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(More customer reviews)I took my time selecting a card or set top box to connect my Satellite box to my Media PC.
I bought the HVR-1950 thinking it was compatible with Media Center.
I use VISTA 64, and know that there are issues with hardware not being supported. Looking at the blurb on the Hauppauge site, this seemed to have all I needed.
I installed this unit and WINTV works, after a lot of messing around with the drivers on the site and the CD.
Actually, the CD drivers worked better than the updated ones on the site. It loaded more of the features, like IR blaster, which works with WINTV. Note that for the IR Blaster to work, I had to stick it to the Satellite box sensor. 6 inches away would not work!
When going through the setup of the TV in Media Center, it fails with an error, "IR Receiver hardware not detected". Searching the internet find multiple hits for this problem, but no solutions.
I am not sure if this is a Microsoft issue or Hauppauge, or maybe both.
Hauppauge advised that I need to have the VISTA Media Center remote installed as the Hauppauge one is not certified.
I will purchase a "Pinnacle Remote Kit for Windows Media Center On Vista"
and see if that helps. They cost around $30+.
What a waste, the HVR-1950 has a remote and built in IR Blaster, yet I have to buy another one.
Hopefully Hauppauge will have a certified driver for it's built-in IR Blaster and it will work without the extra remote and IR hardware.
Hope this helps.
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