Conclusion

Capturing video and TV programs can easily put a strain on your PC, especially when saving to the highest-bitrate MPEG-2 formats.  Furthermore, you'd want those files to hold as much of the pure, analog signal as possible, not blocky, pixelated, or noisy images.  The Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 achieves all these objectives without burdening your CPU with extra encoding loads.  Furthermore, its remote control does not take up a USB port, and is very popular among many 3rd-party PVR front-end applications.  With such excellent features, quality and performance, plus the support of an industry leader in TV capture technology, the WinTV PVR-250 is truly a superlative value.

Value...95%

Performance...98%

Image Quality...98%

Overall...96%