Hauppauge DVR

[dfergie]

I also archive musical performances from Leno, Letterman etc...

 

[mike123abc]

I have used it to get clips from shows on the DVR and move whole shows over too. I like to save some clips from late night shows of bands, and do not want the whole show.

The only issue I have with Dish is that you need about a 5 second lead for the audio to sync from none to 5.1 in a show so have to preroll a bit.

 

[navychop]

I use all the time, instead of putting up with commercials watching Survivor & Stargate Universe... you can use the program provided to edit (crude & not frame precise) or use VideoReDo TV suite 4 for editing.
I watch mainly with my WDTV media player or stream to my PS3.

Wouldn't it be easier to just use a DVR? Unless you're going to keep it permanently and watch more than once it seems to be too much trouble to edit.

 

[dfergie]

I am keeping both, they are easy to burn to AVC HD dvd or BD's also...

 

[Ramy]

I finally bought this. Tested it once so far.

 

[dfergie]

Using mine right now

 

[navychop]

I finally bought this. Tested it once so far.

Tell me more.

 

[dfergie]

Shows I want to keep I record then cut out the commercials, recorded Terra Nova & Survivor yesterday, watched Terra Nova after Survivor..

 

[Ramy]

Tell me more.

When I get more time to test I will. You can input DD5.1 for sound which is nice.

 

[dfergie]

Wal Mart has them now ...
1080i Hauppauge HD PVR USB External TV Tuner - Walmart.com

 

[dfergie]

I use my laptop to get close to the set top box. I have not had issue with with the capture speed on a laptop. The only problem I have with the unit is that when audio changes format it can lose a few seconds (i.e. cuts between DD2.0 and DD5.1).

I've been using it with my laptop lately to get captures from the bedroom dvr with no problems...

 

[Ramy]

Don, How do you record the data onto your hard drive with this machine? What format? Do you convert it to blu-ray?

 

[dfergie]

Record as ts, edit with VideoReDo & use for media drives mainly, but MultiAvcHD works good to convert to AVCHD dvd's or BD's.