Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-955Q USB TV Tuner For Notebook Watch and record live over-the-air HDTV, analog TV or clear QAM cable TV on your PC or laptop.Watch and record clear QAM digital cable TV. Clear QAM are digital cable TV programs transmitted on your cable TV network "in the clear". Many cable operators transmit the high definition local TV channels using clear QAM (check with your local cable TV operator for the availability of clear QAM) Easy to install on your laptop or desktop PC ... small and portable, too!.Watch and record cable TV or over-the-air ATSC high definition digital TV. programs, in a window or full screen on your PC or laptop monitor.Schedule your TV recordings, using the high quality MPEG-2 video recording format.Pocket size, easy to install on USB 2.0, The perfect traveling companion for desktop or laptops. Includes activation code for download of WinTV v8 application for Windows.Many cable operators transmit the high definition local TV channels using clear QAM.Analog TV recordings will typically consume 1.5 Gb of disk space per hour. Also for Windows Media Center in Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 7.WinTV-HVR-955Q supports these TV standards: NTSC Analog Cable, Over the Air TV,ATSC Digital Over the Air HDTV, Clear QAM Digital Cable TV.To watch clear QAM channels, you should use either the Hauppauge WinTV v8 or v7 application, or Windows Media Center from Windows 7 or Windows 8. Includes the WinTV v7 application to watch TV in window, pause TV or record TV