Hauppauge just brought personal video recording into the high definition age and probably pissed off a lot of studios in the process. You can then playback this high definition DVD over a Blu-ray player. About two hours of AVC-HD content in full high definition can be stored on a 4.7 GB disc. A DVD burning application will be included with the HD PVR that will let you burn AVC-HD onto DVD. The HD PVR can also record in AVC-HD, the format used on Blu-ray discs. It then dumps your recorded HD programming to your PC via USB for archiving.
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The device records up to 720p or 1080i resolution with an H.264 hardware encoder. So, no need to worry about DRM because the HD PVR is recording in the analogue realm. Now it's about to release a new HD PVR that’ll let you record programming from any HD set-top box via component (YPbPr) cables. The company makes the most affordable and reliable hardware tuner cards for your PC. Hauppauge is a brand known widely among the DIY HTPC crowd. Studios don’t want you storing their content and Cable TV providers know who butters its bread.
So, you’re more likely to see a flock of pigs making lazy circles in the sky than see the SATA port activated by the cable company. Of course its activation is at the discretion of your local cable TV provider. The SATA (Serial ATA) output should allow you to copy programming from the PVR to a hard drive.
The PC peripheral manufacturer is now taking orders for its highly anticipated HD PVR.Īnyone who owns a digital cable or satellite box with a built-in PVR knows the frustration of not being able to dump recorded programs to external storage.Įxample: Scientific Atlanta’s Explorer 8300HD Digital Cable/PVR receiver has a useless SATA output. If an analogue HD PVR that lets you easily copy content in full HD to your PC will piss off the studios, Hauppauge Digital will have them seeing red.