Comments on: Hauppauge HD PVR Specs Revealed

By: Rivertrance

Rivertrance — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:10:22 +0000

The Hauppauge HD PVR has an updated Driver that works awesome. You can record HD (upto 1080i) and DD5.1 from any Cable or SAT STB/DVR. I record sports, movies, tv shows etc in the avchd format…and then stream to my PS3 for playback. It’s an awesome set-up…which I highly recommend for anyone who want to build your own personal HD Video libraries!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:54:34 +0000

As a total novice (all the jargon left me behind post VHS) it sounds like this HD PVR won’t meet my need. All I want is to be able to archive HD football games to blu-ray, either from what is recorded on my Verizon FIOS HD DVR since it has very limited capacity (20 hours) or directly to blu-ray while watching the live game. Is this possible now or at some future time? Is it all so complex due to the copyright issue? I’m completely lost!

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:45:10 +0000

Yeah, seeing those “copy protected” flags on all my HBO on Tivo HD content. I don’t know if these would survive the digital to analog transition this box requires though, i.e. the 5C copy flags are in the MPEG stream and won’t be there on the component out. I presume there is still a way this content might be protected here, using Macrovision protection say, but its going to depend on whether the Hauppauge or any other boxes in question respect the Macrovision protection sequence and disallow copying within the home.

Once again I’m gonna bet that if a cable company deploys its own MOT or SA STBs for whole home DVR, somehow those 5C flags won’t stop things from moving around. Another thing the FCC should look at.

By: canoehead

canoehead — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:31:28 +0000

Not a true consumer solution – enthusiasts only, and even then it gets pricey. I can’t see leaving Tivo for an HTPC solution for the WAF alone – also, with the cheap Tivo HDs and ever-cheaper HDDs (Samsung 750Gb for under $120!) Tivo also makes sense economically, especially since my free time is limited and worth something. Basically this thing would be good for recording stuff off the Tivo that is flagged against Tivo ToGo – might be worth it if the price comes down a bit.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:14:05 +0000

The device is now up for pre-order at $249…

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:25:39 +0000

You’d need two cable boxes and two Hauppauge devices. The second set of component connections are pass-thru.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:19:19 +0000

Now, do I understand it correctly that this box will only be able to record one channel at a time, i.e. you would need two cable boxes to record two channels?

By: hdtivo

hdtivo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:47:49 +0000

Good point about the central DVR/ thin client. I�ve advocated that before too. One problem is the darn copy flags on digital content. Anyway, there is room in the market for a variety of approaches to suit various circumstances in the consumer environment.

A company that wants to be a major player should look at offering multiple products.