Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T Review

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Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T
1.3 stars
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taffrail's Review of Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T TV Tuner

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    0.5 stars
  • Quality
    1.5 stars
Good Points

My tuner gets most of the Freeview channels (radio and TV) and displays OK for straightforward viewing. It records programmes OK for 99% of the time. On a simple functional basis, it is adequate.


Bad Points

Bizarrely, mine would not get BBC3 or BBC4, despite the fact that I live in a strong-signal area, have an upgraded aerial and wiring system and receive these channels OK on my digital TV. The signal shows strong, but the channels do not register. The auto-tuner crashes the program after tuning in to about 90% of the channels. The 'surf channels' function, which should allow you to get 'thumbnails' of all the stations, does not work - you just get lots of stills of one adjacent channel. The scheduler fails at random (usually for the one programme of the year that you wanted to record). If you try do do something too clever with the recorder, such as real-time recording with a time delay, the system sometimes crashes. The instructions are poor and apparently for a similar device; the FAQ are no help; Technical Support refuses to answer any emails.


General Comments

I cannot recommend this Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T hardware or the manufacturer, and suggest you don't touch either with a barge pole. There are far better cards for far better value out there - a pity I didn't choose the right one.


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