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I found a couple articles on an Hauppauge HD recorder on Google. Can anyone tell me what this means?


Hauppauge Demonstrates New Affordable High Definition Video Recorder for PCs Category: Peripherals - January 11, 2008
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Hauppauge Digital, Inc., the world's leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital TV receiver products for personal computers, demonstrated at CES 2008 for the first time their ‘HD PVR’, a USB personal video recorder which can record high definition TV video into H.264 in real time.

The HD PVR can connect to high definition cable TV or satellite TV set top box receivers, and uses it’s on-board H.264 hardware encoder to record high definition TV programs in an ISO standard HD H.264 AVC format in real time. The connections to the set top boxes are made via component cables, also referred to as ‘YPrPb’ or the red/blue/green connectors on HD set top boxes. The HD PVR includes a video player application which allows the recorded TV programs to be played back on a PC screen.

To enable automatic recording of TV programs, the HD PVR recorder includes Hauppauge’s IR Blaster, which controls the channels on most popular cable and satellite TV set top boxes in North America and Europe, and will allow users to schedule the recording of their HD programs. The IR Blaster is also used on Hauppauge’s WinTV-PVR-150 and WinTV-HVR-1600 TV receivers.

In addition to high definition ISO standard H.264 recordings, the Hauppauge HD PVR can also create AVCHD recordings, which is the format used on Blu-ray high definition players. As part of the software applications which will be shipped with Hauppauge’s HD encoder, a DVD burning application will be provided which can take AVCHD formatted recordings and burn them onto a conventional DVD disc. These discs can then be played in Blu-ray DVD players. About 2 hours of Blu-ray HD content can be recorded on a 4.7 GByte DVD disk.

The HD PVR will be available in Q1 2008, with a suggested retail price of $249.

 

[MDS]

It's a DVR that can record high definition using an H.264 codec (MPEG4).

What is about the press release that you want more clarification on?

 

[TLS Guy]

Hauppauge are leaders in on he go recording. I see a law suit on this one. The only thing is that the forgot the new standards. From now on HD devices must downgrade to 480i on all analog outputs. They won't be able to provide an HDMI record port. The DRM of the HDCP codes will defeat that. For now it will work with devices that output HD via component video. They are risking the wrath of Hollywood.

 

[cyber_blob]

It's a DVR that can record high definition using an H.264 codec (MPEG4).

What is about the press release that you want more clarification on?

Tell me if I’m on the right track… I plug this PVR into my computer and connect to an STB via component cables. (Does it matter that audio is not mentioned?) This video can be displayed on a computer screen. (What if my computer screen is an HDTV?) Can I record premium HD content? (Do I need something special to play MPEG4s?)

 

[jinjuku]

Here is a Wall Street Journal blurb on this.

It only features component in. So if ICT is enabled you really won't be recording high def. Also with component I believe the best you will get is 720p if ICT isn't enabled. Which still ain't bad.