Hauppauge Introduces WinTV-HVR-950Q, the First TV Tuner Stick With Clear QAM Support
WinTV-HVR-950Q, a small USB based TV tuner, can receive NTSC, ATSC and clear QAM digital cable TV
2008 International CES, Las Vegas, South Hall 4 - Booth #35328 (January 7th, 2008): Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP), the world's leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital TV receiver products for personal computers, announced today the introduction of the WinTV-HVR-950Q. The WinTV-HVR-950Q is a small, portable USB TV tuner stick which can be used to watch and record clear QAM digital cable TV on a laptop or desktop PC. In addition, it can also be used to watch and record NTSC analog cable TV and over-the-air ATSC high definition digital TV. ATSC is the new standard for high definition TV broadcasts in North America, and is transmitted at up to 1080i. These three TV formats, NTSC, ATSC and QAM, are the most popular TV transmission formats in North America. A new credit card size remote control is bundled with WinTV-HVR-950Q. This makes it easy to carry the WinTV-HVR-950Q TV receiver in a briefcase, and also to have the remote control available when travelling. A full size remote control is available as an option for use in the home or office. To make the WinTV-HVR-950Q smaller and still deliver high performance, it supports Hauppauges SoftPVR and SoftMCE software MPEG-2 encoders. SoftPVR and SoftMCE are software based MPEG-2 encoders which allow the recording of analog NTSC cable TV onto a PCs hard disk in a compressed format without needing a expensive hardware MPEG encoder. These encoders enable WinTV-HVR950 to be compatible with Windows XP, Vista Home Basic plus Vista Media Center. WinTV-HVR-950Q comes bundled with Premium certified drivers for use with Vista Media Center, plus the new Hauppauge WinTV version 6 application, for TV watching with Windows XP and Vista Home Basic. WinTV v6 allows Windows users to watch, pause or record analog or digital TV on their
PC screen, in a window or full screen. Through the new button arrangements, WinTV version 6 also gives optimal handling of TV watching and recording operations. The most important functions for everyday use, LIVE-TV, PAUSE, RECORD and PLAY, are found on a separate Taskbar underneath the TV window and can be activated quickly. These new buttons are in addition to the popular snapshot tray, the channel surf and always-on-top buttons. The single click no-title mode, where in one click of the mouse all buttons are removed and only TV remains in a resizable window, is one of the key features of WinTV version 6. Images of the WinTV-HVR-950Q can be found at: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/press/press_pictures_hvr.html#press_hvr950q WinTV-HVR-950Q will be available in January 2008 through retailers and distributors in North America. MSRP is $99 for the basic model with the new Hauppauge credit card size remote control. About Hauppauge Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP) is a leading developer and manufacturer of digital TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers. Through its Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. and Hauppauge Digital Europe subsidiaries, the Company designs and develops digital video boards for TV-in-a-window, digital video editing and video conferencing. The Company is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, with administrative offices in New York, Singapore, Taiwan, Ireland and Luxembourg and sales offices in Germany, London, Paris, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Singapore and California. The Companys Internet web site can be found at http://www.hauppauge.com. Hauppauge and WinTV are registered trademarks of Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Other product or service names herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Press Contact: Belinda Banks SSPR 9110 belinda@sspr.com

WinTV-HVR-950Q Watch HDTV and clear QAM digital cable TV on your PC or laptop
Watch live HDTV, clear QAM digital or analog cable TV Record your favorite TV shows in the original digital TV quality Plug into USB port no installation required

Package Includes

WinTV-HVR-950Q Hi-Speed USB Adapter with Cable TV and ATSC Antenna Connection Credit Card Size Remote Control Including Batteries Portable Antenna* USB Extension Cable A/V Input Cable WinTV Installation and Utilities Software CD-ROM Quick Installation Guide
Watch live TV on your notebook or desktop PC
Watch HDTV channels from over-the-air ATSC or clear QAM digital cable TV, with Dolby Digital audio and up to 1080i resolution. Watch analog TV by connecting to cable TV. View in full screen or in a window. Remote control and portable antenna included.
Record your favorite TV programs
Record analog or digital TV shows to your computers hard drive with one click. Use WinTV-Scheduler as a personal video recorder to record your TV shows daily, weekly, or only once.

Features

TV tuner receiver for your notebook or desktop PC ATSC and clear QAM digital TV up to 1080i format NTSC analog cable TV, 125 channel cable-ready Dolby-TV stereo decoder View in window or full screen Record ATSC digital TV plus clear QAM digital cable TV to your computers hard disk drive in the original digital quality Record analog cable TV with the included Hauppauge SoftPVR for Windows and Media Center Schedule TV recordings with WinTV-Scheduler software
Supports the following formats: NTSC analog cable TV, clear QAM digital cable TV and ATSC HD TV
Includes a combination 125 channel cable ready TV tuner and digital HDTV tuner. Compatible with Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Media Center*. New! Now for use with Windows Vista TV Pack!
TV Standards: NTSC is the analog cable TV standard in North America. ATSC is the over-the-air digital HDTV standard for North
America and typically requires an antenna for reception.

Technical Specifications

TV Standards: NTSC Analog Cable and Over the Air TV Clear QAM digital cable TV ATSC high definition Digital Over the Air TV
Clear QAM digital cable TV allows users to watch unencrypted
digital TV channels from their cable TV provider without a settop box.
Analog TV recordings typically consume 1.5GB of disk space

System Requirements

Processor Requirements (minimum): 2.2 GHz Intel P4 or 1.8 GHz Centrino or equivalent 2.8 GHz Intel P4 or Core Duo or equivalent (for analog TV recording with MPEG-2) Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Available Hi-Speed USBport (will not work with USB 1.1) Graphics with 64MB memory (or greater) Sound card CD-ROM drive (for software installation)
per hour. High Definition TV recordings typically consume 5GB of disk space per hour.
Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. 91 Cabot Court, Hauppauge, NY 11788 USA t: 1600 f: 3198 www.hauppauge.com