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==Product lines==

===Digital Terrestrial/Satellite===
Hauppauge [[Digital terrestrial television|digital terrestrial]] and [[satellite television|satellite]] products capture [[DVB-T]] and [[DVB-S]] broadcasts respectively without the need to re-encode the streams. There are several benefits from this approach:
* the cost of the [[TV tuner card|TV card]] can be lower because there is no need to supply an [[MPEG-2]] encoder
* the quality of captures can be higher because there is no need to re-encode streams
* ratio of file size to quality is higher due to the broadcasters' high-efficiency encoders
Until August 2004 all of Hauppauge's DVB products were badge-engineered TechnoTrend products. The first of the new Hauppauge-designed cards was the Nova-t PCI 90002 and the silent replacement of the TechnoTrend model caused confusion and anger among Hauppauge's customers who found that the new card didn't support TechnoTrend's proprietary interfaces. This rendered any existing third-party software unusable with the new cards. The new cards also came with a software packaged called WinTV2000 which lacked features that TechnoTrend's software had including seven-day [[Electronic program guide|EPG]], Digital [[Teletext]] and LCN-based channel ordering. The new cards supported Microsoft's BDA standard but at the time this was at its infancy and very few 3rd party applications included support for it.

By 2005, all of the TechnoTrend products had been removed from the Hauppauge lineup, with the exception of the DEC2000-t and DEC3000-s which haven't seen a replacement.

===Hybrid Video Recorders===
The Hybrid Video Recorder (HVR) range capture a combination of different broadcast types. The majority of Hauppauge HVR models capture analogue [[PAL]] and DVB-T but there have been some more recent models which capture analogue [[NTSC]] and [[ATSC]] as well as a tri-mode card which supports analogue PAL, DVB-S and DVB-T.

HVR-9xx devices are bus-powered USB 2.0 sticks, not much larger than a [[USB]] flash drive. They have support for analogue and digital terrestrial TV. The HVR-9xx sticks are produced in [[Taiwan]] by [[Deltron (company)|Deltron]], and are also sold for [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] computers by [[Elgato]] under the EyeTV brand.

HVR-1xxx devices are PCI-based products that receive analogue and digital terrestrial TV. They are similar to the HVR-9xx but have support for NICAM or dbx Stereo for analogue terrestrial on all models.

HVR-3xxx and 4xxx devices are tri-mode and quad-mode devices respectively. Tri-mode means support for analogue terrestrial/[[cable television|cable]], digital terrestrial and DVB-S digital satellite. Quad-mode devices additionally support [[DVB-S2]] HD digital satellite.  The HVR-4000 marks a change in bundled applications in that instead of using Hauppauge's WinTV2000 package, it ships with Cyberlink PowerCinema.

===Personal Video Recorders===
The Personal Video Recorder (PVR) range uses an on-board MPEG/MPEG-2 encoder to compress the incoming analogue TV signals.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mielewczik |first=Michael |title=Bewährtes und Neues. Analoge TV-Karten unter Linux einsetzen. |journal=Linux Intern |volume=3/2003 |pages=36–38}}</ref>  The benefits of using a hardware encoder include lower CPU usage when encoding live TV.

The first WinTV-PVR product was the WinTV PVR-PCI, launched in late 2000 and not receiving any driver updates since February 2002.  It was joined by the WinTV PVR-USB, which has two variants.  The first variant supported MPEG-2 streams up to 6&nbsp;[[megabit|Mbit]]/s and supported Half-D1 resolutions (320&nbsp;×&nbsp;480).  This was replaced by an updated model supporting up to 12&nbsp;Mbit/s streams and Full-D1 resolution (720&nbsp;×&nbsp;480).

The first WinTV-PVR to gain popularity was the PVR-250.  The original version of the PVR-250 was a variant of the Sag Harbor (PVR-350) which used the ivac15 chipset. Although the chipset was able to do hardware decoding the video out components were not included on the card.  In later versions of the PVR-250 the ivac15 was replaced with the ivac16 to reduce cost and to relieve heat issues.  The PVR-250 and PVR-350 were joined by the USB 2.0 PVR-USB2 to complete their generation of devices.

Their successors, the PVR-150 and PVR-500, were released alongside the PVR-250/350/USB2 and while popular with both OEMs and the general public, there have been numerous driver issues as well as video quality complaints. The PVR-500 was released as a Media Center card and wasn't supplied with Hauppauge's WinTV2000 software.  It was effectively two PVR-150s on a single board, connected via a PCI-PCI bridge chip. The PVR-USB2 was silently replaced with the PVR-USB2+ which is identical both visually and terms of features, but uses a Conexant chipset rather than the Philips chipset in the old model.

From its name and time of release, the PVR-160 appears to be newer than the PVR-150 but it is not.  The PVR-160 is a repackaging of the WinTV Roslyn. The Roslyn is based on the [[Conexant]] Blackbird design and uses the CX2388x video decoder. This board was originally available only to OEMs and third-party software vendors such as Frey Technologies ([[SageTV]]) and Snapstream (BeyondTV). The board was sold under many names including the PVR-250BTV (Snapstream). This card is known to have color and brightness issues that can be corrected somewhat using registry hacks. Hauppauge received a large surplus amount of these cards from OEM and third-party vendors. The cards were repackaged with an MCE remote and receiver and rebranded the PVR-160. The PVR-160 was often mistakenly referred to as the PVR-250MCE but is not related to the PVR-250.

===High-Definition Personal Video Recorder===
In May 2008, Hauppauge released the HD-PVR, a [[USB 2.0]] device with an on-board [[H.264]] hardware encoder for recording from high-definition sources through component inputs. It is the world's first USB device that can capture in [[High-definition video|high definition]]. The HD-PVR has proved to be a very popular device, and Hauppauge has been updating its [[device driver|drivers]] and software continually since its release.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} In addition to being able to capture from any component video source in [[480p]], [[720p]], or [[1080i]], the HD-PVR comes with an IR blaster that communicates with your cable or satellite [[set-top box]] for automated program recordings and channel-changing capabilities. In 2012, Hauppauge released the HD-PVR Gaming Edition 2, which features a much smaller design than its predecessor along with [[1080p]] [[HDMI]] support. The PVR is not officially supported on [[Macintosh]] systems, but a variety of third-party programs exist that allow it to function on OS X, including EyeTV by [[Elgato]] and HDPVRCapture. In 2013, Hauppauge released an upgrade for the existing HD-PVR 2 with the HD-PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus, which supports Macintosh systems.

===WinTV Analogue===
The standard analogue range of products use software encoding for recording analogue TV. The more recent Hauppauge cards use SoftPVR, which allows MPEG and MPEG-2 encoding in software provided that a sufficiently fast CPU is installed in the system.

===MediaMVP===
The [[Hauppauge Media MVP|MediaMVP]] is a [[thin client]] device that displays music, video and pictures (hence "MVP") on a television. It is based on an IBM [[PowerPC]] RISC processor specialized for multimedia decoding. The operating system is a form of Linux, and everything (including the menus) is served to the device via Ethernet or, on newer devices, 802.11g [[wireless LAN]] from the server PC.

Various [[open source software]] products can use the device as a front-end.  An example is [[MVPMC]], which allows the MediaMVP to be used as a front-end for [[MythTV]] or [[ReplayTV]].

===Table of products===
{| class="wikitable"
!Type
!Model
!Tuner
!Host interface
!Analog
!Digital
!Other
!IR
|----
|rowspan="13"|Digital Terrestrial
|'''DEC2000-t'''
|Philips
|USB 1.x
TMX320AV7111
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (TDA10045)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''DEC2540-t'''
|Philips
|USB 1.x
TMX320AV7111
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (TDA10045)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-t PCI'''
|Grundig
|PCI
SAA7134
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (LSI L64781)}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|'''Nova-t PCI'''
|Philips
|PCI
SAA7134
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (TDA10045)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-t PCI (90002)'''
|Thomson DTT7592
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-t PCI (90003)'''
|Thomson DTT75105
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-t USB'''
|Philips
|USB 1.x
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|'''Nova-t USB2'''
|Panasonic ENV57H
|USB 2.0
Cypress FX2
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (DIB3000-P)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-t Stick (70001)'''
|Microtune MT2060
|USB 2.0
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (DIB7000-M)}}
|
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''Nova-t Stick (70009)'''
|Microtune MT2060
|USB 2.0
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (DIB7700-P)}}
|
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''Nova-TD-Stick'''
|2× MicroTune MT2266
|USB 2.0
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (DIB7700-P)}}
|
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''Nova-t 500'''
|2× Microtune MT2060
|PCI
VT6212L
| {{no}}
| {{yes|2× DVB-T (DIB3000-P)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-TD 500'''
|2× Microtune ????
|PCI
DiB0710
| {{no}}
| {{yes|2× DVB-T (DIB7070-P) ??}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|rowspan="7"|Digital Satellite
|'''DEC3000-s'''
|Unknown
|USB 1.x
TMX320AV7111
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nexus-s v2.3'''
|Alps BSBE1-502A
|PCI SAA7146
TMX320AV7111
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S (STV0299)}}
| S-video out
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-s PCI'''
|Alps BSBE1-502A
|PCI
SAA7146
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S (STV0299)}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|'''Nova-s SE PCI'''
|Unknown
|PCI
SAA7146
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S (TDA8260)}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|'''Nova-s USB'''
|Unknown
|USB 1.x
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|'''Nova-SE2'''
|Unknown
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S (CX24123)}}
|
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''Nova-S-Plus'''
|Unknown
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{no}}
| {{yes|DVB-S (CX24123)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
| {{yes}}
|----
|rowspan="13"| Hybrid Video Recorder
|'''HVR-900'''
|[[Xceive XC3028]]
|USB 2.0
EM2881
| {{yes|1× TVP5150A
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (ZL10353)}}
|Composite in (opt)
S-video in (opt)
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''HVR-900 (Rev B2 & C2)'''
|[[Xceive XC3028]]
|USB 2.0
EM2883
| {{yes|1× TVP5150A
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (DRX3975D)}}
|Composite in (opt)
S-video in (opt)
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''HVR-930'''
|[[Xceive XC3028]]
|USB 2.0
EM2881
| {{yes|1× TVP5150A
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (ZL10353)}}
|Composite in (opt)
S-video in (opt)
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''HVR-930 (Rev B2)'''
|[[Xceive XC3028]]
|USB 2.0
EM2883
| {{yes|1× TVP5150A
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (DRX3975D)}}
|Composite in (opt)
S-video in (opt)
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''HVR-950'''
|[[Xceive XC3028]]
|USB 2.0
| {{yes|1× TVP5150A
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|ATSC}}
|Composite in (opt)
S-video in (opt)
| {{optional}}
|----
|'''HVR-1100'''
|Philips FMD1216ME
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-1110'''
|Philips 8275A
|PCI
SAA7134
| {{yes|1× SAA7131
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (TDA10046a)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-1300'''
|Philips FMD1216ME
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x
1× CX23416}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-1600'''
|Analog TCL Series
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x
1× CX23418}}
| {{yes|ATSC (CX24227)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-1800'''
|Analog TCL Series
|PCI-e
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|ATSC / Clear QAM }}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-2200'''
|2× Philips TDAxxxx
|PCIe
SAA7164
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (2× TDA10048HN)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-3000'''
|Philips FMD1216ME
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)
DVB-S (CX24123)}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''HVR-4000'''
|Philips FMD1216ME
|PCI CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x
SoftPVR}}
| {{yes|DVB-T (CX22702)
DVB-S2 (CX24116)}}
|Composite in
S-video in<br />
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|rowspan="10"| Personal Video Recorder
|'''PVR PCI'''
|Various
|PCI
Fusion 878A
| {{yes|1× Altera flex EPF6016 ATC144-3
1× Vision Tech Kfir}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|----
|'''PVR USB'''
|Various
|USB 1.x
| {{yes|1× SAA7113H
1× iTVC12}}
| {{no}}
|
|
|----
|'''PVR-150'''
|Various
|PCI
CX2584x
| {{yes|1× CX2584x
1× CX23416}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''PVR-160'''
|Various
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x
1× CX23416}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
| {{no}}
|----
|'''PVR-250'''
|Various
|PCI
SAA7115
| {{yes|1× SAA7115
1× ivac15}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''PVR-250'''
|Various
|PCI
SAA7115
| {{yes|1× SAA7115
1× CX23416}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''PVR-350'''
|Various
|PCI
SAA7115
| {{yes|1× SAA7115
1× ivac15}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in/out
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''PVR-500MCE'''
|Various
|PCI
PLX FastLane 6140
| {{yes|2× CX2584x
2× CX23416}}
| {{no}}
|2× Composite in
2× S-video in<br />
FM radio
| {{no}}
|----
|'''PVR-USB2'''
|Various
|USB 2.0
SAA7115
| {{yes|1× SAA7115
1× CX23416}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''PVR-USB2+'''
|Various
|USB 2.0
Cypress FX2
| {{yes|1× CX2584x
1× CX23416}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in<br />
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
| High-Definition Personal Video Recorder
|'''HD-PVR'''
|Not Applicable
|USB 2.0
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|Component In/out
Composite in<br />
S-video in<br />
RCA Audio In<br />
S/PDIF Optical Audio In/out
| {{yes}}
|----
| rowspan="10" | WinTV Analog
|'''WinTV Express'''
|Various
|PCI
BT878A
| {{yes|1× BT878A}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV Go'''
|Various
|PCI
Fusion 878A
| {{yes|1× Fusion 878A}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV Go+'''
|Various
|PCI
Fusion 878A
| {{yes|1× Fusion 878A}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV Go2'''
|Various
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV Primio FM'''
|Various
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV PCI-FM'''
|Various
|PCI
CX2388x
| {{yes|1× CX2388x}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV Radio'''
|Various
|PCI
BT878A
| {{yes| 1× BT878A or
1× BT848 or
1× BT88x}}
| {{no}}
|Composite in
S-video in
FM radio
| {{yes}}
|----
|'''WinTV USB'''
|Various
|USB 1.x
| {{yes|1× SAA7113}}
| {{no}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|'''WinTV USB Live'''
|Various
|USB 1.x
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| S-video in
Composite in
| {{no}}
|----
|'''WinTV USB2'''
|Various
|USB 2.0
EM2840
| {{yes|TVP5150}}
| {{no}}
|
| {{no}}
|----
|}

===WinTV software===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:WinTV2000.jpg|thumbnail|250px|WinTV2000 software]] -->
Hauppauge's principal software offering is WinTV, a TV tuning, viewing, and recording application supplied on a [[CD-ROM]] included with tuner hardware.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_wintv8.html |title=Hauppauge: WinTV v8 for TV on your Windows PC or laptop |website=Hauppauge.co.uk |access-date= 2 May 2016}}</ref> A previous version was called WinTV2000 (WinTV32 without skins). It had companion applications, including WinTV Scheduler, which performs timed recordings, and WinTV Radio, which receives FM radio.  It was modified towards a service-based software package, with card management and recordings taken care of by the "TV Server" service and EPG data collection by the "EPG Service", allowing WinTV2000 to work with multiple Hauppauge tuners in the same PC.

In 2007 Hauppauge launched WinTV Version 6, followed in 2009 by WinTV7. WinTV8 was current {{As of|2016|lc=y}}. WinTV updates are available without charge to Hauppauge tuner users (major updates require access to a qualifying earlier WinTV installation CD, e.g. WinTV8 requires a CD not earlier than WinTV7). An option available at extra cost, WinTV Extend, allows TV to be streamed over the Internet to several portable devices such as smartphones, and PCs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_extend.html |title=WinTV Extend: TV on your iPhone or iPad |website=Hauppauge.co.uk |access-date= 2 May 2016}}</ref>

===Wing===
"Wing", a supplemental software application from Hauppauge, allows the company's PVR products to convert MPEG recordings into formats suitable for playback on the Apple iPod, Sony PSP or a DivX player; it converts MPEG-2 videos into H.264, MPEG-4 and DivX.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hauppauge.com/site/wing/ |title=Wing: turn your TV recordings into portable video! |website=Hauppauge.com |access-date=2 May 2016 |archive-date=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331192504/http://www.hauppauge.com/site/wing/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Third-party software===
Third-party programs which support Hauppauge tuners include: [[GB-PVR]], [[InterVideo]] WinDVR, Snapstream's [[Beyond TV]], [[SageTV]], [[Windows Media Center]] and the [[Linux]]-based [[MythTV]].

===Linux===
Hauppauge offers limited support for Linux, with Ubuntu repositories and firmware downloads available on its website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support_linux.html|title=Hauppauge Support &#124; Running WinTV TV tuners and HD PVR 2 under Linux}}</ref> There are drivers available from non-Hauppauge sources for most of the company's cards (in [[IVTV]] and [[LinuxTV]]). It appears that some of these drivers (Nova and HVR) are written by a Hauppauge engineer.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}

The PVR-150 captures video on Linux, but there are reportedly difficulties getting the remote control and IR blaster to work.  Also, a January 2007 product substitution of HVR-1600 in PVR-150 retail boxes forced many Linux users to exchange their purchases because the Linux driver has not been updated for the HVR-1600.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notice of board swap |url=http://www.colar.net/pvr150/swap_notice.jpeg |format=JPEG |via=colar.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Supported_hardware | title=内職在宅ワーク求人募集就職情報Qnavi }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-users/2007-January/005426.html | title=内職在宅ワーク求人募集就職情報Qnavi }}</ref>

[[SageTV]] Media Center for Linux supports PVR-150, PVR-250, PVR-350, PVR-500 and MediaMVP.

For ATSC and DVB applications, a list of Linux supported Hauppauge and other makes of TV cards can be found on the [http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page LinuxTVWiki] page (see "Supported Hardware" section).