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| Brand: Hauppauge
Category: CE
Buy New: £25.17
New (17) Used (1) from £25.17
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 2777
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 3.3
MPN: 294
Model: 294
UPC: 785428002941
EAN: 0785428002941
ASIN: B000F8RPQE
Release Date: March 31, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Watch Out February 16, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Make sure you are in a freeview area or it does not wotk, very important
 Appauling February 6, 2008
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
The software is easy enough to install, however, it won't pick up more than 10-15 channels (and thats with a good ariel!).
But, that isn't the worst of the problems. Once it makes it past the "scanning" it crashes frequently, especially when changing channels and enabling "full screen mode". Sometimes it is so bad that it freezes up the entire computer, thus having to do a force restart. When trying to watch a film (or anything for that matter) it is insanely annoying having to restart the whole application every 5 minutes.
The third major problem was the screen size. For the first few days it worked at full screen size then after a praticularly bad freeze up when changing channels, it decided to resort to only one fourth of its normal screen size - a tiny, tiny picture! And no matter what I tried (uninstalling, reinstalling, etc, etc) it would not resort back to its original normal screen size.
This then brings me to the fourth problem which is the recording facility. To get past the tiny screen, I had to have it on record whenever I wanted to watch the TV. For some wierd reason this was the only thing which would allow it to resort to the normal size. However, if you wanted to watch what you recorded - think again! When I played my recordings back, I got a frozen picture with normal sound, utterly useless.
So all in all, I wasted 30+ on this piece of junk, not to mention an all the time I spent trying to get it working - and failing!
No reception January 28, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We live just below the brow of a hill, and the transmitter is many miles away on the other side, with the result that although our rooftop aerial picks up a signal, neither the Hauppage-supplied nor another better aerial will pick up any signal.
To be exact, the stick will detect the local stations and their frequencies, but it hasn't got enough of a signal to play any of them.
Why not plug it into the house aerial socket? Well, I have, and it works then, but I bought this for portability and convenience,not for being tethered.
The software has some strange HCI concepts. For instance, the channel list is off on a sideshoot menu, and when you do have a picture on the screen, there's no signal quality bar beside it, and neither can you double click on a sidebar list of stations to bring up the one you want. I feel that if Mr or Ms Hauppauge had thought a little more about how the user wanted to use the software, it would have been nice.
 Digital T.V. on your computer December 30, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The reason I bought this was because I wanted to watch television on my computer. I was undiecided wheather to buy a new pc monitor or flat screen T.V. with integrated freeview and a PC input, but in the end opted for the 22 inch monitor with an HDMI port.
After reading a few reviews, I choose the Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T USB Stick. Once the package arrived I opened it and took out the instructions, (it unfolds like a map) and installed the T.V. stick and software. It took several minutes before I received a picture after rebooting it, but it soon appeared. I received 44 radio and television stations after scanning. Picture quality is good considering I'm using the supplied aerial and had to reposition it several times before I got a steady picture, however, a roof aerial might recieve a stronger signal in some areas. I found by setting it on top of a metalic object improves the image slightly. A T.V. show or film can be recorded to the computer's hard disk and viewed at a later date.
In order for product to be installed you're must have a free USB 2 port and Windows Vista or XP with service pack 2. It comes with the Win T.V. stick, a USB 2 extension cable, antenna, CD rom and installation sheet.
With my 22 inch monitor it is possible to have 2 applications on the screen at the same time i.e. browse the internet and watch T.V. etc. If you want digital television on your computer, then the Hauppauge WinTV stick will provide that. Works well for me.
Does what it says on the box December 19, 2007
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Initially I gave this a 1 star rating, since it hung my system (XP) whenever I tried to install it. I have since discovered that the Nvidia graphics card drivers I had were causing the freeze - which also affected AVI files. I upgraded to the latest drivers from Nvidia's site and now everything works fine. It picked up all 64 channels through a shared coaxial cable and displays them without glitches. It records happily enough on a 2.4 Athlon, though it's best to keep the number of background processes running to a minimum. Playback quality is above VHS - around what you'd expect from XLP DVD (6 hrs per disk) and it uses around 2GB per hour of recording. I've put it through an HDMI socket in the TV via a DVi to HDMI converter which keeps a scart free. Overall, it's a cheap way of watching TV and if you have an old PC, buying a 200GB hard disk for 50 will give you a 100 hour digital video recorder for peanuts...
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