Hauppauge Computer Works

Hauppauge [ hɑ ː pɑ ː ɡ ] is one of the biggest TV card manufacturer in the world, based in New York, USA. The company is named after the village Hauppauge on Long Iceland, where it is headquartered. The name Hauppauge means " flooded land" in the indigenous language of the Algonquian.

Hauppauge Computer Works is according to own data for years the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of analog and digital TV and video products. The product range includes PC and Mac solutions and is divided into five main areas: analog TV - cards (eg PAL or NTSC ), digital TV solutions (such as DVB -T or DVB -S), hybrid TV - solutions (eg PAL and DVB- T on a map ), as well as video editing and home entertainment products.

Founded in 1984, is represented in Europe by number of branches, with its European headquarters are located in Mönchengladbach. She is responsible for the areas of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the area of ​​sales and marketing, technical support and RMA management and works with European distributors together.

Hauppauge is known for its own development and production of his TV cards, but his first digital products developed in collaboration with the company TechnoTrend, purchased as an OEM and sells under its own name until Hauppauge decided to in 2005, and digital products to develop on their own and distribute, and ended the business relationship with Technotrend the following year.

The first in-house developed and produced digital Hauppauge product was the PCI TV card WinTV -NOVA -T ( Model 90001 ).

On 27 October 2008 Avid Technology announced that Pinnacle PCTV product line was sold to Hauppauge. 2009 was a re-establishment of this company under the umbrella of Hauppauge Digital as PCTV Systems is headquartered in Luxembourg and headquarters in Braunschweig, where it all started in 1982 as miro Computer Products AG.