Use the WinTV-Scheduler to schedule the recordings of your favorite analog or ATSC digital TV programs. WinTV-HVR’s ATSC digital TV tuner adds great features to your TV viewing: high definition TV reception, automatic identification of channel names plus records high-definition digital TV programs to your PC’s hard disk in an MPEG-2 format without any loss in quality.Ĭreate your own personal Digital Video Recorder! Record cable TV or ATSC digital TV shows to disk with MPEG-2. The WinTV-HVR-1600 cannot receive digital satellite TV.ĪTSC digital TV brings you sharper pictures and enriches your PC’s multimedia experience with near CD quality sound. Note: ATSC digital TV is NOT digital cable TV or digital satellite TV. The WinTV-HVR can be used to watch and record all ATSC formats. ATSC broadcasts range in resolution from standard definition up to the high definition 1080i format. ATSC digital TV typically requires an antenna for reception, and is currently broadcast in 200 cities, with over 1500 TV stations. You can use either Windows Media Center from Windows 7 or the WinTV v6 or v7 application to watch and record these channels.ĪTSC digital TV is the over-the-air HD digital TV for North America. They also broadcast the basic cable channels in using clear QAM. Many cable operators in North America are transmitting the high definition ATSC channels on their cable networks.
Watch and record TV in a window or full screen using high quality MPEG-2.Ĭlear QAM TV channels are unencrypted digital TV channels broadcast by your local cable operator. WinTV-HVR-1600 brings over-the-air high definition ATSC digital TV, clear QAM digital cable TV and analog cable TV to your PC.