Hauppauge HD PVR, DISH HD capture

[nsaspook]

Some snaps of the device in action.

HD capture of HD-NET Movies "Snatch" from 811 component output, TV connected to DVI port. Computer playback is very good. A 5min video file is about 330MB.

 

[digiblur]

Interesting...component capture device. Should work great until the DRM kicks in.

My kids have the same desk. Picked that thing up for $30 with the chair at Office Depot on sale. The chair broke in a couple of months though. I think there desk has the PC on the right hand side though.

 

[nsaspook]

Interesting...component capture device. Should work great until the DRM kicks in.

My kids have the same desk. Picked that thing up for $30 with the chair at Office Depot on sale. The chair broke in a couple of months though. I think there desk has the PC on the right hand side though.

This device CAN copy material off DVHS that is flagged as "copy-once" or "copy-never" CGMS/A is not an issue.

I junked the chair right away. That thing was a joke.

 

[diogen]

Does 9Mbps (from the pictures) mean the encoding rate or source material? If it is AVC encoding rate, that sounds really good.
That will fit a 2h movie on a DL DVD. I don't think broadcasted hidef - of any nature and origin - would need higher bitrate to do it justice.

Diogen.

 

[RandallA]

Interesting...component capture device. Should work great until the DRM kicks in.

My kids have the same desk. Picked that thing up for $30 with the chair at Office Depot on sale. The chair broke in a couple of months though. I think there desk has the PC on the right hand side though.

I have the same desk for my daughter and yes the PC sits on the right side. I'll be interested to know if this thing can still record off component after the DRM is enabled.

 

[diogen]

Should work great until the DRM kicks in.

This won't be easy to accomplish.
Since the PVRs already sold can't be forced to do anything, the only way to prevent/downconvert recordings
is to cripple the analog out (VGA, component) of the player/receiver, ICT of sort.

Just like the recent case of Microsoft obeying the broadcast flag, it can be that the Hauppauge will refuse to record
the full resolution based on some other flags, but I think it's unlikely. But the broadcasters can probably be forced to downconvert over analog.

Diogen.

 

[digiblur]

This won't be easy to accomplish.
Since the PVRs already sold can't be forced to do anything, the only way to prevent/downconvert recordings
is to cripple the analog out (VGA, component) of the player/receiver, ICT of sort.

Just like the recent case of Microsoft obeying the broadcast flag, it can be that the Hauppauge will refuse to record
the full resolution based on some other flags, but I think it's unlikely. But the broadcasters can probably be forced to downconvert over analog.

Diogen.

It's already known that the content providers will require the cable co's and satellite companies to only display full resolution on HDCP HDMI connections whenever they deem fit.

 

[nsaspook]

Does 9Mbps (from the pictures) mean the encoding rate or source material? If it is AVC encoding rate, that sounds really good.
That will fit a 2h movie on a DL DVD. I don't think broadcasted hidef - of any nature and origin - would need higher bitrate to do it justice.

Diogen.

That's the encoder rate. It's adjustable from 1 to 13.5Mbs

HD PVR Product overview

 

[nsaspook]

It's already known that the content providers will require the cable co's and satellite companies to only display full resolution on HDCP HDMI connections whenever they deem fit.

It just means you have to spend a little to get the signal again.

HDfury
TC1500 RGB (VGA) to Component Converter

 

[vurbano]

i hope it does better than 2ch audio? it has optical input?

 

[nsaspook]

i hope it does better than 2ch audio? it has optical input?

It has optical passthru but the current windows driver is 2ch analog only for now. There is now a working linux driver for this device. Mythtv support will be soon.