Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T Digital DVB-T USB Stick
Description
Watch Free-to-View digital TV (terrestrial) on your PC or laptop, in a window or full screen.
- Digital TV offers sharper pictures and clearer sound.
- Record digital TV programmes to disk in an MPEG-2 format. Play them back on your PC screen, or record to CD/DVD!
- Listen to digital stereo radio.
- USB 2.0 Plug & Play for easy installation on laptop and desktop PCs. No external power needed!
- Full support for Microsoft Media Center
Features
- Live Free-to-View Digital TV on your on your laptop or desktop PC screen - in a resizeable window or full screen. Free-to-View digital TV does not require a PayTV subscription.
- Listen to Digital stereo radio on your PC or laptop.
- Record your digital TV shows to your PC's hard disk using high quality MPEG-2 compression. Play them back on your PC screen or burn them onto CD or DVD (DVD/CD burners not included).
Watch Free-to-View digital TV and digital radio stations* directly on your laptop or desktop PC! WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick is a Plug & Play USB device which brings digital terrestrial broadcasts (TV and radio) to your PC. Digital reception provides sharper TV pictures and near CD quality audio. And Free-to-View digital TV does not require a PayTV subscription!
WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick turns your PC monitor into a high quality digital TV receiver. You can watch digital TV broadcasts in a window on your PC screen, or watch TV full screen. Record your digital TV shows to disk, and play them back at any time. You can also listen to digital radio in stereo*.
Note: WinTV-NOVA does not support DAB radio.
Add Digital TV to your Media Center PC or notebook. If you have a Media Center PC or notebook with or without a built-in TV tuner, simply plug the WinTV-Nova-T-Stick, install the MCE drivers from the supplied CD, and you will be watching digital TV with Media Center 's MyTV button in no time! Note: Media Center Decoder not supplied.
WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick is simple to connect to your PC or laptop. Just plug it into your PC's USB 2.0 port, connect a digital TV aerial, install the WinTV applications and you're ready to watch and record high quality digital TV!
Why Digital TV? Digital Television is the TV of the future. Building on your existing five channels, digital television offers many extra free channels including BBC Choice, ITV2, BBC Knowledge and BBC News 24, with others on the way.
Digital terrestrial television (DTT) is a robust, all-digital system, unlike the current analogue PAL TV system. For the first time, studio quality television can be viewed on your desktop.
WinTV-NOVA, your Personal Digital VCR: WinTV-NOVA can record your digital TV programs to disk. And with WinTV Scheduler, you can schedule your TV recordings. Recorded programmes take approximately 1.2GB of hard disk space per hour.
You can also burn your TV recordings onto a CD or DVD-ROM. A CD-ROM will hold about 30 minutes of digital TV, while a recordable DVD will store about 2 1/2 hours of digital TV. Note: Dvd/CD authering software not included.
Note: Recommend a rooftop aerial to receive full reception
System Requirements
- Minimum processor 1.2 GHz Intel® or equivalent.
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32/64bit), Vista (32/64bit) or Windows XP Service Pack 3.
- Graphics with 64 MB of memory (minimum).
- Sound card or on board sound.
- USB 2.0 port (will not work with USB 1.1).
- CD-ROM drive (for Software installation).
Included in the box
* WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick USB2 adapter, with highly sensitivity DVB-T tuner.
* Software on CD-ROM.
* Quick Installation Guide.
The WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick does not support DAB radio
For Digital Terrestrial reception, a high gain aerial is recommended
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-T-Stick - digital TV tuner - USB 2.0
- Device Type
- Digital TV tuner - DVB-T
- Interface Type
- USB 2.0
- Included Input Adapter Accessories
- TV aerial
- Video Input
- USB 2.0
- Digital Video Format
- MPEG-2, DVB
- Features
- Time shift function
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
- Microsoft Certification
- Certified for Windows Vista
Detailed Specification
General
- Device Type
- Digital TV tuner - DVB-T
- Interface Type
- USB 2.0
Video
- Type
- TV tuner
- Interface Type
- USB 2.0
- Digital Video Format
- MPEG-2, DVB
- Features
- Time shift function
Audio Input
- Type
- Digital radio tuner
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x TV antenna
- Connections
- 1 x USB 2.0 - 4 pin USB Type A
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories
- TV aerial
- Certified for Windows Vista
- Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Software / System Requirements
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
Customer reviews
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Rather Good I Say!
Reviewed by Chris Frenzel. Review Posted 14/06/2007
Expected it to be not that good, but after upgrading one of my workstations to vista, and having to change the audio card, get a new graphics card I found the TV card still did not work so a new one of them was required – what to get? (Apart from a new PC in the first place) Well this was cheap so I went for one. And it’s pretty good but as all digital receivers “You Must Have A Good Signal” and the latest drivers! The app that drives it is the same as for all the Hauppauge cards so if you don’t like it you won’t like anything from them and I agree it has some shortfalls but it’s good enough for me. So the idea that you can stick it in your pocket and go any ware with it – well if there is no signal then it’s just a lump of plastic.
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Good Bit Of Kit
Reviewed by Richard. Review Posted 28/07/2007
I bought this item today and it works well. The only thing I would advise people not to do is download the drivers form the web site if you are using Windows XP. The drivers on the web site do not let you allow to scan for any channels rendering the device useless. Stick to the CD that comes with the tuner. Version 3.3B works like a dream and I reinstalled it for problem free viewing.
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Amasing TV!
Reviewed by James Preston. Review Posted 31/10/2007
Among the cheapest DVB-T tuners available but don’t let that throw you, the WinTV interface (viewer) is easy to use and the picture quality is fine on a AMD 1.6Ghrz Single Core Processor.
Only thing it misses is a Remote Control but at this cost I wasn’t expecting one!
Over all 10/10!
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