Review on Optimized Hauppauge PVR-150 PCI TV Tuner for WinTV by Justin Live

Within 5 minutes of installing Win-TV-PVR-150 (model 1045) on a Media Center PC, I was watching TV and recording my first show using Windows Media Center's native guide and PVR functionality auf installed the software that came with the card and found it just as easy to use, if not as aesthetically pleasing as the Windows MCE interface. TitanTV and WinTV Scheduler work great together, but WinTV2000 . Well, it allows you to watch TV on your computer. In fact, I'm watching the Red Sox as I write this review thanks to the handy "always on top" setting. The only disappointment was the remote control. This prevents you from controlling your PC via the MCE interface. It only works with WinTV2000 unless I figured out a trick. It's a bit of a nitpick, and of course there was nothing but my own wishful thinking that made me think it was MCE compatible. However, if your MCE computer did not come with a remote control, be sure to purchase this model, the 1045, and not the 1050 without a remote control.