HAUPPAUGE WinTV-DualHD Dual USB 2.0 HD TV Tuner for Windows PC 1595,Black

Great little double tuner. I have absolutely no problem with this. I use it to watch and record tv from my laptop.You get a FHD signal. It records FHD tv directly to your hardrive like a DVR.It plugs into your usb port and connects the other end to a tv antenna to bring in the signals.I just bought a new one but my original one I bouight 10 years or so ago works perfectly fine.Whatever stations from OTA you can get on your regular tv you can get with this gizmo. Of course its does not have Smart tv technology so you can not get those free live tv wifi channels that Smartv's offer.But just like a DVR you can schedule recodings by date and pause live tv with this little powerhouse. It also has PIP, and with the dual tuners inside you can record one show while watching another show. Or you can record two different shows at once by scheduling a recording on one tuner and then turning to anoter channel and simply hit the record button to record that channel.It also comes with a small credit card size remote which is useful for starting and stopping recording but not much else. You really should use the touch pad to do most of the things as trying to do something simple like changing channels. While this can be done with the remote the process will take longer than simply using the touchpad.In other words unlike our smart tv's where a remote is absolutely necessary, you will most likely find that especcially for your laptop this remote is not needed. as your laptop itself is basically an oversized remote with a fancy readout screen etc.Set up is pretty easy and straightforward. You just download the software for it on their website. It works on Mac or PC most versions. After that, just like a regular tv you have to scan for the channels which is quick. I get all the channels in my area no problem.Unlike smart tv's that will freeze and pixelate due to internet issues etc, you will not get this problem with this tuner card.So with my two units on two different laptops I can record 4 different channels all at the same time (or 2 different channels if you only have one) much like your DVR, thanks to the dual tuners.The software even comes with your local tv listing that will need an internet connection to browse through.So I highly recommend this over any other similar model you may see.

Works great with plex.

I have had this for almost one year now and it's been working well. Only have a couple times when the recording was corrupted and failed. I was impressed today with their customer service when I needed to install the software on my new computer (Windows 11) and had lost my activation code. They actually have a little program that comes with the device that scans your device and give you all the information about it. I was able to get the model and serial number from running the program and with a short "chat" with customer support was given my activation code and WinTV is running well now on my new computer. I had used Homeworks version of TV before but it had way too many crashes so I recommend WinTv but it will have a failure once in a while so no five stars, guess that's just the nature of this kind of device. Hope this helps :-)

This is a really well made ATSC/QAM TV Tuner. Setup is easy and the software works great. I am getting lots of over-the-air DTV channels with this device on my Windows 11 notebook computer.

I bought this to use with my Formuler tv box as it's the only brand & there is this & the 955Q to chose from that will work with the MOL3 app to use. I discovered that it's moody for if & when the guide will even work, & it's not picking up a couple of local low powered stations I receive here that I know for an absolute fact is plenty strong enough to pick up. When I plugged it in using the windows app it picked up the one station that is missing on the tv box, but I have no clue why, but my only good guess is the guide that windows uses is different from the guide that the tv box uses. Hauppauge refuses to tell me what service the guide uses for either windows or android. As far as the tuner goes it is pretty decent for reception & does provide a very decent picture. Another down side is there is no android app available to use with this device other than the MOL3 in the Formuler which is exclusive to their device, unavailable to any other android devices. If there were an android app to use it might have been able to fix the non working guide and missing stations, plus enable it's use with any android device. This loses one star each for it's lack of android capability & it's lack of decent working guide. Otherwise it's ok.