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Hauppauge - WinTV-for Laptop and Notebooks - Black

Tune in to live television broadcasts on your PC with this PCTV USB 2.0 stick and watch and record your favorite TV shows with ease.

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Waste of money

on March 10, 2010

Posted by: Steveg2010

from Asheville, NC

I bought this from Best Buy 2 weeks ago and used it as a capture device for transferring Video8 to mpg video. It worked well, minus a few glitches. When I started using the features, TV and hooking up a game console- the card failed miserably. The features are great but they don't work as intended! Using a VCR and an analog signal I had no problems. When I connected an Xbox there was a delay in the video that made playing impossible. Stick movements would show up 4 seconds later... So I contacted support. They told me to upgrade to the new version WinTV 7 1.3a because it had game mode, which removed the delay. I upgraded, enabled game mode and the card would lock up. I went to the Hauppauge forums and asked for help. MrX said he'd get me a patch for WinTV 7 so it would work. I waited and never heard from him again. Then I plugged it into the Satellite, DirectTV, and the card kept locking up. It would work for 10 to 20 seconds then freeze. I'd have to close Win TV 7, remove the 950Q, plug in the 950Q, restart Win TV 7 and again it would work for 10 to 20 seconds. But it still works with the VCR in analog! On a hunch I went back to my old software, 1.2 Win TV 7 but it still failed under the same conditions. After further investigating I found many other 950Q owners are having the same issues as me, unresolved. All of it is right there on the Hauppauge forum for anyone to see. I encourage everyone interested in this card to reconsider another option, whatever it may be because this is a lemon. The software and the card are attractive, features are fantastic too, but when the two don't work together it becomes frustrating. I wouldn't wish this type of frustration on anyone. Get something else!

Also, the "credit card remote" fits in a PC Card slot only. Not an express card slot like most all new laptops have.

What's great about it: The concept of this is awesome

What's not so great: It doesn't work as intended

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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