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HD PVR USB2

Record high definition TV programs to your PC using high quality H.264!

The Hauppauge HD PVR is the world’s first High-Definition video recorder for making real-time H.264 compressed recordings at resolutions up to 1080i.

HD-PVR records component video (YCrCb) from cable TV and satellite set top boxes, with a built-in IR blaster to automatically change TV channels for scheduled recordings. Audio is recorded using AAC or Dolby Digital.

The recording format is AVCHD, which can be used to burn Blu-ray DVD disks. Two hours of HD recordings, recorded at 5 Mbits/sec, can be burnt onto a standard 4.7 GByte DVD-R or DVD-RW disk for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player.

• Record at data rates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and Variable Bit Rate
• Make Blu-ray format AVCHD recordings

• Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
• Component, Composite and S-VHS inputs
• USB2 connection for Windows or Mac computers

Record your video game play

One of the popular uses for the HD PVR is for recording video gameplay. As said on GeekTonic: "Now I think anyone watching me play videogames is a sure-fire way to put them to sleep – or at least laugh at my videogame performance. But I know there is a very large number of videogamers using the HD-PVR to record their video gameplay."

Create your own video library

The HD PVRs amazing recording quality allows personal archival of your favorite high definition TV programs from any component video HD set top box.  The HD PVR also has standard definition composite and S-Video inputs so you can record your old home video tapes into an AVCHD format for creating Blu-ray DVD recordings.

Features

• Built-in hardware H.264 high definition encoder, for high performance, high quality TV recordings
• Component video input from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers. Optical or stereo audio inputs.
• Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
• Record at datarates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and Variable Bit Rate
• NTSC,PAL and SECAM Support
• High Performance Noise Reduction Function

• Make Blu-ray format AVCHD recordings, so you can burn your TV recordings onto a standard DVD disk (up to 2 hours of video at 5MBits/sec) and playback on Blu-ray DVD players
• Includes HD software video player, so you can playback recordings to your PC screen
• Audio/Video component video loop through to allow HD recording and viewing at the same time
• IR receiver for remote control
• IR Blaster to change TV channels on your set-top box

Record Formats

There are three H.264 formats you can choose when recording a video:

• .TS, which is a generic 'transport stream' compatible with many digital media players

• .M2TS, which is compatible with the Sony Playstation3
• .MP4, which is compatible with the XBox360

The .TS and .M2TS files are AVCHD compatible, and can be used to burn Blu-ray compatible disk recordings. These files can be burned onto a standard DVD+R or DVD+RW disk for playback in a Blu-ray disk player using the included Arcsoft TME Disk Create application. Approximately 2 hours of HD TV recorded at 5Mbits/sec can be put onto a standard DVD+R or DVD+RW disk.

The included TME Media Converter program may also be used to convert the .TS file to other formats compatible for playback on an iPhone and Ipod.

What's Included

• HD PVR high definition personal video recorder, USB
• Remote control including batteries
• IR Blaster transmitter cable

• Component video cable set
• Audio cable set
• USB cable
• Australian 5v power supply

Bundled (Windows) software applications

• Arcsoft “TotalMediaExtreme” for video recording and authoring and burning of your TV recordings onto a Blu-ray DVD compatible disc
• Arcsoft “TotalMedia Theater”, a video player so you can play back your TV recordings to your PC screen

• Arcsoft “MediaConverter” , to convert your H.264 HD recordings onto other formats
• Includes Hauppauge's WinTV scheduler for scheduled TV recordings

Mac compatibility

HD PVR USB2 is Mac compatible via third party software (not included) available from : www.steventoth.net/blog/products/hdpvr-capture/about/

Specifications

System requirements:

• Processor Requirements (minimum): Dual core CPU
• Graphics with 256MB memory (or greater)

• Sound card
• CD-ROM drive for installing the HD PVR software

Note: when playing back video recordings made with the HD PVR, a fast CPU and at least 256MB of graphics memory are needed.