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<blockquote data-quote="Andy99" data-source="post: 87841" data-attributes="member: 26154"><p><strong>Thanks to all</strong></p><p></p><p>Thank you all for your opinions and tips<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> . I decided to go with the majority and got a Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE Kit. The remote looks really cool and the learn feature for the TV button is a welcome extra to switch off my LCD TV. Tomorrow I'll receive my new HTPC and then there will be a new Media Portal user. I'm sure I'll be back in the forum with other questions and it will take time until I'll be able to help others.</p><p>Since I studied the whole FM tuner issue, here is the explanation:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The standard PVR-150 has no tuner. <a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html" target="_blank">This is the link to Hauppauge's Product Page</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The PVR-150 MCE (which comes without any remote) has a tuner and is intended as second tuner in a MCE HTPC. <a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mce.html" target="_blank">See this link which says it has an FM tuner</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Now Hauppauge is selling the PVR-150 MCE Kit which includes the MS Remote, but should not have a tuner, but somehow it has an FM antenna input, at least mine<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> (I read also the thing about MCE certification requiring a tuner, so I don't unterstand how it was certified) <a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/prods_mce_upgrades.html" target="_blank">See this link which says nothing about an FM tuner</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">BTW, there is also a PVR-150 MCE l.p. version, low profile for small HTPC cases, which comes without remote but with an FM Tuner. <a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mcelp.html" target="_blank">This is the link to Hauppauge's Product Page</a></li> </ul><p><em>Thanks again</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy99, post: 87841, member: 26154"] [b]Thanks to all[/b] Thank you all for your opinions and tips:thx: . I decided to go with the majority and got a Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE Kit. The remote looks really cool and the learn feature for the TV button is a welcome extra to switch off my LCD TV. Tomorrow I'll receive my new HTPC and then there will be a new Media Portal user. I'm sure I'll be back in the forum with other questions and it will take time until I'll be able to help others. Since I studied the whole FM tuner issue, here is the explanation: [LIST] [*]The standard PVR-150 has no tuner. [URL="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html"]This is the link to Hauppauge's Product Page[/URL] [*]The PVR-150 MCE (which comes without any remote) has a tuner and is intended as second tuner in a MCE HTPC. [URL="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mce.html"]See this link which says it has an FM tuner[/URL] [*]Now Hauppauge is selling the PVR-150 MCE Kit which includes the MS Remote, but should not have a tuner, but somehow it has an FM antenna input, at least mine:S (I read also the thing about MCE certification requiring a tuner, so I don't unterstand how it was certified) [URL="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/prods_mce_upgrades.html"]See this link which says nothing about an FM tuner[/URL] [*]BTW, there is also a PVR-150 MCE l.p. version, low profile for small HTPC cases, which comes without remote but with an FM Tuner. [URL="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mcelp.html"]This is the link to Hauppauge's Product Page[/URL] [/LIST] [I]Thanks again[/I] [/QUOTE]
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