Record your high definition TV programs to your PC, using high quality H.264!

HD PVR is the world’s first High-Definition video recorder for making real-time H.264 compressed recordings at resolutions up to 1080i.  HD-PVR records component video (YCrCb) from cable TV and satellite set top boxes, with a built-in IR blaster to automatically change TV channels for scheduled recordings. Audio is recorded using two channel stereo or optical audio with five channel Dolby Digital.

The recording format is AVCHD, which can be used to burn Blu-ray DVD disks. Two hours of HD recordings, recorded at 5 Mbits/sec, can be burnt onto a standard 4.7 GByte DVD-R or DVD-RW disk for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player.

New! Now for Windows Media Center!

Use HD PVR as a video recorder in Windows Media Center from Windows 7. You can watch and record premium cable and satellite TV in Windows Media Center, creating TV recordings in HD using the efficient and high quality H.264 format. The Windows Media Center support is a free upgrade from Hauppauge, and can be downloaded from the HD PVR support pages at http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hdpvr.html

Record your video game play

One of the popular uses for the HD PVR is for recording video gameplay. As said on GeekTonic:
"Now I think anyone watching me play videogames is a sure-fire way to put them to sleep – or at least laugh at my videogame performance. But I know there is a very large number of videogamers using the HD-PVR to record their video gameplay."

Create your own high definition video library

The HD PVRs amazing recording quality allows personal archival of your favorite high definition TV programs from any component video HD set top box.  The HD PVR also has standard definition composite and S-Video inputs so you can record your old home video tapes into an AVCHD format for creating Blu-ray DVD recordings.

Turn your old home video tapes into Blu-ray DVD disks

You can also use HD PVR to turn your old VCR tapes into Blu-ray disks. Record your video tapes using HD PVR and then burn Blu-ray formatted DVD disks on your PC. As was said in the HD PVR review from the Bjorn3D website: "The last test was seeing if this unit would record from my parents ever ancient and out dated VCR player/recorder. After a few minutes of switching out cables, getting everything set up, we got the VCR all hooked up and playing. Shortly after doing all of this, I hit the record button, and then we were recording one of my parent’s favorite movies ... he can now record all of his old VCR movies over to a DVD with very little effort."

Features

• Built-in hardware H.264 high definition encoder, for high performance, high quality TV recordings
• Component video input (YCrCb or YPrPb) from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers. Optical or stereo audio inputs.
• Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
• Record at datarates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and Variable Bit Rate
• Make Blu-ray format AVCHD recordings, so you can burn your TV recordings onto a standard DVD disk (up to 2 hours of video at 5MBits/sec) and playback on Blu-ray DVD players
• Includes HD software video player, so you can playback recordings to your PC screen
• Audio / Video component video loop through to allow HD recording and viewing at the same time
• High Performance Noise Reduction Function
• NTSC,PAL and SECAM Support
• IR receiver for remote control
• IR Blaster to change the TV channels in your set top box

Record formats

There are three H.264 formats you can choose when recording a video:

• .TS, which is a generic 'transport stream' compatible with many digital media players
• .M2TS, which is compatible with the Sony Playstation3
• .MP4, which is compatible with the XBox360

The .TS and .M2TS files are AVCHD compatible, and can be used to burn Blu-ray compatible disk recordings. These files can be burned onto a standard DVD+R or DVD+RW disk for playback in a Blu-ray disk player using the included Arcsoft TME Disk Create application. Approximately 2 hours of HD TV recorded at 5Mbits/sec can be put onto a standard DVD+R or DVD+RW disk.

The included TME Media Converter program may also be used to convert the .TS file to other formats compatible for playback on an iPhone and Ipod.

HD PVR diagrams

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HD PVR Specifications

• Hardware encoder
• H.264 AVCHD video encoder
• AC-3 audio encoding
• Recording datarate: from 1 to 13.5 Mbits/sec (user selectable)
• Recording format: up to 1080i from component video (YCrCb or YPrPb)
  Note: the video input format determines the recorded format. For example, 1080i input records at 1080i, 720P records at 720P, etc.. Any other format conversions needs to be done with the MediaConvert program (supplied).
• NTSC or PAL supported
• Size:
  • 19.8cm wide x 17.3 cm deep x 7 cm high
• Power:
  • 5V at 2 amps
  • Input voltage of power supply provided: 110-220v at 50/60Hz
• Weight:
  • 1 lb, 3 oz

System Requirements

Note: when playing back video recordings made with the HD PVR, a fast CPU and at least 256MB of graphics memory are needed.

• Processor Requirements (minimum): Dual core CPU 2.0GHz or faster
• Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit), Windows Vista or Windows XP service pack 2 (32-bit).
• Graphics with 256MB memory (or greater)
• Sound card
• CD-ROM drive for installing the HD PVR software

Included with the HD PVR

• HD PVR high definition personal video recorder, USB
• Remote control including batteries
• IR Blaster transmitter cable
• Component video cable set
• Stereo audio cable set
• USB cable
• 5v power supply, 110/220v

Bundled software applications

•  Arcsoft “TotalMediaExtreme”  for video recording and authoring and burning of your TV recordings onto a Blu-ray DVD compatible disc
• Arcsoft “TotalMedia Theater”, a video player so you can play back your TV recordings to your PC screen
• Arcsoft “MediaConverter” , to convert your H.264 HD recordings onto other formats
• Includes Hauppauge's WinTV scheduler for scheduled TV recordings

Input and outputs

• Component video input and loop through output
• Optical audio Input and loop through output
• Left/ Right RCA audio input and loop through output
• Composite video and S-Video inputs (on front panel)
• Left/right audio input (on front panel)
• IR Blaster output
• USB2.0 High speed Device

 

Model numbers

model 01212: HD PVR, with English manual
model 01219: HD PVR, with English and French manuals

3rd Party Applications

Arcsoft Total Media Extreme:

Updates to the Acrsoft TME applications are distributed by Arcsoft directly. The latest version of Total Media Extreme adds direct record support for the Sony Playstation 3 and the XBox360.

SageTV for HD PVR:

Please contact SageTV at www.sagetv.com for information on SageTV for HD PVR.

HD PVR for the Mac:

Click here for information on HD PVR Capture, which provides HD PVR support for all Apple Macs:
www.hdpvrcapture.com

Windows Media Center support from DVB Link

Use the HD PVR as the video recorder for Windows Media Center with DVB Link.
Here's a link to a 30 day trial version

MythTV for the HD PVR

For Linux users, there is a version of MythTV which supports HD PVR. Please click here to get more information:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/HD_PVR

Click here for the FAQ