[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Wed Feb 27 21:38:26 UTC 2008
On Feb 27, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Robert McNamara wrote:
> Re: similar devices
>
> The Gefen HD PVR is similar, already available, and $1000. It's
> actually a self-contained PVR but you can save to a USB drive. Also
> does h.264 hardware encoding and can capture off of Component and HDMI
> (It is HDCP Compatible). It's not terribly useful for Myth purposes
> as you'd need to copy files off the device onto USB, move them to your
> Myth machine, and import them, but it is similar hardware. It's also
> too expensive.
>
"Too expensive" is a relative thing. I'd probably go that high for an
HD capture device that did H/W mpeg2 and h264, assuming it worked
perfectly with Myth.
Of course I don't have a spouse to tell me "NO!" :-)
beww
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