Hauppauge HD PVR
- Record High Definition TV from a Pay TV Cable or Satellite Box to your PC or MAC
- Record at data rates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and variable Bit Rate
- Make Blu-ray format AVCHD recordings
- Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
- Component, Composite and SVHS inputs
- USB2 connection for Windows or MAC computers
- Integrates with Windows 7 Media Centre
The Hauppauge HD PVR is the world’s first High-Definition video recorder for making real-time H.264 compressed recordings at resolutions up to 1080i. HD-PVR records component video (YCrCb) from cable TV and satellite set top boxes, with a built-in IR blaster to automatically change TV channels for scheduled recordings. Audio is recorded using AAC or Dolby Digital. The recording format is AVCHD, which can be used to burn Blu-ray DVD disks. Two hours of HD recordings, recorded at 5 Mbits/sec, can be burnt onto a standard 4.7 GByte DVD-R or DVD-RW disk for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player.
Record your video game play
One of the popular uses for the HD PVR is for recording video gameplay. As said on GeekTonic:
"Now I think anyone watching me play videogames is a sure-fire way to put them to sleep – or at least laugh at my videogame performance. But I know there is a very large number of videogamers using the HD-PVR to record their video gameplay."
Features:
- Built-in hardware H.264 high definition encoder, for high performance, high quality TV recordings.
- Component video input from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers. Optical or stereo audio inputs.
- Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1 .
- Record at data rates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and variable Bit Rate.
- Make Blu-ray format AVCHD recordings, so you can burn your TV recordings on to a standard DVD disk (up to 2 hours of video at 5MBits/sec) and play back on Blu-ray DVD players.
- Includes HD software video player, so you can play back recordings to your PC screen.
- Audio / Video component video loop through to allow HD recording and viewing at the same time.
- High Performance Noise Reduction Function.
- NTSC,PAL and SECAM Support.
- IR receiver for remote control.
- IR Blaster to change the TV channels in your set top box.
- Support for many (optional) 3rd party software packages such as: Sage TV, Myth TV for Linux, EyeTV 3.1
Recording formats
There are three H.264 formats you can choose when recording a video:
.TS, which is a generic 'transport stream' compatible with many digital media players
.M2TS, which is compatible with the Sony Playstation3
.MP4, which is compatible with the XBox360
The .TS and .M2TS files are AVCHD compatible and can be used to burn Blu-ray compatible disk recordings. These files can be burned on to a standard DVD+R or DVD+RW disk for playback in a Blu-ray disk player using the included Arcsoft TME Disk Create application. Approximately 2 hours of HD TV recorded at 5Mbits/sec can be put on to a standard DVD+R or DVD+RW disk.
The included TME Media Converter programme may also be used to convert the .TS file to other formats compatible for playback on an iPhone and Ipod.
System Requirements:
Processor Requirements (minimum): Dual core CPU
Graphics with 256MB memory (or greater)
Sound card
CD-ROM drive for installing the HD PVR
Note: when playing back video recordings made with the HD PVR, a fast CPU and at least 256MB of graphics memory are needed.
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