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post #1 of 24
1/6/11 at 7:19am
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No mention of Windows Media Center?
No MPEG?
Also, Hauppauge is coming up with a Slingbox-like device, "Broadway".


January 06, 2011 08:30 AM Eastern Time

Hauppauge Launches Colossus High Definition H.264 Video Recorder for PCs Full Height Internal PCI Express Card Records High Definition Video up to 1080i from Component and HDMI Sources

2011 International CES
LAS 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/...ard-cables.png

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/press/...press_colossus
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post #2 of 24
1/7/11 at 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by uspino View Post

No mention of Windows Media Center?
No MPEG?
Also, Hauppauge is coming up with a Slingbox-like device, "Broadway".


January 06, 2011 08:30 AM Eastern Time

Hauppauge Launches Colossus High Definition H.264 Video Recorder for PCs Full Height Internal PCI Express Card Records High Definition Video up to 1080i from Component and HDMI Sources

2011 International CES
LAS 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/...ard-cables.png

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/press/...press_colossus

As I said on GB, ummm is this really an issue? Doesn't the external unit support Media Center? Then... WHY THE CONCERN! Its not like you can buy it tomorrow or even the day after, its likely 2nd Qtr (spring/summer).
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post #3 of 24
1/7/11 at 9:22pm
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Originally Posted by uspino View Post

No MPEG?

I don't see how this is an issue either. The video would already be decoded before it hits the card so the card won't be capturing MPEG. It will be capturing raw video and H.264 is a much more efficient compression than MPEG2.
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post #4 of 24
1/8/11 at 7:30am
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Originally Posted by vladd View Post

I don't see how this is an issue either. The video would already be decoded before it hits the card so the card won't be capturing MPEG. It will be capturing raw video and H.264 is a much more efficient compression than MPEG2.

from what i've read elsewhere, people want MPEG2 because the linksys DMA 2x00 extenders can't play H.264 video.
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post #5 of 24
1/8/11 at 7:58am
Supposedly it supports MPEG-2 and H.264, but the app included won't record in anything but H.264, so theoretically SageTV could record to MPEG-2 if you wanted.
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post #6 of 24
1/12/11 at 3:47pm
Personally I'm looking forward to the option of recording in MPEG-2. I have both a HDHR and a HD-PVR currently. I use SageTV and also have an Android phone. I can stream recorded shows to my phone, but the MPEG-2 files (from the HDHR) are better quality because the real time conversion is better than with the H.264.
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post #7 of 24
1/12/11 at 5:20pm
There is no conversion with the HDHR. It's a direct dump of the already MPEG2 stream. The Colossus would be different from the HDHR because it will receive an already decoded video/audio stream and will have to re-encode it to MPEG2/H.264
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post #8 of 24
1/12/11 at 10:54pm
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Originally Posted by brantmacga View Post

from what i've read elsewhere, people want MPEG2 because the linksys DMA 2x00 extenders can't play H.264 video.

Boohoo, Ceton doesn't make a DirecTV/DishNetwork adaptor.

Sometimes technology is not everything to all people. It cost much more to get four streams of DirecTV than it does to get four streams with a Cablecard, but Cable does not have NFL Sunday Ticket and only two systems even offer Speed2 and that's not even available on either small dish systems (or big for that matter).

Thems the breaks...
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post #9 of 24
1/12/11 at 10:57pm
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Originally Posted by vladd View Post

There is no conversion with the HDHR. It's a direct dump of the already MPEG2 stream. The Colossus would be different from the HDHR because it will receive an already decoded video/audio stream and will have to re-encode it to MPEG2/H.264

I'm only concerned if the recorded tv files even from the HD-PVR show up in the Recored TV folder or in the Video Folder? Not like it matters, I just wanna know where to look -
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post #10 of 24
1/13/11 at 4:38am
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Originally Posted by dj4monie View Post

It cost much more to get four streams of DirecTV than it does to get four streams with a Cablecard...

How so? Sat tuners aren't really any more than QAM tuners.
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post #11 of 24
2/8/11 at 4:25pm
Will this be able to record HDMI HDTV output (e.g. from Verizon FIOS box)?
the writeup only says HDMI recording of games from X360/PS3
and after mentioning Component pass through mentions recording TV shows?
Any idea?
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post #12 of 24
2/8/11 at 5:38pm
Not if it uses HDCP, so I wouldn't plan on it.
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post #13 of 24
2/13/11 at 1:06pm
I been wanting to do this so I dont have to pay Dish $7 per mth for the PVR.

But I dont think I can record with HDMI form the Dish right?

I guess I have to get a 1212.
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post #14 of 24
2/13/11 at 5:33pm
It has component inputs.
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post #15 of 24
2/16/11 at 2:23pm
On the card is not HDMI input?
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post #16 of 24
2/16/11 at 5:37pm
It supports HDMI (non-HDCP) and Component.
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post #17 of 24
2/18/11 at 8:30am
And why produce these cards without HDCP compatibility and what is whom the Component/analog input?
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post #18 of 24
2/18/11 at 11:36am
It will be HDCP compatible: HDCP disallows recording, and the card will likely implement it for display purposes. You'll need to rephrase your second question.
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post #19 of 24
2/18/11 at 2:29pm
Yup, HDCPs one and only purpose for existence is to prevent recording.
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post #20 of 24
2/28/11 at 8:25pm
I bought the Hauppauge Colossus today and I am extremely pleased with the product. Video recordings are excellent and the WinTV 7 software is good for scheduling recordings and changing the channels on my set-top box via IR blaster. I'm happy to have this product.
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post #21 of 24
3/1/11 at 8:41am
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Originally Posted by Howard_Roark View Post

I bought the Hauppauge Colossus today and I am extremely pleased with the product. Video recordings are excellent and the WinTV 7 software is good for scheduling recordings and changing the channels on my set-top box via IR blaster. I'm happy to have this product.

Are you recording via component or HDMI from the set top box, as I thought it wont record TV via HDMI due to copyright issues
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post #22 of 24
3/1/11 at 2:33pm
Depends on the box, appears Dish and DirecTV don't do HDCP, at least not on non-PPV channels.
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post #23 of 24
3/1/11 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by stanger89 View Post

Depends on the box, appears Dish and DirecTV don't do HDCP, at least not on non-PPV channels.

Cool , does Verizon FIOS have HDCP (non -PPV)?
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post #24 of 24
6/16/11 at 5:10pm
With FiOS all the local broadcast HD channels should be unlocked for recording via HDMI in.
Since the HDMI in only works with un encrypted channels I don't think you would be able to record may cable channels via HDMI.
You would need to use component video in to record them.
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