Hauppauge Colossus just announced

[pcostanza]

Hauppauge Launches Colossus High Definition
H.264 Video Recorder for PCs

[B]Full Height Internal PCI Express Card Records High
Definition Video up to 1080i from Component and HDMI Sources [/B]

2011 International CESLAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2011 International
CES, Booth C9542: Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP), the world's
leading developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, today launched its
new Colossus internal PCI Express board capable of recording component video and
unencrypted HDMI video at up to 1080i from sources such as the Xbox360 and
digital SLR cameras.
The latest addition to Hauppauge’s line of high definition video recorders,
Colossus is similar to the company’s HD PVR external USB-based H.264 recorder,
but offers expanded capability to include HD video recording from the HDMI port
on the Xbox360 game console. When connected to an Xbox360, an HDMI cable can be
used to record game play at video resolutions up to 1080i. When connected to a
Playstation3, game play is recorded using component video at 1080i resolution.

Colossus allows users to make high definition video recordings of their
highest-score games and even game tutorials, directly from the game console.
Users can record game play in HD and then upload the recording to YouTube or
other popular game recording websites. Colossus features pass-through support
for component video and digital audio, enabling users to monitor game play on an
HD TV set while recording.
When connected to a cable TV or satellite set top box, Colossus users can
record TV programs in HD. Colossus includes an IR blaster and the latest WinTV
v7 application so that users can schedule a recording and have the Colossus
“blast” channel commands to the set top box at the appropriate time.
With Colossus connected to a set top box, a user can record a TV show or a
complete TV series in high definition to their PCs hard disk, make HD libraries
of favourite TV programs and then playback to the PC screen or burn the
recording onto a disk in a high definition Blu-ray™ format.
Colossus is supplied with two applications: the Hauppauge WinTV v7
application for scheduled recording of TV programs from cable TV and satellite
set top boxes, and Arcsoft’s ShowBiz, which allows users to record from a game
console, trim the beginning and end of video recordings and immediately upload
the recordings to YouTube. ShowBiz makes recording video game play and uploading
to YouTube with Colossus easy.
SageTV, a software company based in Inglewood, California, has announced
support for Colossus in their Windows-based digital video application, SageTV
7.x. SageTV is a popular application providing complete DVR capability on a PC.

Pricing, availability and press pictures
Colossus will have a MSRP of $159 and will be available late January 2011.

Pictures of Colossus can be found here:
http://www.hauppauge.com/site/press/presspictures/colossus_board-cables.png

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/press/pres...s_colossus

[steveum]

Pretty cool. It sounds like an internal version of the HD-PVR with a better price point. The HDMI port is probably pretty much useless for most HTPC scenarios.

[mvallevand]

Sub commented on it here http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...-Collossus

Martin

[daphatty]

This product announcement actually got me pretty excited. I've been a fan of the HD-PVR concept but I wasn't fond of the external form factor. The wife has been asking me for a "Tivo like we used to have" because our cable DVR just isn't cutting it. I almost bought the Ceton Labs card but then came to my senses once I took a long hard look at the costs, limitations, and amount of effort involved. The Colossus' price point is certainly making me reconsider my stance.

[steveum]

AnandTech has a review of the colossus.