Hauppauge HD PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder

Record 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 AAC or Dolby Digital. The recording Format is AVCHD, which can be used to burn Blu-Ray DVD disks. Two hours of HD recordings, recorded at 5Mbits/sec, can be burnt onto a standard 4.7GB DVD-R or DVD-RW disk for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player. The HD PVR's amazing recording quality allows Personal archiving 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.

Includes HD PVR high definition personal video recorder, Remote Control with batteries, IR Blaster transmitter cable, Component video cable set, Audio cable set, USB cable, 5v power supply, and Bundled software applications

Built-in Hardware H.264 high definition encoder for high performance, high quality TV recordings

Component video input from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers

Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1

Record at Data rates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and Variable Bit Rate

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

IR Blaster to change the TV channels in your set top box

Recording data rate from 1 to 13.5 Mbits/sec (user selectable)

Recording format up to 1080i from component video (YCrCb)

Input and outputs: Component video input, Optical audio Input, Left/ Right RCA audio input, Composite video and S-Video inputs on front panel, Left/right audio input on front panel, IR Blaster output, and USB 2.0 High speed Device

Dimensions: 19.8x17.3x7cm

Weight: 1 pounds, 3 ounces