Hauppauge launches WinTV-PVR, a personal video recorder for PC's
WinTV-PVR allows PC users to watch TV in a window on their PC screens, plus can pause live TV, create instant replays, record TV shows to disk, and create Video CD's from television programs.
"WinTV-PVR is delivering features WinTV users have been demanding: the ability to record and pause live TV on a PC, create their own instant replay's, plus archive TV shows onto CD-ROM," said Ken Plotkin, Hauppauge Digital's CEO. "Being able to record a TV show onto CD-ROM, and then play this in a home DVD player, will create an incredibly compelling new use for PC's. We expect that the WinTV-PVR will start a whole new category of video products for the home and will help drive the PC into the home entertainment center."
Hauppauge has also chosen NxtWave Communications Inc.'s NXT2000 VSB/QAM demodulator for its WinTV-HD product line, which enables PCs to receive and display high definition digital TV on a PC screen.
"The inclusion of the NXT2000 in Hauppauge's advanced WinTV-HD card furthers our efforts to bring high-performance HDTV capabilities to the PC," said Matt Miller, president and CEO of NxtWave Communications Inc.
WinTV-PVR-pci is available now for $249 from retailers worldwide. The WinTV-HD will be available starting Nov. 15, 2000.
Edited by John McKnight
Assistant Editor, Digital Broadcasting.com