volumen y demás. Por ponerle algún "pero": - El cambio de Canal es muy lento (no entiendo porqué). Creo que debería mejorar esto en el Software. - Para descargar el Software tienes que introducir el número de Serie que trae la Tarjeta. Ignoro si por ejemplo cambias de Equipo, Formateas, etc y tienes que descargar de nuevo el Software puedes tener problemas por el tema de ya haber usado ese número de Serie...

Le WinTV-soloHD fonctionne bien sous Linux (Raspberry Pi) en DVB-C après avoir suivi les instruction sur leur site. Mon but est d'explorer ce qui se trouve sur le câble. J'en suis entièrement satisfait.

Una ottima soluzione per vedere e registare i programmi TV sul PC; è aggiornato all'ultimo standard DVB-T2, quindi nessun problema di decodifica. E' fornito anche di un comodo telecomando - batteria inclusa - per cambiare canale e regolare il volume come per la normale TV. L'installazione è semplicissima: si inserisce il dispositivo in una presa USB del PC, si collega l'antenna e si lancia il programma di visione della TV (è da scaricare dal sito del produttore, nella confezione ci sono tutte le indicazioni necessarie). Al primo avvio il programma effettuerà automaticamente la ricerca e la sintonizzazione di tutti i canali (è stato più rapido della mia TV). Amazon ottima come sempre: ordinato nel pomeriggio, consegnato la mattina dopo. Bravi!

Jestem w pełni zadowolony z zakupu. Tuner WinTV-dualHD działa stabilnie i oferuje bardzo dobrą czułość głowicy (odbiera wszystkie dostępne multipleksy bez zacięć). Możliwość obsługi dwóch kanałów jednocześnie (PiP lub nagrywanie w tle) to świetna funkcja, z której często korzystam. Warty zakupu.

Ledsen fel köpt tänkte att den är sat men fungera bra