The Hauppauge HD PVR “in the lab” at SnapStream

April 7th, 2008 at 8:16 pm by Rakesh

Since there’s been some excitement about the upcoming Hauppauge HD PVR product, I thought I’d share some photographs of Hauppauge’s new product “in the lab” here at SnapStream:

Hauppauge’s HD PVR - a prototype
Here’s a photograph of the Hauppauge HD PVR prototype board itself — everyone had to be careful to ground themselves before handling it.

Hauppauge’s HD PVR - a prototype
Here’s another pic of the HD PVR all wired up to a digital source via component video cables (those are the blue, green and red cables).

Hauppauge’s HD PVR - a prototype
This one shows the HD PVR in action — the red light means Beyond TV is busy making a recording off this thing when the photograph was taken.

Hauppauge’s HD PVR - a prototype
The final product — some good ‘ol baseball recorded on the Hauppauge HD PVR in Beyond TV

Hauppauge’s HD PVR - a prototype
A close-up of the same frame (I took it without a flash, holding the camera in my hand, so there might be a slight blur)

18 Responses to “The Hauppauge HD PVR “in the lab” at SnapStream”

  1. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Brent Says:

    Love the case :) Thanks for sharing though - as you said there is lots of excitement for this thin. Thanks for the photos!

  2. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com SouthPaw Says:

    Can you please post the original full size pics.

  3. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Home Brew HD PVR Timeshifting Soon to be a Reality! | Speec Now . . . Says:

    [...] has pictures here of BeyondTV working from a prototype Hauppauge HD PVR.  One caption reads “the red light [...]

  4. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com BigBill Says:

    YES! I ordered Directv HD today and its going to be installed on Wednesday morning, the HD PVR is “On Order”.. YES!

  5. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Zetavu Says:

    Thanks for posting, looks like it works without a hitch in Beyondtv (since you recorded with it). That’s big news, worth a preorder. BTW, What are the file sizes per hour, at what resolution?

  6. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Dave Zatz Says:

    SouthPaw, Not sure if this is what you’re looking for but the Ambarella chip logo is clearly visible in these pictures.

  7. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Chris Lanier's Blog : Short Bits: HD-PVR, Home Server, Online Spotlight Says:

    [...] out.  Hopefully Hauppauge can add support by years end.  Price is $250 per device.Update: SnapStream Blog has photos of it working with Beyond TV. Looks like the data corruption bug in Windows Home Server [...]

  8. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Fyodor Says:

    Can you give us your impressions of how the captured video compares visually to the pre-captured source video?

  9. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Beefy! » Blog Archive » Pics of a naked Hauppauge HD-PVR Says:

    [...] The Snapstream Blog has pics of the soon-to-be-released Hauppauge HD-PVR in action, albeit without a case. Pics here. [...]

  10. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Project HTPC » Blog Archive » links for 2008-04-08 Says:

    [...] The Hauppauge HD PVR “in the lab” at SnapStream - SnapStream Blog Very happy Rakesh decided to publicly post these pictures and imply Beyond TV will support this highly anticipated device. (tags: Hauppauge HDTV TVTuner Snapstream BeyondTV) [...]

  11. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com SouthPaw Says:

    RE> Dave Zatz Says
    RE> SouthPaw, Not sure if this is what you’re looking for
    RE> but the Ambarella chip logo is clearly visible in
    RE> these pictures.

    The Ambarella chips only handle stereo audio. I am trying to see what other chips there might be to handle digital audio

  12. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Project HTPC » Blog Archive » GB-PVR 1.2.9 already supports the Hauppauge HD PVR Says:

    [...] support it. Snapstream and Elgato were reported to be evaluating it. Snapstream then showed it off in their labs. All that hype and GB-PVR quietly slipped in support for it. Of course, who knows how well the [...]

  13. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com BigBill Says:

    I’m curious, can you watch live tv via BTV using the HD_PVR as the tuner? How about via BTVL?

  14. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Tony Says:

    How many of these could I hook up to a single machine?

  15. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Administrator Says:

    Tony: right now, it’s not clear how many can be connected to a PC at once. –Rakesh

  16. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com Michael Says:

    Anyone know which A/V decoder chip is on these boxes that is feeding the Ambarella h.264 encoder. Is it a NXP or Conexant device?

  17. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com george Says:

    What are the minimum requirements for this device. Usually with the digital source instead of the analog source you don’t need as much firepower in the system. Can a pentium 4 2 ghz run this card or do you need a core 2 duo, also what video card do you have to have installed. I guess when the product is out and available they will have some data but do you guys have any ideas? Thanks and keep up the good work on BeyondTv……..

  18. Get a Gravatar at gravatar.com jeff Says:

    So let me make sure I understand. I can hook this to a cable\satellite box that has component and optical out and capture HDTV with snapstream.

    Is this true? When can I get it?

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