Hauppauge HD PVR now available for order

by Darren Murph posted Apr 7th 2008 at 6:25PM

We've seen it announced, delayed and pictured -- now the time to place your order has finally come. The highly-anticipated Hauppauge HD PVR -- which sports a hardware H.264 encoder, component video inputs, NTSC / PAL / SECAM support and loads more for HD junkies to love -- is finally available to order. You heard right, for $249 you can drop this puppy in your shopping cart and await its presence in your humble abode. Shipping times, however, could be another matter entirely.

[Thanks, JAW IV]

Filed under: DVRs, Recorders, Set-top boxes

Tags: h264, Hauppauge, hd pvr, hd-pvr, HdPvr, pvr, shipping

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Mr Stevo @ Apr 7th 2008 6:55PM

Where does this box fit into the whole equation? It seems to be like a middle point between your tv connection and your pc. So it sounds like a hardware encoder. Hmmm.... $250 sounds like a lot of money for this.

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Wismac @ Apr 7th 2008 7:19PM

Woot got mine order, I can't wait to ditch my HD-Homerun and enjoy all the other HD channels my comcrap cable has...

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Rivertrance @ Apr 7th 2008 9:55PM

Wow...finally, I can record all my High-Def ( and SD ) from my HD Cable STB, PS3, DVD, HDV and MiniDV Camcorder and VCR into HQ h264 video !
Also, the included Arcsoft SW allows me to burn AVCHD (h.264+AC3 audio)onto DVDs or BD Disc and play it back in any Blue-Ray Player... very cool ;)

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DaveVA @ Apr 7th 2008 10:34PM

So, $250 buys an external A/D D/A converter w/ no HDD and your PC is also required for the EPG funtionality... Not realy a PVR by its self, but still aluring that it can make use of the 'Analog Hole" for buring disks. Does anyones set top box have Macrovision on the componet outputs? Are the anolaog outputs disapbled when the HDMI conector is being used. Would wnat to know thay before buying one of these.

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Rivertrance @ Apr 7th 2008 10:54PM

More than just an A/D D/A Converter... the spec's indicate a HD H.264 hardware video encoder... and PC Capture, Player, Authoring and Burning SW. This is a 1st and the image quality ( as shown as CES and CeBIT ) is amazing. I could not see the difference between the source and the recorded video!

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