Hauppauge Computer Works

Hauppauge Computer Works is a US technology company focused on bringing television and video capture capabilities to computers and connected media systems. Its official site says the company has been bringing TV to the PC since 1992 and describes it as a worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing PC-based TV tuners, data broadcast receivers, and video capture products. It is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, about 40 miles east of New York City, and is a division of Hauppauge Digital Inc. The company’s principal product families include WinTV television tuners and software, HD PVR video recorders, and products for video streaming and live-TV viewing. WinTV products support watching television on a PC, while the product range includes USB and PCI Express tuners, hybrid analog-and-digital receivers, and models intended for use with Plex media servers. Hauppauge also offers recorders for capturing high-definition video and products that support streaming or viewing live TV on mobile devices and home media players. Its products serve home users, PC and Linux users, cord-cutters, and people setting up TV and DVR capabilities on media servers. The company’s Plex information describes using supported Hauppauge tuners with Plex Pass servers on Windows and Linux to add live TV and DVR functionality. Current offerings shown on the company’s site include WinTV tuners, HD PVR recorders, and Cordcutter TV. The official site also identifies the Pinnacle PCTV tuner product line as a separate division acquired from Avid by Hauppauge Digital Inc. in December 2008. Hauppauge is a well-known brand of computer peripherals, primarily producing video capture cards, TV tuners, and other multimedia devices. Its products are widely used in home entertainment, video editing, and live streaming.

Hauppauge Computer Works describes its work as bringing television to the PC, a focus it dates to 1992. The company is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, and is a division of Hauppauge Digital Inc. Its business centers on developing and manufacturing PC-based TV tuners, data broadcast receivers, and video capture products. WinTV is the company’s core television product family and is identified by Hauppauge as its flagship branded TV tuner card for PCs. The company’s account of WinTV’s development describes an early effort to display analog cable television in a window on a DOS screen; that experience developed over time into the Windows-based WinTV application. The About page gives an apparent inconsistency in its account of the initial receiver’s development, saying it occurred during the Gulf War “in 2002”; that date is retained as stated rather than reconciled here. In 2006, the company developed its first TV recording product, which converted analog television into digital video, compressed it, and recorded it to a PC hard drive. Hauppauge describes that product as a predecessor to the current DVR box. The WinTV family later encompassed analog and digital TV tuners for PCs and Linux computers. Hauppauge’s other major product family is HD PVR, a range of high-definition video recorders. The company describes models including the Colossus 2 internal PCIe recorder, HD PVR 2 USB recorder, portable HD PVR Rocket, and HD PVR Raw60 USB 3.0 raw-capture device. Its wider catalog includes USB and PCIe television tuners, hybrid analog-and-digital tuners, European digital TV receivers, standalone TV receivers, and video-streaming products. In December 2008, Hauppauge Digital Inc. acquired the Pinnacle PCTV product line from Avid and operated it as a separate division. The company’s product information also describes WinTV Extend for remote television viewing and identifies Cordcutter TV and Broadway as standalone TV receivers. Its Plex support information explains how compatible Hauppauge tuners can be used with Plex Pass servers on Windows and Linux to provide live television and DVR features. Current products highlighted on the company’s website include WinTV tuners, HD PVR recorders, and Cordcutter TV.

• 2008

  Hauppauge Digital acquired the Pinnacle PCTV product line.

  Hauppauge Digital Inc. acquired the Pinnacle PCTV tuner product line from Avid in December 2008 and operated it as a separate division.

• 2006

  Hauppauge developed its first TV recording product.

  The product converted analog television into digital video, compressed it, and recorded it to a PC hard drive; Hauppauge describes it as a predecessor to the current DVR box.

• 1992

  Hauppauge dates its PC television focus to 1992.

• WinTV development account refers to an early TV receiver effort.

A specialist manufacturer of PC-based television reception, video capture, and streaming hardware and software, with products for personal computers, Linux systems, and Plex-based live TV and DVR setups.

• WinTV

  A family of TV tuner products and software for watching television on PCs, including support for analog and digital TV and products for Linux computers.

• HD PVR

  A family of high-definition video recorders that includes internal, USB, portable, and raw-capture models.

• Cordcutter TV

  A standalone network TV receiver with Wi-Fi and transcoding, as described on the company homepage.

• StreamEez

  A range of products for professional internet video streaming.

• WinTV Extend

  An application for remote live-TV viewing on mobile devices and computers.

• 2008

  Acquired the Pinnacle PCTV product line from Avid.Other

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