I have the Hauppauge HVR-1600 and can report that Hauppauge confirms there is no interest on their part in making the card compatible with the Vista 64-bit OS for one of the card's vital functions, analog capture. That input is totally nonfunctional, even though the product clearly advertises that feature. It is essential not only for generic analog video capture duties, but also very significantly for people who have digital cable/FiOS tuner boxes and need to record premium content onto their computer.
FusionHDTV ATSC cards also capture analog S-Video - and work with Vista 64-bit (DViCO 1, Hauppauge 0). I have the FusionHDTV5 RT Gold PCI and I am totally happy with it. Plus its downloadable software has the option to record to native MPEG-2 format (.MPG) which you can later watch with DVD/Blu-ray software like CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra (FusionHDTV 1, Win Media Center 0)
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I have the Hauppauge HVR-1600 and can report that Hauppauge confirms there is no interest on their part in making the card compatible with the Vista 64-bit OS for one of the card's vital functions, analog capture. That input is totally nonfunctional, even though the product clearly advertises that feature. It is essential not only for generic analog video capture duties, but also very significantly for people who have digital cable/FiOS tuner boxes and need to record premium content onto their computer.
FusionHDTV ATSC cards also capture analog S-Video - and work with Vista 64-bit (DViCO 1, Hauppauge 0). I have the FusionHDTV5 RT Gold PCI and I am totally happy with it. Plus its downloadable software has the option to record to native MPEG-2 format (.MPG) which you can later watch with DVD/Blu-ray software like CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra (FusionHDTV 1, Win Media Center 0)