Digital Trends

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250

July 23rd, 2004 | by Jeff Fila

WinTV-PVR-250 includes:

• 125 channel cable ready TV tuner
• Composite/s-video input to connect to VCR or camcorders
• High quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video and audio encoder
• dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe)
• IR remote control
• The WinTV-PVR-250's TV tuner and S-Video/composite video inputs are for either PAL or NTSC.  

MPEG record specifications:

• MPEG1 recording at 1150K bits/sec (Video CD data rate)
• MPEG2 record datarates:
• 2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec.
• Selections for DVD Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2MBit/sec)
• NTSC format at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240
• PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288
• Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec
• Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:0
• Video file format: .MPG
• MPEG file tested compatible with: MediaStudio 6.0, MyDVD and DVD MovieFactory DVD authoring applications 

System Requirements:

• Pentium® II processor 733MHz or faster for TV pause with full screen playback
• Windows®98SE (Second Edition), Windows® Millennium Edition, Windows2000 and WindowsXP.
• Free PCI slot
• Sound card
• DVD or CD-RW writer (optional for burning DVDs or Video CD's)
• VGA card (PCI or AGP) which supports video overlay (NVidia, S3, ATI, etc.)