Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder
- High-definition personal video recorder records directly from cable TV and satellite set top boxes at up to 1080i
- Records in AVCHD format for burning Blu-ray DVD discs
- Includes Hauppage’s WinTV scheduler to schedule TV recordings, and built-in IR blaster to automatically change TV channels
- Standard definition composite and S-Video inputs lets you digitize your old home video tapes directly from VCR
- Measures 7.8 x 6.8 x 2.8 inches; weighs 1.2 pounds
Product Description
The HD-PVR from Hauppauge 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 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 5 Mbist/sec, can be burnt onto a standard 4.7 GB DVD-R or DVD-RW disk for playback on a Blu-ray DVD player. The HD PVR’s amazing recording quality allows personal archival recordings 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 AVHCD format for creating Blu-ray recordings. Other features include recording high definition video… More >>
Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder
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5 comments
Peter Neski on December 21, 2009 at 1:01 am
This is Not A DVDR !!!!,It’s uses your computer’s Harddrive!! This isn’t
Made clear at all!!! Whats the remote for in the ad?? Might be a
a fine product,I don’t know ,sent it back before I ever opened it
because I don’t have my cable box anywhere near the computer
Zorro on December 21, 2009 at 2:34 am
I have a few hundred D-VHS tapes, and with the demise of this format I wanted to create the best DVD copies of this material, hoping the Hauppauge 1212 would do the trick. Alas, the 1212 did not recognize the code of the D-VHS tapes. End of story. Money wasted. Unless someone out there knows a trick on how to overcome this problem…
L. Steel on December 21, 2009 at 3:06 am
I am interested in buying this product, will it work with a Windows Vista x64 bit operating system?
S. Morgan on December 21, 2009 at 4:27 am
Received my HD PVR unit in the mail yesterday, I connected it to my Xbox 360 unit and the unit failed to loop the video onto the TV. I tried almost everything humanly possible (Toning down the video on the 360 to 1080i, then to 720p, Replugging in wires, turning the unit off and on, switching wires, plugging in different wires) short of buying brand new component cables and switching entire TV units. It also failed to loop the signal onto my nearby laptop, which was the only computer I could hook it to since the product ships with an insanely short USB cable, the Component cables are even worse. Installed the included software and set it up exactly how the Hauppauge manual suggests to no avail. I know for a fact that I’m installing it correctly, as I’ve watched several videos on how to do the exact same set up.
Figuring I was shipped a defective unit, I had to call customer support, which means waking up even earlier for work since I live on the west coast and they’re in NY, but that didn’t bother me. What did bother me was the tech support person I was in contact with, who was exasperated by me just asking him to repeat the shipping address. Not to mention that I’m supposed to mail this product now to them, not only paying for shipping and tracking costs for a $200 paperweight that didn’t work, but I also have to wait for them to ‘test’ the unit out, as if I just like to spend money on products that are perfectly fine just to send it to them on my dime so they can see if I’m lying or not.
I’m still weighing the pros and cons of shipping it to New York on my flippin’ dollar or just sending this junk back to Amazon, but from my experience it would be VERY hard to recommend this product and anything from Hauppauge to anyone.
mantronik on December 21, 2009 at 5:52 am
i use it strictly to record footage from my PS3.
i only wish it had hdmi in/out.