Hauppauge WinTV HVR 900

Works under vista (64bit) though i've seen it lose all signal (rare though) and you have to reboot to get them back.

You can use windows media centre and skip installing any of the supplied software.

cons: forget the supplied aerial as its totally useless, you need to plug it into a proper aerial.

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Good product performs well but watch out for a few conflicts with other USB hardware. Notice boards are very helpfull at: http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=6386&page=2&highlight=Dshow+Error

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I looked forward to receiving mine through the post, but was a little disappointed after using it on the first day. 1. Tried it at work (Watford), no channels whatsoever. 2. Tried it at home (West London), only got two analogue channels 3. Tried it outside... same result... (not even radio) 4. Gave up on the supplied antenna and hooked it up to the house ariel. Bingo! The scan found lots of channels and radio stations. However, the disappointment continued when the picture was jerky and utilised 100% of the CPU on DVB channels. It was only then I looked at the side of the box and found that it recommends a 2+Ghz CPU. I wish DABs had provided this detail on the website, especially when the product is recommended for use with laptops! The product itself is probably very good should you have the min required kit to use it and the usb2 interface is a great idea.(I'm not sending mine back!) I will just have to forget about using it on my 1.7Ghz Sony VAIO laptop (plugged in f

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