WinTV HVR-950Q USB Tuner Review

• Runs under SageTV, BeyondTV, Microsoft Media Center (Vista Windows 7 & XP) as well as it’s own software.
• Works well with other digital and analog tuners
• ClearQAM (digital cable) support
• Includes telescope antenna - good for stations 10-15 miles away (go here for info on how to determine your distance from the local broadcast towers)
• Included application works with TitanTV Electronic Programming Guide(EPG)
• Pulls in digital over-the-air signals with the best
• Small membrane remote included (will not work with Microsoft Media Center)

• Analog tuner does not have hardware encoder so picture for standard cable TV is not the best
• Application software (WinTV) Is somewhat confusing to install and setup

The HVR-950Q work with clearQAM with Windows 7 Media Center, and since it also has an analog tuner, you can view/record both standard and unencrypted digital cable in Win 7 Media Center with this tuner. Unfortunately the remote works only with the included WinTV application.

Be sure to download the latest drivers (and WinTV application if you plan to use it) from the link at the bottom of the page.

NOTE: The included antenna will only pull in very strong over-the-air stations. A indoor or outdoor antenna is strongly suggested.

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• ATSC over-the-air digital TV receiver built-in.
• Supports all ATSC formats, up to the high definition 1080i
• Record ATSC digital TV to your PC's hard disk using high quality MPEG-2.

• Analog cable TV receiver built-in. Will also work with TV antenna. Cannot connect cable and antenna at the same time.
• Record analog TV shows to your PC's hard disk using our SoftPVR™ MPEG-2 encoder.

• Minimum processor recommended:
  • 2.2 GHz P4 or 1.8 GHz Centrino or equivalent (minimum).
  • 2.8 GHz processor for analog TV recording with MPEG-2 (minimum).
• Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition, with Service Pack 2, Vista (32 & 64 bit), and Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit).
• Graphics with 64MB of memory (minimum).
• USB 2.0 port (will not work with USB 1.1).
• CD-ROM drive (for Software installation)

• WinTV-HVR-950 USB 2.0 TV stick with cable TV or ATSC antenna connection
• USB extension cable.
• Portable antenna
• Software on CD-ROM (incl. manual)
• Quick Installation Guide
• Membrane remote