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Like the ROKU device that I reviewed last week, the Hauppauge HD PVR does not include a hard drive, therefore its power consumption is about one tenth of a 75W light bulb. For now, let's just say that the guide could have offered more guidance. The remote control is for use with third party applications.' Beyond that, it never says, though it provides buttons dedicated for Music, Pictures and Radio.ДЄbout the manual, or more accurately, the Quick Installation Guide, it's a bit sparse on detail, which is not necessarily a bad thing unless setup is tricky. I quote from the manual, 'The included Remote Control does not work with the Arcsoft Total Media Extreme software. The curvy remote control fits comfortably in my hand but its functionality remains a mystery. If you wish to feed the PVR old analog sources, you can plug them in the front of the box through the Composite Video or S-Video Ins.

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Though in my setup, I'm connecting my satellite set top box directly to the TV with an HDMI cable. The Component Loop Out is used primarily for inserting this PVR in between your cable box and your HDTV.

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Both the audio and video signals are sent from the box to your PC through the USB connection. You can see from the diagram of the back of the 1212 that Component Video is the primary source. But Hauppauge does not furnish optical audio cables. It does include Optical audio In and Out connections for digital audio recording of Dolby Digital 5.1.

The package contains the four cables that you will need for setup, a Component video, a stereo audio, a USB and an IR Blaster transmitter. The 8' x 7' x 3' box features curved edges and an inset silver top, which is surrounded by a grooved channel that glows blue when the PVR is recording.

Hauppauge hd pvr software windows 10 720p#

To begin, this high definition ( 720p or 1080i) H.264 video looks damn good and can be played back on your computer monitor with the packaged software from ArcSoft called TotalMediaExtreme (TME). If I have lost you in describing this inelegant kluge of an HD PVR, bear with me for another sentence because there is a toy at the bottom of this Kracker Jack box.

Software on your computer allows you to program timers that talk to the 1212 box that then changes the channel on the set top box through an IR blaster.

The 1212 then digests the signal and encodes it in real-time into a compressed H.264 stream, which is then fed to another box, commonly called a PC (Windows only), where the video is stored on your computer's hard drive. In one of its advertised applications, the 1212 is hooked to a satellite or cable TV set top box, which serves as the tuner and content source. To understand how the Hauppauge HD PVR works, you need to think outside the box, or more accurately imagine more than one box. When I think of a PVR or DVR or even a VCR, I visualize an all-in-one unit that includes a tuner, a timer and a hard drive or at least a cassette tape - ah, the 20th Century. To label Hauppauge's Model 1212 silver and black box an HD PVR (high definition personal video recorder) is a bit misleading.