Hauppauge 1340 MediaMVP-HD Digital Media Player Reviews

Average Customer Rating - 3.0 out of 5 stars

6 customer reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, June 24, 2010
I am so glad they created this product. I am using it almost daily.
I just wish it had a wireless network adapter as not all networks are connected to the TV or close enough to connect with wires. The USB capability really help with that though - so mostly that is how I am using the player.
Thank you very much Hauppauge!

1.0 out of 5 stars Product released to market too soon., November 24, 2010
I have the Hauppage WinTV-HVR-1600 running on one of my PCs. The other PCs I have are too old and slow to playback the video files it creates. Then along came this little gem. It be very easy to setup and use. The only drawback is the video playback controls. The fast scan backward and forward does not work very well at all. I am going to try their beta firmware and see if this corrects the problem. The picture and sound from this is go way beyond my expectations, though. I am very happy I bought this and will be ordering another soon for my other TV.

Update: I am no longer happy. I loaded the beta firmware and box no longer works to playback video. I tried reloading the old firmware and it will not accept it.

Let's see what their tech support comes up with.

12/21/10
Hauppauge tech supports response was not proper so I returned the product to Amazon. Amazon gave me a full refund demonstrating their dedication to customer service/satisfaction.

4.0 out of 5 stars A great connected media player, June 11, 2010
I've had a Hauppage HD PVR for about a year now, and I've been recording my HD TV programs (I have a library of TrueBlood, Lost and Heroes) from my Fios box and burning them onto a compact disc for playback on my Blu-ray player in my living room. But I've wanted to just simply play the recordings back to my HD TV in the living room instead of going through the "record/burn" steps.
So I picked up one of the MediaMVP-HD's. It basically did just what I wanted.
I hooked up the MVP up to my HD TV set in the living room (I used HDMI to connect to my Samsung "B" series LCD TV). I own an ethernet connection in my living room, so the connection for me was pretty simple. I then scanned my network and found both my PC where the HD PVR is connected and also my laptop computer. In about 5 minutes I be able to play the HD PVR recordings from my PC to the HD TV set.
I like the fast skip buttons (you hit 0 to 9 on the remote control to go to different spots in your recording) and I like being able to adjust the volume from the MVP remote control.
The video quality on my Samsung is incredible, I guess due to the HD PVR recordings but also (I assume) to the HDMI output on the MVP.
Wireless would be nice to hold on the MVP, though I didn't need this on my TV set in the living room. I have another HD TV in the bedroom which does not have an ethernet cable, so I'd need wireless there.
Also, I liked the front panel USB port on the MVP, where I've be plugging in my digital pictures which I keep stored on my thumb drive.
In my opinion, if you have an HD PVR, you need to get a MVP so you can avoid burning blu-ray disks when you want to play your HD PVR recordings onto your HD TV set.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I was looking for!, November 3, 2010
I received the item last night, hooked up the HDMI cable, plugged it surrounded by and attached an external drive with photos, videos and music files. Within half an hour (the biggest struggle was getting behind the TV mounted on the wall to attach the HDMI cable), I was looking at photos on my TV, watching German television programs I have downloaded and listening to music. I'm not technically or by design inclined and if I managed to hook this up it is simple. I just wish the HDMI cable were longer.


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