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I'd have bought one except for the fact that the 950 cannot handle QAM. I was just in Future Shop, thinking about this deal. I have an Athlon 1800+ box with five tuners like the PVR-150 and it seems to handle all of them. As you noted, the PVR-150, which does compression from NTSC, puts a modest load on a system whereas a tuner whereas non-compressing NTSC turners do eat CPU. Having compression on the tuner is still useful: you may wish to capture video from an NTSC source. I also think that uncompressed HD would swamp the bandwidth of an ordinary PC. I think that real-time compression of HD is beyond state-of the-art for consumer-priced devices.

Unless you want to have it decompress and recompress at a different bandwidth or with a different codec.ДЄs an interesting example, I don't think that you will find a card aimed at consumers that can take an HD uncompressed signal (say, from DVI-in or component-in) and capture it. Personally, I think I'll wait for a hardware compression based HDTV tuner.ДЄll HD signals are already compressed. Adding the HVR-950 would almost kill the system. However, when I did get HD signals playing, it was impressive to say the least! I'm picking up a OTA HD set top box and antenna i'm placing in the attic for the house!ДЄzenha wrote: в†‘I was considering HVR-950 for my MCE, but at 50% and above CPU consumption is out of the question.Д¬urrently, I have two PVR-150 tuners installed on a Celeron D 2.9Ghz MCE system and at max with both tuners recording two different shows simultaneously the CPU runs at about 10-15% and peeks at about 20-25%. Video isn't scaled properly to match screen resolution (if using 4:3 screen). Lastly the Hauppage software included with it is just pure junk. You definitely can't drive around viewing HD with a laptop. There's a signal bar in the software (although not very conveniently located), and it seems you need a signal strength of 50% or more before you'll get sound and video. It's all or nothing, no snow like analog SD signals. HD will only work if you are located in an area with strong signal.

HAUPPAUGE WINTV HVR 950 PORTABLE

Given a PentiumD or even CoreDuo, your looking at over 50% CPU, spiking up to 70%-80% at times.ДЄlso, I think this is a poor portable solution. It is VERY CPU intensive to say the least. It being a compact USB device, the unit relies on your CPU to process the HD signal. Picked it up at Best Buys at regular price, but I'm going to return it.

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The fact that it is Mac OS-X compatible and thus a starting point for drivers should help.I've been playing with this for about a week. Sans the testing yet, this is my recommended model for cross-platform viewing without need to open casings. Jamz 12:01, 13 June 2008 (PDT) I'm currenty waiting to test model 1145 (Hybrid TV stick) in combination with a Shuttle XPC and check compatibility and performance. Jamz 13:22, 20 June 2008 (PDT)From Hauppauge Technical Support: Not including the 950Q all other 950s have the same hardware the difference is the accessories included and the software shipped. Bundled with Elgato EyeTV Lite for Mac's and WinTV v6 for PC's

model 1145: WinTV-HVR-950 for Mac's and PC's.

model 0246: WinTV-HVR-900 with DVB-T and PAL/SECAM tuners and portable antenna.

HAUPPAUGE WINTV HVR 950 MANUAL

model 1176: WinTV-HVR-950 with ATSC and NTSC tuners plus French/Englsh manual and portable antenna.

model 1139: WinTV-HVR-950 with ATSC and NTSC tuners, and portable antenna.

WinTV-HVR-950 USB 2.0 TV stick with cable TV or ATSC antenna connection.

CD-ROM drive (for Software installation).

USB 2.0 port (will not work with USB 1.1.

HAUPPAUGE WINTV HVR 950 PRO

MicrosoftВ® WindowsВ® Vista (all versions), Windows XP, XP Pro or Windows XP Media Center Edition, with Service Pack 2.

2.8 GHz processor for analog TV recording with MPEG-2 (minimum).

2.2 GHz P4 or 1.8 GHz Centrino or equivalent (minimum).

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