HD Recordings With Set Top Box / STB

[BTJustice]

HD DirecTV STB
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800
MCE Blaster

I have always wondered this. I know with my current setup that I can only record using analog so my recordings are at 720x480. Is there a different setup I could do to have HD recordings using my HD DirecTV STB?

[ShiningDragon]

Mhm, i don't own one of them, but perhaps you'll find an answer here:
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56464

They're mentioning an component output for which you're needing a dongle.

[mvallevand]

NextPVR supports the Hauppauge HD-PVR (component) and Hauppauge Colossus (component/HDMI non HDCP). I have used the HD-PVR for years and think it is great.

Martin

[smajor]

I agree with Martin. I have a pair of HD-PVRs with my STBs on one computer acting as a server to several clients and it works very well.

[BTJustice]

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/d...ossus.html

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/d...aming.html

Are you guys also running a STB hooked to the it? What resolutions are you recording with NPVR?

[JonnyCam]

What resolutions are you recording with NPVR?

I use the HDPVR to record both 720p & 1080i over component.

[smajor]

Yes, I record at 1080 exclusively and my PC has a Firewire (1394) card in it. I'm able to change channels on the STB with that rather than IR blasting. It's much faster. The drivers are a bit legacy for that, so I'm restricted to 32bit Windows editions.

[BTJustice]

It might be getting time for me to upgrade my TV card. If NPVR supported video capture cards along with TV cards, that would save money for us STB users.

EDIT: Well maybe not. HD video capture cards are comparable price-wise to HD TV cards.