If you waiting for the Hauppauge HD-PVR you will have to wait a bit longer and if your waiting to use it with Media Center you could be waiting even longer…

The Hauppauge HD-PVR device which was originally to be available by March 31st and then "April or May" and now Hauppauge sales is saying the device "should hit the market toward the end of May, early June."  Another tidbit I’ve picked up is that the HD-PVR will not initially be compatible with Microsoft Media Center, but Hauppauge is working on Media Center support and hopes to have MC support sometime summer 2008.  I’m expecting to see support for this device in both SageTV and BeyondTV since representatives from both of those companies have mentioned the device and seem to understand the extra capability it would bring to their software programs.  The thing that makes Media Center support more difficult is the fact that there is currently no Vista Native support for h.264 which would be required.  My guess is that we’ll see h.264 support on Vista Media Center with the next release as they roll out the DirectTV Card support that according to a post on Chris Lanier’s blog is rumored to be inching closer along with the codename fiji update.

Read more: BrentEvans Geek Tonic: Hauppauge HD-PVR Component Video Recorder Delayed

3 thoughts on “Hauppauge HD-PVR Component Video Recorder Delayed”
  1. Looking at the picture it appears to come with two component inputs, maybe two tuner?

    [img]http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/04/hauppauge-hd-pvr.jpg[/img]

  2. It’s not two component inputs… ones an input and the other is an output. This is so you can watch your HD program while you are recording it.

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