Hauppauge HD-PVR Review at ExtremeTech
For those of you looking for a review of the Hauppauge HD-PVR (my first take on the device is here) and too impatient to wait for the review that I have 90% complete, check out ExtremeTech’s complete review of the component video recorder.
I will let you read it as is with one note: The author of the ExtremeTech review only used the software included with the HD-PVR. This is okay for some purposes, but if you’re planning to use the HD-PVR with an HTPC you REALLY need to use it with SageTV (working well with HD-PVR) or BeyondTV (in beta although not officially supported yet). I’m using my HD-PVR with SageTV and love it. I think if the reviewer had done this he would have had a better impression of the device.
The reviewer really focused on the ability to convert the output from the HD-PVR to use on iPod or PSP which is difficult with h.264 files. I consider the HD-PVR an viable alternative to the CableCard technology used in Microsoft Vista Media Centers and judge it as such. I’ll get into that more when I release my complete review of the Hauppauge HD-PVR.
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12:22 PM, July 16, 2008
blog comments powered by DisqusIt's unfortunate that folks will make judgement based on reviews like this.
- Hauppauge claims support for 1080i, not 1080p
- Conversion software works great for me
- The player does support screen captures but the functionality is not mapped to the reviewer's preferred key. It actually uses the 'p' key or the button to the immediate right of the 'setup' button
- The reviewer lists 'limited to one source device' as a con. I'm not sure if he really understands how this works.
I am a very happy customer of one of these devices :)