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.

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 HD video library ... burn your video recordings in a high definition blu-ray format!
The HD PVRs amazing recording quality allows personal archival of your favorite TV programs. Record your TV programs in HD, then burn them onto a standard DVD disk (up to tow hours) in a high definition blu-ray fomat.

HD PVR connects to any component video equipped HD set top box. HD PVR also has standard definition composite and S-Video inputs so you can record your old home video tapes and then burn onto a DVD disk.

New! HD PVR support for Windows Media Center (beta test version now available)!
Use HD PVR as a video recorder in Windows 7 Media Center. You can watch and record premium cable and satellite TV in Windows 7 Media Center, creating TV recordings in HD using the efficient and high quality H.264 format. The beta version of 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

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."

• 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 (the remote control is optional and is available on the Hauppauge webstore)
• IR Blaster to change the TV channels in your set top box

Recording Formats:

• .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

Technical 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)
  • NTSC: 720p60, 1080i60, 480i60, 480p60
  • PAL: 720p50, 1080i50, 576p50, 576i50, 480p50, 480i50

• 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

• 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

What's In the Box?

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

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