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I like to record some of my favorite TV shows for later viewing or even saving. I prefer to do it on my computer rather than use a dedicated DVR. This is the best solution I have found. I have a HD cable box but there is no way to use the HDMI out to record anything in HiDef. So up to now I have been recording in Standard Def using the composite output from the box (red, white & yellow output). With this box, I am able to use the component output from my cable box ( red, blue & green video plus audio) and record those shows on my computer in HD. I highly recommend the Hauppauge HD PVR. Note: there is no internal hard drive in this box so you have to use a computer as your storage device.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The machine was purchased to transfer old family VHS into a digital format. Hook up was easy from VHS TO HAUPPAGE and out to computer. I needed to supply cables from VHS to the HAUPPAGE but the correct cable out to computer was included. An includedDVD allowed easy upload into my computer. Once installs and with a small amount of tweaking I was up and running. The machine transfers the material to th quality of the input so don’t expect any video improvement. The software definitely does not allow for editing so a separate program or download must be employed for cutting, fading in and out, sound overlay. Etc. The software does allow you to convert into several different formats to play on different types of devices. Though I have no interest or experience in gaming there are cables included to come into the converter from various game devices to allow for recording and conversion of those as well. The HAUPPAGE does exactly what I purchased it for and in my opinion was a good value. It also was my first purchase on EBay and I found that the process was simple and seamless. It arrived 4 days after ordering. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I gotta say, using this device is the easiest way to capture High-Def content to your computer. You can also hook up your VHS and record older home movies or PlayStation 1, as it uses the older Yellow/White/Red inputs. Keep in mind that you DO need a good computer setup. I use this device on a laptop that uses 4GB of RAM, a dual core processor at 2.20 GHz per core, and the onboard GPU I can't recall right off, but it is fine. So if you have a computer with specs around that, you'll be fine. The included software is great! The default settings for the actual capture program work just fine, but if you're like me and want the highest HD quality, you will want to record in 13.5 MBPS using the .m2ts format. There's also the option to create a schedule for recording TV shows as well. The process of recording is straightforward and simple. I get the feeling that the developers had in mind that whatever HD content was to be captured, was more than likely going into a separate video editor, so they made the capturing process quick and easy. For those who are using Sony Vegas as their preferred video editor, you may want to check out some YouTube tutorials. The tutorial that really helped me out is titled: Hauppauge HD PVR Sony Vegas Best Quality Settings Tutorial. From user wepeeler. A great color correcting tutorial using Vegas is titled: Sony Vegas Color Correction Tutorial. From user BlowFishCinema. I mainly bought this for video projects and gameplay footage for YouTube, but will also be using it for recording older VHS home videos, and maybe some live streaming here and there. I can't really think of any cons about this product. For me, there are none. 5/5 Well deserved.Read full review
I'm using this HD PVR to record Playstation 3 gameplay. I chose this product over others in the market because it is the only one at present that records in high definition. When looking for a product I wanted one that would record in HD as well as be compatible with Macintosh computers and/or transfer the files directly to an external hard drive as to not take up too much space on my computer. The Hauppauge HD PVR does all of this. I recently bought a 2TB Western Digital external hard drive (also on eBay). Originally the Hauppauge website said the the HD PVR required a Windows operating system. This is not true. Afer watching a tutorial on YouTube I found that you can buy Elago Systems's EyeTV 3 software. You install this into your Mac without having to use Bootcamp or another virtual machine to run windows. After setting up EyeTV, you can record seamlessly from your game console. With the software you have the ability to designate where the video files will be saved to. I chose my external hard drive. I have recorded about 4 hours of gameplay so far and the quality is amazing. In EyeTV you can select File - Export and convert the EyeTV video files to a file more suitable to your liking. I'm exporting mine as HDV 1080i so I can edit them in Final Cut Pro. The only heads up I can give you is if you plan on having long session of game play exceeding over an hour at a time, make sure you stop recording and resume recording just to break up the files and make them a little easier to convert/transfer/deal with. Also, you can not use a HDMI cord with this PVR. I hope in the future Hauppauge or another company makes a PVR with an HDMI in and out.Read full review
I am using the unit as a pass-through from my component cable box to my Home theater PC. On several occasions, the software did not recognize the unit, and the USB input fails to initialize, leaving a black hole where the video should be. I did a work around by using the relay power switch within the Comcast cable box, so the unit powers up and down as the cable box does. This reset seems to resolve the problem. Performance has been slightly better than the cheap $50.00 composite unit I used to use. Searching a file in play is difficult, and until I figured it out, I didn't know the name of the file I recorded or where it went. I finally found the file name was a date stamp. Documentation sucks. Performance is worth the $100.00 price I paid. I am not using the remote or IR sender, as I have a Crestron Control system running the home theater, and this unit is passive to the system. When viewing the component video by using the PC mode on the monitor, the component output sometimes will not start, and the screen is blank. It appears to put out a non standard Sync signal that not all monitors like. Overall, I am satisfied, when everything is booted correctly and I can record NOVA or some other cable component signal in Quasi HD. My goal was to build a PC library of interesting cable stuff. This is working, but renaming and moving the files is tedious. You can only name the file after it is recorded. I have not figured out how to stich four or five segments together due to commercial pauses. This represents itself as 4 different programs. I just record the commercials now. This assumption may be incorrect because the folded piece of paper that serves as a user manual sucks so much!Read full review
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