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Hauppauge - New Affordable HD Video recorder
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:05 pm
by cj
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In case you haven't figured it out, the folks producing HD content don't want you recording it and burning it to HD DVDs. That's why HDMI requires handshakes and authorization - to make sure you aren't sending it to an unauthorized recording device.
Yeah, I've noticed, but I'm not giving up that easily!
Help around the corner? . . .
Hauppauge Demonstrates New Affordable High Definition Video Recorder for PCs Category: Peripherals - January 11, 2008
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The HD PVR can connect to high definition cable TV or satellite TV set top box receivers, and uses it
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:11 pm
by Richard
This product is not on their site yet and I look forward to researching it... If the above claim is true then that HD down conversion switch may get flipped way sooner than expected and HDMI will be the only way to get real HD to your screen...
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:21 pm
by akirby
That was EXACTLY my thought as I'm preparing to move my 55" component only RPTV upstairs and continue to use it for a few more years. Please do NOT screw this up, Hauppage!
But doesn't it seem odd that they're claiming 2 hours of Blu-Ray HD video on a standard 4.7gb DVD?
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:30 pm
by Richard
The whole thing is odd...
I'll look forward to your test results . . .
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:30 pm
by cj
All of my "this is too good to be true" alarms are going off as I read the PR.
I don't think the industry is ready to go 100% HDMI yet. I see too many posts on too many forums like:
"I hooked up my new super-duper HD device with the HDMI cable and it didn't work, so I switched to the component cables and everything was SWEET!"
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:23 pm
by Shane
akirby wrote:But doesn't it seem odd that they're claiming 2 hours of Blu-Ray HD video on a standard 4.7gb DVD?
Reading back through that paragraph reveals that this is actually AVC-HD format, not Blu-ray. AVCHD is more compressed, intended for camcorder recording to maximize recording time on space-limited media.
- Shane
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:13 pm
by jjkilleen
It looks like this device captures HD from the component output of a cable or sat box and sends it via USB to be saved on the PC's drive. Now if the USB signal is encoded and the drive file can only be viewed on that PC, similar to the media center scheme, then everything is in line with present practice. We only have half the story.
Thanks, mlknez. That would be very cool . . .
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:29 am
by cj
Straight HD video to H.264. Makes sense; your monitor doesn't need to do any unencryption, etc. and so this device shouldn't either.
The threat of HDMI enforcement is there. I say put the product out there and let's see what happens.
Does anyone have experience with burning DVD from H.264?
For HD H.264 content, what should I expect for DVD replay quality?
Re: Hauppage HD DVR
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:56 pm
by dwforslund
Not really odd. mpeg-4 does a better job of compression than mpeg-2. I can easily get 2 hours of HD DivX on a standard 4.7GB disk. This hardware sounds like a good solution to the recording of HD signals that aren't already in mpeg-2 or mpeg-4 format.