75 reviews
QuickFind code: 113946
Manufacturer ID: 289
Warranties for this product
Customers also browsed
5 reviewsProduct Description
Dual DVB-T tuner for your PC. Record up to two Freeview digital TV channels at the same time!
- Watch one DVB-T digital TV programme on your PC while recording another. Or record two digital TV channels at the same time. Built-in dual DVB-T receivers with high sensitivity technology! Digital radio on your PC, too!
- Includes our free 7 day EPG plus WinTV-Scheduler, so you can schedule the recording of up to two overlapping digital TV programmes using high quality MPEG-2 encoding!
- Includes ergonomic remote control.
WinTV-NOVA-TD 500 features
- Dual Freeview digital DVB-T receiver for your PC. Watch one DVB-T digital TV channel while recording another. Or record two digital TV programmes at once using high quality MPEG-2 video!
- High sensitivity dual DVB-T tuners for the best digital TV reception.
- WinTV-Scheduler & our 7 day EPG are included to easily record your favourite TV shows.
- Listen to Digital stereo radio (DVB-T radio).
- Windows XP and XP Media Center Edition compatible*.
- Includes the Hauppauge IR remote control for easy control of the TV functions under Windows XP.
System Requirements
Minimum processor 1.7 GHz Intel® or equivalent.
Microsoft Windows Vista (32 & 64bit) or XP (32bit only) with Service Pack 2.
Graphics with 64 MB of memory (minimum).
Sound card or on board sound.
A free PCI slot.
CD-ROM drive (for Software installation).
Price Breaks
| Qty | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-29 | 30-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ex VAT | £55.30 | £55.10 | £54.58 | £54.06 | £53.54 |
| inc VAT | £66.36 | £66.13 | £65.50 | £64.88 | £64.25 |
Product Reviews
Ebuyer.com customer reviews give you the chance to give your opinion on the latest technology products. See what customers had to say about this product below. To view more reviews or write your own review, use either of the buttons below.
Great card, once you know a few things.........
operating system:Windows XPThis is a great card, but Hauppauge want stringing up for the bad quality of their instructions.
To record one program and watch another, launch the Scheduler program, fill in the form to program a timed recording, and select `Background Recording`. This will then set the
background task for the recording. Once you are happy, simply launch a WinTV2000 session, and watch the other program of your choice. Simple when you`re told how. Also, if you put the machine into Hibernate mode after programming a timed recording, the software will wake up your machine, record the program, and then put it back to sleep, great.
Also, when the card has captured the .mpg file to your hard drive, the best and quickest way
to get it onto a DVD is to use `VideoReDo`, and perform a `Quickstream Fix` on the original file. This will make the .mpg file into a DVD-Compliant stream, and will not need re-encoding by Nero when you want to put it onto DVD. You can then also use `VideoReDo` to strip out commercials etc, it`s very easy and quick to use. Once you`re happy with the file, simply throw it at Nero to make it into a DVD Movie.
A two hour film will take less than 15 mins to put onto a DVD-R using the above process. Also, I tried many other methods to get the file onto a DVD Movie, and most other methods ended up with lip-sync issues on the DVD. The method above will work great, with no lip-sync issues.
Hope this helps someone, and hopefully save some people some time getting the best out of this card.
Cheers,
Martin
Flawless with Vista Media Centre
operating system:Windows VistaI left this inside my machine when I did a clean install of Windows Vista and it installed itself and now works absolutely flawlessly in through the Media Centre in Vista. I previously used the MediaPortal software (free!) but it still has a few bugs especially with the program guide not being user friendly for my mum and dad to use without me around! In Media Centre its all really easy and automatic and it all ties in perfectly. If you're planning on making a home media pc, use this card with a version of windows that contains Media Centre, it has so many cool features. Remote works really well too - I've not had to install any of the horrible hauppauge software that comes with it.
A 3.3v PCIX DVB-T tuner?! No... two of them!
operating system:LinuxI bought this for several reasons:
- I'd heard Hauppauge are good
- I needed a 3.3v PCI card for a PCIX slot
- I needed a Linux-compatible DVB-T tuner
- Two tuners in one!
- Called eBuyer and their stock doesn't seem to have the (non-Linux-compatible) Nova-TD (diversity) version.
Received the product and tried to plug it into my Compaq DL380 G2 (rack mount server machine, quite powerful). As mentioned, this card needed to go into a PCIX slot which is strictly 3.3v only (PCI can be 3.3v or 5v, there is a notch in the connectors which 3.3v has, where 5v cards have a contact so they don't fit). I had to unscrew the front metal shield so that it would fit into the slot (design fault?) so the card doesn't "lock" into place, but it certainly works!
This Compaq DL380 G2 serves as my MythTV backend and the Hauppauge Nova-T 500 gives it a good run. Locking onto channels is VERY fast. Signal sensitivity is great: I have an indoor antenna which picks up every single channel, aside from a few dropouts every now and then (very watchable). Stability is great too, I've not experienced it crash in a whole week that I've been using it.
I can compare this to a Leadtek USB DVB-T stick which I used on my combined backend-frontend laptop which sits in my living room (rack server is under the stairs). The Leadtek stick would only lock onto a few channels with unwatchable dropouts with the indoor aerial and it would frequently crash mythbackend.
With regards to signal, though, I am quite close to the quite powerful Crystal Palace transmitter. I have a loft aerial which gets crystal clear signal with both the Hauppage PCI card and the Leadtek USB stick.
The fact that this tuner actually has two tuners was indeed a bonus.
Regarding the remote, it comes with a small IR receiver which plugs in via 2.5mm TRS jack (same as for iPod, I think) to the card. I've not used this because the card is in the backend machine and would be useless :) However, I did try wiring it to the frontend's microphone input and using lirc's audio-alsa without success. On this note I've bought (via recommendation from a fellow MythTV enthusiast) another remote+receiver: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129977 ...await a mythtv-related review of that shortly.
A great product, very pleased. I'd recommend this to anyone whether for Linux or Windows.
Ditch the software, and this is great.
operating system:Windows XPI`ve been using this card for over 4 months now, and just want to let everyone know that it`s a great card, but you just have to forget about using the Hauppauge front end to use it day to day.
For anyone that is having problems getting this card to work in a half decent PVR way, then go and download GBPVR, install a good Cyberlink MUX, and start using the card the way it was designed to be used.
http://www.gbpvr.com/
Hauppauge want stringing up for the way they keep expecting the buying public to put up with such a clumsy and buggy front end, that ends up making a great bit of kit look like something from 5 years ago.
Install GBPVR, read up on how to get the best out of it, and you`ll not regret getting this card. Don`t let any reviews that slate the clunky Hauppauge software put you off, it`s a great bit of kit with the right software.
Regards,
M.Calvert
Product Discussion
Read terms and conditions
- This tool is open to everyone.
- You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them.
- Comments that contain any of the following will be deleted: terms considered explicit and inappropriate; defamatory, obscene, unlawful, harmful, or offensive.
Don't have a facebook account? Post through our own forums instead
Join in with the Ebuyer product discussions today to ask questions, exchange stories and share opinions with other Ebuyer customers who have bought this product.
So far there are 21 replies to the discussion.
Write a question or comment about this product
Where will my message be posted?
Your message will be posted on the discussion page for this product where you can also
view responses and questions from other Ebuyer customers.
11 in stock
- £66.74inc. vat
Friday, 10th February
