Hauppauge HD PVR Preorder Sales Begin

The Hauppauge HD PVR Recorder Model 1212 is for sale as of 11:30 Central Time Today.

You can order yours for $249.00 plus shipping at the Hauppauge Website at this link

 

A few things to note with this. 

• Although SageTV has said they'll have support at or very soon after release, there is no guarantee of support (or timing of support) for various HTPC software.
• There's no guarantee of the quality of output at this point since we've only seen a few video samples on the web.  While everyone hopes and expects it will be good, there's just no guarantee until we hear from people actually using or testing these.
• The demand on your HTPC will likely be high so performance there could be an issue - especially for those with older PCs or videocards.
• The shipping date on the Hauppauge website says May 1st, but that date has been slippery so we'll have to wait and see.
• $250 isn't bad, but you have to include the fact that you'll need one of these plus a cable/satellite box for each channel you want to record.

All of that being said, I'm still excited about this device and will have a review on it out at or soon after release date.  Stay tuned for more information!

UPDATE:

Want to see the board on this thing?  See photos of it in action (albeit naked without the case on?)  The snapstream blog has the scoop - check it out here