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We have collected 2 reviews of the Hauppauge HD PVR. Experts rate Hauppauge HD PVR 9.3/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Hauppauge HD PVR and Hauppauge Multimedia hard drive.
For years, I have been trying to find a HD recorder that can not only record any Cable/Satellite show, but also one that would allow me to record my dad's old VCR movies onto the computer so that we can optimize them to today's standards. I am always on the lookout to try new things, to review the unique or unusual devices that can or will make our lives a whole lot easier.The Hauppauge HD-PVR is such a device that can make our daily movie/show watching lives a lot easier. This little device can record from any video source, and I do mean any video source. I recorded shows from my Cable set top box, recorded a Xbox 360 game, a Xbox game, satellite television, recorded some of my Blu-Ray movies (In full High Definition of 1080i mind you), a DVD movie, I even went retro with a few movies. I felt that since this recorder was recording from the all the above with success, I wanted to see if I could even record a VCR movie. Yep, them movie players from the good ole Eighties and early Nineties that we all had at one point in our lives. Low and behold this little HD PVR from Hauppauge did just that; it would record anything I threw at it.
HDMI is vastly superior to the high-definition connectivity solution of yore, which relied on one of two types of digital cables for audio and a second, well-shielded, three-gang cable for component video. Unfortunately, HDMI is tightly entwined with HDCP, and that DRM standard interferes with our ability to exercise our fair-use rights to time-shift TV programming and to make back-up copies of Blu-ray movies. If you’re willing to settle for digital recordings of analog high-definition content, Hauppauge has a solution that exploits the so-called “analog hole.” Set-top boxes and Blu-ray players currently encrypt their digital video streams, but they output completely unprotected analog streams. The HD PVR captures component analog video (at a max resolution of 1080i; 720p is also supported) and either analog or digital audio, digitizes those streams, and sends them to your PC’s hard drive over a USB 2.0 cable (these files will be large, so use an NTFS-formatted drive). Plug in the included IR blaster and install the scheduling software on your PC and you can power up your cable or satellite TV set-top box, tune it to the desired channel, and record whatever TV programming you happen to be interested in.
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Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder | $179.99 | See it |
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Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder | $189.99 | See it |
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Hauppauge 1212 High Definition Personal Video Recorder | $243.99 | See it |
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Hauppauge 1212 High Definition Personal Video Recorder 1212 | $252.47 | See it |
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Hauppauge HD Personal Video Recorder USB | $269.96 | See it |