Happauge WinTV PVR-150

[icejunkie]

I want to buy the PVR-150 here in the USA, but was wondering if I could use it to watch PAL cable systems in Europe for instance... Will this work? thanks...

 

[Mayfriday0529]

yes and no

the tuner is NTSC only and can't be change.
the composite and svideo inputs can be used for any type of video source

 

[Insidious]

I'm using the PVR 250 and it does fine with PAL or NTSC.

edit: From the Hauppauge website info on the PVR-150

MPEG record specifications:

MPEG2 record datarates:
2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec.
Selections for DVD Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2.5MBit/sec)

NTSC format* at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240

PAL format* at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288

Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec

Video digitizer: 10 bits
Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:2
Four line adaptive comb filter for both NTSC and PAL to remove dot crawl
Fast video locking for security camera applications

Video file format: .MPG

MPEG file tested compatible with: MediaStudio 6.0, MyDVD and DVD MovieFactory DVD authoring applications

If it will capture it, then you can watch it fine as it comes in