
- HAUPPAUGE HD PVR SOFTWARE CRASHES WHEN USING LOGITECH C920 PRO
- HAUPPAUGE HD PVR SOFTWARE CRASHES WHEN USING LOGITECH C920 SOFTWARE
The chip is an all-in-one chip with a digitizer and H.264 encoder - a similar chip from the same chip manufacturer is used in many popular HD camcorders.
HAUPPAUGE HD PVR SOFTWARE CRASHES WHEN USING LOGITECH C920 PRO
This same chip is used in the Gefen HD PVR, the coming-soon Slingbox Pro HD and a few other devices yet to be released.
HAUPPAUGE HD PVR SOFTWARE CRASHES WHEN USING LOGITECH C920 SOFTWARE
The hardware is finished and possibly already in the hands of several HTPC software makers for testing with their software programs.Encodes your component video to H.264 transport streams at data rates between 1Mbit - 13.5Mbit/s using it's hardware encoding (all done by the device - not your PC.).Accepts component video in "up to 1080p".Release date is projected to be April or May (pushed back from the original March 31 date).The official name isn't known yet, but it's called the HD PVR at the trade shows - could change at release date.With this device, if it works as expected we'll be able to plug it into the outgoing component outputs of any HD device such as a cable box then tune and record that HD content. This was expensive and inflexible - especially if you prefer other HTPC programs such as SageTV, Beyond TV, GBPVR, Media Portal, Meedios or MythTV. Thus far, it has been nearly impossible to record encrypted digital channels (think ESPN HD or HBO etc) to your Home Theater PC unless you have purchased a pre-configured, Microsoft Vista Media Center computer that has CableCard tuner/s pre-installed. The HDMI digital connection that are quickly becoming the standard do protect the content so component out was the only loophole.

This term was coined by those in the industry as one way people could get HD content isn't protected from being copied or moved in any way.

Why is this device so exciting? Any analog video out of your typical HD set-top box has been termed the "Analog Hole". There's more news from the CeBIT show that just ended this past weekend in Germany regarding the Hauppauge HD-PVR - a device that will let us record digital television straight from any component video output like a cable box, satellite box or even that HD mentioned first in this post and then again in this one. UPDATE: I now have photos of the Hauppauge HD-PVR device here
