Hauppauge 1657 WinTV-dualHD Cordcutter Dual USB 2.0 TV Tuner for Nvidia Shield and Windows PC

Works great, two tuners so you can record and play different channels. As other tuner commentators have noted, you need an antenna, but I’m nearly 20 miles away and I just have a cheap flat antenna - try a cheap one before you think you need a big roof or attic antenna. The one included also worked, but it was a little lacking. Also, when I used the little amplifier that can with the antenna, it overloaded the tuner and I had to unplug and reboot. You need plenty of storage space to record, I got a 500mb ssd and it seems more than plenty for my needs using Plex.

Seems to work best most in powerful and memory loaded computers. At first looked easy enough, the install download from Hauppauge for win 10 didn't work. None of the computers recognized the 1657 as an USB device, even in Device Manager. Toying around and getting nowhere, I noticed another page on the website side small file extra driver for win10 (wintv-solo_dual_quadhd). In desparation installed it. That did the trick. It recieves channels just as well as my existing TV, but now I have a dual channel DVR. Intuitive user interface and smart TV Guide. I can pause anytime and resume live channels. Well worth the money. 15 jan 2023 Update: Still operating well, the HD is the standard compressed version not as good as over the air uncompressed HD. The recorder surprisingly can record programs through name recognition. Records daily/weekly series of a show even if they move the schedule around.

No F-male-to-PAL-female transfer plug was included, making it impossible to connect the device to the roof antenna. Besides, downloading an app, entering the code is a taxing and an unwanted complication, which I wasn't warned about – and unprepared to cope with.

This small device has been working flawlessly for 3 months. No impact on my Windows 11 system. Easily set it up on my Plex server and I can watch local TV anywhere in the world. You may need a good quality antenna depending on your area.

What a waste of money this was, I don't exactly know if this is an Australian problem or I'm just unlucky, but it never worked at all and there was no customer service to attempt to even fix my issues.