Hauppauge HD PVR2 Gaming Edition

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Record your Xbox 360 or PS3 game play in HD

Retail Price: £139.99
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Hardware Category: Video Capture

Description:

Record your Xbox®360 or PS3® game play in HD
Upload and share your games on YouTube with one click
Includes real-time passthrough, allowing you to play while you record
Includes all the cables you need to connect to your Xbox 360 or PS3

Record video game play in HD on your laptop or desktop PCHD PVR 2 Gaming Edition records high definition video from a Sony® PlayStation®3 or Microsoft® Xbox® 360 onto your Windows laptop or desktop PC, in a high definition H.264 format. Make video recordings of your best game play in HD. Upload your favorite games to YouTube and share them with other gamers online. Or make a high definition movie of your game play to share with your friends or use it to discuss tactics with your clan members!

You can also play your game play recordings back onto your PC screen or transfer them over your home network for playback on a PS3 or Xbox 360.

Now with HDMI and Component Video in plus no-delay HDMI video passthrough!
HD PVR 2 now comes with HDMI in and out to make it easier to connect to your Xbox 360 and your HD TV set. For the PS3, HD PVR 2 comes with a PS3 Component Video gaming cable plus uses HDMI out for no-delay passthrough to your HD TV set!

Amazing audio and video quality
HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition records using amazing H.264 compression at HD resolutions up to 1080p30. HD PVR 2’s H.264 recording format is used by Blu-ray disks and exceeds other compression standards in video quality, providing a crisp image with amazing digital sound. And H.264 uses 1/3 the disk space compared with the popular MPEG-2 format.

Video recording formats supported
1080p, 1080i, 720p, 576p, 480p, 480i

Watch recordings of your best game play on your PC monitor or HD TV set
Once your recordings are on your PC hard disk, you can play them back directly on your computer screen using the included ArcSoft ShowBiz application. You can also transfer the recordings over your home network to your PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, or other high definition media player.

Play while you record with our no-delay HDMI video passthrough!
HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition comes with real-time video pass through, so you can watch your game play on your HD TV while recording your game on your PCs disk drive. Simply connect HD PVR 2 in between your game console and your HD TV set (HDMI in and out plus Component Video cables included).

Upload your best games to YouTube and share with your friends
HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition comes with a one click upload to YouTube. Make HD recordings of your game play and upload your best videos to YouTube. HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition records videos in HD using H.264, which is perfect for YouTube.

Technical Specifications:
Hardware encoder
H.264 AVCHD high definition video encoder, with record resolution to 1080p30
Recording datarate: from 1 to 13.5 Mbits/sec
Recording format:
AVCHD (.TS and .M2TS) plus .MP4
Video down conversion: from 1080p to 720p
No delay HDMI passthrough:
HDMI in to HDMI out - up to 1080p
Component Video in to HDMI out - up to 1080i
Input/output connections
HDMI in, from HDMI sources without HDCP such as Xbox 360
Component video in, with stereo audio
S-Video and composite video in, with stereo audio
HDMI output
Size: 6 in wide x 6 in deep x 1.5 in high
Power: 6V at 1.6 amps
Weight: .75lb / .34 kg / 12 oz

Hardware Requirements:
Laptop or desktop PC with 3.0 GHz single core or 2.0 GHz multi-core processor
TV set with HDMI input
512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Graphics card with 256 MB memory
Sound card
220 MB free hard disk space
CD-ROM drive (for software installation)

Software Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32 or 64-bit), Windows Vista or Windows XP Service Pack 3