Product Details
- Brand: Hauppauge
- Model: 1504
- Released on: 2013-03-27
- Dimensions: 7.50" h x
7.50" w x
5.25" l,
2.00 pounds
Features
- Gaming Edition Plus includes AC3 digital audio (SPDIF) with 5.1 Surround Sound
- Uses H.264 encoding in HD to capture your game play in stunning HD
- Uses HDMI to connect to your TV set from either Xbox 360 or PS3. Setup is a snap
- Comes with a 6 feet long HDMI cable to connect to your Xbox, and a Component Video cable to connect to your PS3 (Sony only allows game play recording through a component connection at this time)
- With no delay pass-through, so you can play your games while recording and in one click share with your friends and fans on YouTube
- Now with Mac support
Hauppauge HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus High Definition (1080p) Game Capture Device for Mac/PC with Digital Audio(SPDIF), HDMI In and Out, Real Time Passthrough for Xbox 360 and PS3 (1504)
Product Description
HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus is a high definition HD video recorder for Game Consoles using HDMI or component technology. Record in HD and upload your best game play to YouTube. Now includes AC3 digital audio (SPDIF) with 5.1 Surround Sound. Includes HDMI in and out, plus no-delay pass through! It Records video in a high definition H.264 Blue-ray compatible format to your PC from the Xbox360 using HDMI or from the PS3 using Component Video. Includes HDMI and component cables. The HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus records at video resolutions up to 1080i in real time using a built-in hardware H.264 encoder. Compatible with Windows XP using Service Pack 3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 and 8.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
54 of 59 people found the following review helpful.
Love it
By John OC
Look & Feel:The device looks pretty slick and has a slim profile to it. It is very light and does not take up much room at all. This is a major improvement over the previous version of the Hauppauge.Setup:Comes with easy to follow directions and all the cables you need which is aweosme that I didnt have to buy the HDMI cables separately. Everything went smoothly for me, I followed the directions, hooked up the cables in the order directed, and put in the installation CD to install the driver and software. Everything went great, there was only one hiccup where I was directed to the company website to install a newer version of the driver. Nothing failed, I recieved no error messages.FYI here is my setup:PC - Sager customized laptopi7 3610M CPUIntel 520 SSD, 120GBNvidia 680M GPU16GB RAMWindows 7 Home PremiumXBox 360I even have the HDPVR routed through a 4x4 HDMI matrix (allows me to hook up multiple input/output devices to the matrix and easily switch among them with a remote rather than switching cables around)....and it still works great!I experience zero lag while playing video games through the HD PVR 2.Features/Customization:There are lots and lots of configurations you can change to fit your needs. I am still exploring the menus but so far I see everything I need to capture HD video. I have done a few test videos and it looks great so it doesn't even seem like I will have to change much. This may be overwhelming to some folks, but if you just call tech support and let them know what you are trying to do, they will tell you exactly what configurations to choose!Reaction to other ratings:Hauppague is a great company with great products. There is pretty much a 50/50 split right now for 5 star and 1 star ratings. This seemed a little fishy to me when I ordered the product, I was worried there were goign to be issues. After my experience it is clear to me that the people giving it one star either A) dont know what they are doing and can't follow directions B) get frustrated very easily and run to their computers to write a negative review before trying to call tech support (who are very helpful by the way, CALL THEM! it is amazing how many people are reporting issues here but do not mention calling tech support...craziness...) C) have a unique computer setup or personal computer issue (which can be determined and fixed if you CALL TECH SUPPORT)Conclusion:Great price, great functionality, great support, excellent deviceIf you are having any kind of difficulty, just call tech support, they are great. They have people dedicating their time to go through reviews of the product and address issues through comments...if they are that helpful in a comment section without being contacted directly, imagine if you just call them yourselves!
58 of 65 people found the following review helpful.
Great HDMI capture solution, but has it's faults... and quite a few.
By Brent Dabu
Let me say on the record I am very experienced with Hauppauge's line of HD PVRs, having owned the original HD PVR for years. When I heard about the HD PVR 2, I was ecstatic. On to the product.The unit comes in a slightly smaller, stout box than the HD PVR1. It came with the main unit, power adapter, 2 HDMI cables (cheap, generic kind), AV connector, PS3 Component Cable, USB cable, Install CD, and various booklets.Installation: 3/5I plugged the unit in immediately to my Windows 7 PC hoping the advertised pass-through would work out of the box. Nope. The unit requires being on and the driver installed. So, I installed the latest drivers from the website. I eventually reverted to the on-disc drivers because of audio being flipped on the website drivers and problems with the component recording side. I also installed the Arcsoft Showbiz application included easily.Software: 3/5I'll say right now I'm not a fan of the bundled software, as I was not a fan of the TotalMediaExtreme software from the HD PVR1. This software does the job, but it is sluggish to record. Before you could disable the picture of whatever you were recording, but that option is now out. Initially, the button on the top would work and simply launch the application and begin recording. However, now it no longer works and I have to manually open the application, which isn't that big of a problem since I don't use it. To get to the capture software, you have to open Showbiz which to me is a bunch of bloatware. It would be much better if the actual recording program was separate from ShowBiz, if it was, I might actually stick with their software. I actually use a command line interface which doesn't use CPU or memory at all compared to the ShowBiz software. Google rcTVCap for more information.Tweaking the encoder overall works fine. You can adjust the bitrate and recording scaling just fine through the encoder settings. The only problem I have is that when feeding a 480p signal (HDMI or component), it doesn't come out through the recording as 16:9, but correctly through the pass-through. I've tried this with both on disc and website drivers. If for some reason you were to feed a 16:9 480p, it'll be 720x480 which isn't 16:9 (854x480 is 16:9). Oddly enough, there is aspect ratio control in the encoder settings, but they'r grayed out, most likely because it's getting the wrong source resolution. But for 720p and 1080p the unit takes 16:9 ratios just fine.Build Quality: 4/5The unit looks much better than the original HD PVR. It's also much smaller, I'd estimate about 30% smaller. The unit doesn't get hot, even running or recording for extended periods. The cables included were of course bare minimum. But I think it was a bonus that they included a component cable for the PS3 and 2 HDMI cables to boot. Really, as long as the HDMI cable works, it's just as good as those "high-end" and high priced HDMI calbes (looking at you Monster). As for sturdiness, it's pretty light and I would guess that if you dropped something heavy like a brick, it would break. However, it should be common sense to not load anything heavy on top of the unit. It's sturdy enough for just placing on a table for extended periods.Pros:-Cheaper than other HDMI capture solutions.-HDMI Capture 1080p30 and 720p60-"Pass-through" for lag free gameplay (i have a couple thoughts about this).-Doesn't have very specific requirements (i.e. Blackmagic Shuttle) at least for Windows Platform.-Comes with HDMI and Component cables-External, no need for PCI-E slot or high-end computer for that matter.Cons:-Installation can be a headache for some people-PS3 can only be recorded via component (not Hauppauge's fault, due to HDCP on PS3)-Website support and drivers can be iffy-Component capture doesn't work half the time (have to restart computer to correct).-Pass-through requires unit to be on and switched to appropriate channel (hdmi or av/component)Other thoughts:As for the pass through. I'll just say I don't exactly believe in it providing lagless gameplay. I compared a straight connection from source to monitor to having the unit connected. The pictures differ. The picture out of the HD PVR2 is ever so slightly fuzzier or less sharp. The colors also seem slightly washed out. I also play fighting games with a passion and I can most often tell if there is some sort of input delay. Unfortunately, I haven't tested through the hdmi connection, but from just playing on the PS3 hooked up via component, it felt like there was some sort of input delay. From my understanding, when converting analog to digital, which I assume is what happens when recording through component, there is definitely delay introduced. To not worry about all this, I use a powered HDMI splitter.Conclusion:Overall, the HD PVR has its share of plus-es and minus-es. Normally, I would think about returning a product like this. However, it gets the job done. Right now, it's the only way I can effectively record from HDMI (1080p) without need of PCI-E slots, or ridiculous specific requirements. Plus, I'm able to record via command line which makes the unit even better. I mostly use the unit for recording PC gameplay and so far without a hitch. I won't be using this to record anything from the PS3.PC Specs:Windows 7Intel i7 3.4GhZNvidia GTX 67016 GB RAM2x 2TB RAID 0I will try to update this review as I get more experience with the unit and tack on more hours of recording.Update: Apparently, the delay introduced when hooking up component through the unit is 60 microseconds, which is no where near one frame delay (60fps setting). So my gut feeling about input delay is most likely wrong. Again, I don't have equipment to scientifically test input delay and can only go off conjecture.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.One Word AMAZING
By abdullah adejoh
works very well easy to set up full hd quality and dedicated community to improve the product just amazing.it gives me all the tools i need so i don't have to buy extra
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