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I tried out the official support when it was in beta, and the setup was really easy, and it worked well, but I still went back to DVBLink because the official drivers don't support control of my DirecTV box over serial, only IR. I talked to a rep at Hauppauge, and they said serial wasn't planned either.]]>Aug 5th 2010 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
Because there aren't any internal tuners that can capture an HD component signal. This lets you record anything your TV can display with no restrictions on premium content...]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
not if source is hdcp encrypted, which is most protected content.]]>Aug 6th 2010 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
Total hauppauge. Like, I've never seen so much hauppauge.]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/not if you don't use cable, and i for one, never will.
Most Cableco offerings are so compressed i'd rather watch a rip or torrent than watch the crap the cableco is spewing into the ether.
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Yeah no kidding. The HD-PVR is a great idea in concept, too back crappy hardware and terrible drivers have ruined this product.

If you buy one, make sure the store has a good return policy. After 4 rmas and constant lockups I have given up on this thing.]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
I've had great results in MythTV.

It seems like Microsoft is the weak link here.]]>Aug 6th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
Looks like a flatbed scanner to me.]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
As for the pretty lights, I'm pretty sure you can disable them if they're too distracting. I recall seeing a howto on either the Boxee or XBMC forums.]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
I record everything at 720p on mine and my half hour recordings are only about 800mb. You've got your quality settings way too high.]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/I use EyeTV with it and am able to change the recording datarate. You probably have it set at the highest 13.5Mbps. I record one hour HD shows at 6 gigs. And yes you can turn off the lights.]]>Aug 5th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
You have to set your cable box to output the native resolution of the show. If you box outputs 1080p all the time then the HDPVR will recored 1080p.

BTW, most STBs default to a set output which is crap since they have horrible scalers in them.]]>Aug 5th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
I hope Microsoft's foot dragging in terms of MCE support for this product does not doom it. It would be a shame for such a cool (and fairly unique) product to die because of neglect on the part of Microsoft.]]>Aug 6th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Now I get constant success in channel changes and quality I am using a HD Directv STB pumped into this thing.
Haven't been happier with WMC since I got this working. If only Directv would of followed thru with the PC tuner.]]>Aug 5th 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/www.gindart.com]]>Aug 5th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/Aug 5th 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
I was considering this new beta driver but have not had time to image my existing test system and try this new driver on a clean install. Now that it is no longer beta, I'll have to bump it up on the list.

People who say these do not work at all either did not set it up correctly, had an incompatible STB (google it there are some out there), or have no tolerance for missed recordings. It works, but not 100%.]]>Aug 5th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/hauppauge-officially-announces-hd-pvr-support-in-windows-media-c/
I am getting ready to update the other box this weekend. I have to say it's about time and glad it's finally native. You just have to make a small reg setting to fire off channel.exe, same parameters as used in dvblink.

check out the review with FAQ's (including the control of the Direct TV over serial workaround) on www.missingremote.com

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