For the price, this is the best
I use my PC to record TV shows, but had no easy way to watch them on my TV (without constantly burning DVDs). So I needed a media extender and my options were the XBox, Apple's ITV (if it ever gets released) and this Hauppauge MediaMVP. Price helped me choose the Hauppauge with the understanding that if it didn't work out well then I would work on obtaining the XBox.The Media MVP was easy to set up (except that my network cable was bent, but one could hardly blame Hauppauge for that). Load the s/w, plug in the cable and away I went. As others have noted, the interface is dreadful. The interface looks like it would integrate well into the Atari game boxes of the 80's - boxy, low-res and unattractive. Thus I loaded the freeware GBPVR package and turned it into a real PVR solution (live TV with pausing, weather, etc.). At this point I'm well-pleased with the setup.