- #HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION 720P#
- #HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION INSTALL#
- #HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION DRIVER#
- #HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION SOFTWARE#
The software lets you record in 3 container formats. If you're going for production-quality video with almost no compression artifacts, you can easily increase the bit rate, but you're going to pay for it in file size and the power it requires to process.Īll video is encoded in H.264. It allows you to fit 1 - 1.5 hours into around 5GB, and it still provides video that's good enough for YouTube HD uploads and similar casual usage. The device lets you change the bitrate from 1MBps to 13.5MBps, so you can increase the quality of the video and sacrifice a small file size, if you wish.
#HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION 720P#
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in 720p at 60fps looks absolutely beautiful. It support frame rates up to 60fps, maybe beyond. The lack of interlacing outweighs the gain in resolution, in my opinion (unless you're taking a screenshot or taking video with little movement). I would recommend going with 720p over 1080i. The device will record in whatever format you input (1080i, 720p, etc.). This will produce video miles beyond any SDi capture card you have. Overall, the video and audio quality are excellent. If you were hoping to sit at your PC and play by watching the preview window, you can forget it. There is a significant amount of lag between the source and the software preview window, however. The preview window provides smooth, full-quality video. There's simply no getting around this: if you want to produce videos in HD, you're going to need the tools for it.
Unless you're just archiving or using the PC as a storage device (and then accessing the recorded videos on your 360, for instance), you're going to want a high-end PC to edit and playback the video that you record. You will need a high-end PC to watch and edit HD video, however. In other words, you won't need a high-end PC to record in HD because the HD PVR does all of the heavy processing. One of the great things about the HD PVR is that it does all of the H.264 encoding on the box itself. Luckily, this isn't that big of an issue as the included software works great, with minimal issues. One of the downsides of the PVR is that only the included software and a small list of 3rd party software will work with the device.
#HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION DRIVER#
Make sure that you do NOT lose the CD, as you can only download the driver from Hauppauge's website, not the included software. The software installation was pain-free, although I recommend getting the latest driver updates from their website and the latest software updates through the software itself.
#HAUPPAUGE HD PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER 2 GAMING EDITION INSTALL#
It doesn't have to be recording and the software doesn't have to be open, so it's not that big of a deal, but it's just one more device that is sapping power.Īfter getting everything hooked up, you have to install the included software on whatever PC you're going to be using to record. The one downside of this, if any, is that the PVR has to be on for the pass-through outputs to work. I was a little bit worried about any input lag caused by the pass-through, but I was thankful to discover that there is absolutely none.
The HD PVR has pass-through outputs, which means you can plug your console into the PVR and then the PVR into your TV (with the included component cable), eliminating the need to split the signal. The all-plastic body and the lack of weight contribute to give it a slight cheap feeling, but this is not reflective of the overall quality of the device, as I'm about to explain.
The first thing you'll notice is how light the device itself is. Upon opening the box, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there was a component cable included, a nice bonus. To start off, I'm writing this review solely from the perspective of someone using this to record footage from video game consoles (an Xbox 360, in my case), because that's why I bought it and that's all I've used it for so far.
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