Hauppauge WinTV HVR850 USB HDTV Stick Adapter works?

[CarlScheider]

I just searched around this topic, and I am pretty sure the answer is YES.
I am a newbie here. Currently MediaCenter on Windows 7 and an OLD AverMedia USB stick.
It works, but I am anticipating moving to Windows 8. I need a bit more oomph for the transcoding.
Rather use a USB stick than installing cards. And I see they want $100 for Windows 8 MediaCenter.
I'd rather donate something here!

I saw a couple of threads where people were using this stick - Hauppage HVR850 - and the comments were it SHOULD work!
I only need over the air, and only digital. Didn't see any reason to spend another $20 for the Analogue and Clear QAM cable of HVR-950Q.
Comcast stopped doing clear QAM, so I stopped doing Comcast.
It was also a total mess trying to sort out all the channels.

So . . . now I use a Roku and PlayOn to watch things a bit later. But still nice to record things if I miss them.

I appreciate your time and effort to support all of this.
Just wanted to start a clear thread for this if another "newbie" happens by.

Thanks. You folks do good work. Would the rest of the world worked as well.

[sub]

Unfortunately I can only give you the same "it should work" comment. It's not a common device, and I'm not sure if I've seen confirmation either way.

[johnsonx42]

Sure does. I've had mine in use for years.