Comments on: Hauppauge HD-PVR Delayed Until Mid-May

By: Les Chitester

Les Chitester — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:35:49 +0000

I’m waiting for the actual production units to be reviewed before I jump on this one. Everything seems to look Ok for now.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:43:57 +0000

CES is huge, thousands of companies are represented. I cover this space and I never even found Hauppauge there. Gefen would be more of a target, possibly violating HDMI/HDCP licensing... and even that doesn't seem to have gotten much attention. Brent says a batch of final product has arrived at Hauppauge - so, perhaps delivery will start soon.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:29:53 +0000

There’s no doubt something else is “up” with this. I was told the story about cases too, but theoretically, if this device can record ANYTHING with a component-out, then it seems as though Blu-Rays could be vulnerable as well.

I bet the studios and movie companies are up in arms over this. I agree they are pushing for some protection. Hauppauge is NOT that small, and since this device was showcased at CES 2008, you can be sure that the MPAA, RIAA, DMCA, and FCC were on hand to see it too.

By: MrEkted

MrEkted — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:26:37 +0000

My source at Hauppauge said there was a “production delay on the plastic cases.”

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:05:56 +0000

Not so much a conspiracy theory as the thought that recording the Ac3 signal if it indeed has the SCMS flag set might be a DMCA problem, and if anyone pointed this out to Hauppauge, their lawyers might think twice about putting this on the market without firmware that honors the flag. I hope it records the dolby surround signal, since most hobbyists won’t be happy with their new hi-def capture device requiring a downgrade in audio.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:48:41 +0000

I was wondering when we’d see the MPAA/RIAA/DMCA/FCC conspiracy theory appear… Delays in this industry are nearly universal. That’s the price of pre-announcing new technological solutions. The truth is, these sorts of delays are rarely related to such issues. I have no insider info in this case, but I seriously doubt a tiny company like Hauppauge has been noticed by any of these “oversight” agencies. If they have have great commercial success, maybe… But now, I seriously doubt it.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:59:24 +0000

“Driver” issues? Since when does that delay hardware shipment? Every vendor everywhere ships with the expectation that the disk included in the box won’t be used and that current software and drivers will be downloaded.

I am pretty sure there is something else going on here. Could be a real glitch with the product they are working to fix (drivers, I suppose) but I will bet that someone from the MPAA has whispered in the ears of Hauppauge execs that there will be DMCA problems with allowing capture of SCMS protected dolby digital streams through the digital audio input. I’ll be they’re scrambling to allow only analog/stereo capture of the unprotected portion of the audio stream.

With CD ripping, we all forgot about SCMS didn’t we? Well I have read that it can be contained in the AC3 stream over SPDIF.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:40:02 +0000

http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/04/07/the-hauppauge-hd-pvr-in-the-lab-at-snapstream/