Hauppauge WinTV HD PVR (H.264) screenshot and pre-order link

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

Yea, I went that route with one of my upgrades when I should have just went all new. I ended up spending more money upgrading piecemeal than if I had just gone straight to the full upgrade. I should have just done the full upgrade. I would have ended up spending a LOT less money in the long run.

Really? Mine wasn't that way at all, guess it could have been if I wanted to run high end stuff but I just can't justify the price any more and I'm not trying to run Crysis or anything so my gaming system doesn't need that much power anyway. Plus having the hand-me-down Sage system helps to defray the costs of the upgrades.

But for <$300 I got the MB and CPU (low end stuff sure), and kept my existing DDR/AGP stuff. When memory prices dropped I got 2 GB of decent gaming RAM for $50 (after rebate). Then a few months ago I got an ATI X3870. I figure later this year I'll go ahead and drop in a new MB and probably one of the new 45nm processors (dual or quad, haven't decided yet).

[Taddeusz]

Well, really what I had done is kind of invested in old tech anyway... I bought a Socket 939 board with an AGP slot. That way I could still use my existing video card and RAM. But later on down the line I decided I wanted a new video card which meant a new motherboard with PCIe. I then decided I wanted a C2D so I had to go ahead and get new RAM. It would have been much cheaper for me to just go straight to the C2D than do the incremental upgrades that I did.

[Jesse]

Hi,

I tested last night and ArcSoft Total Media Theater will play back the clip no problem at all, except that I got no audio. Could someone verify whether there was supposed to be any audio in the clip?

From some of the posts here it looks like I could go to an ATI 3850 AGP in my aging bedroom client to play back these new files. Now the question is do I want to invest in a $200 video card for an old machine or just upgrade the whole thing???

Jesse

[Stuntman]

Originally Posted by sleonard

It would make no sense to connect this directly to the extenders just as it makes no sense to connect your other tuners to the extenders. That's what the server is for.
S

Eh?
Lets see.. the sat box is next to my TV.. on top of my HD Extender.. my server is in the garage... my other sat boxes are already in other rooms, next to my extenders.. and...... my server is in my garage..

Now, the way I see it.. if the Sat Box could connect to the HD PVR, which could then go into through the Extender to the server.. then I wouldn't have to run new Sat Cabling to my garage just so that all the Sat tuners were near my server..


Am I missing something with this idea? Not saying I'm not!!! Just askin'!

[eopian]

Originally Posted by eopian

Has anybody tried playing the test clip with an older CPU (p4 or athalon) and new GPU (ATI HD2600/2400)???

Since nobody has confirmed or denied whether or not this will work I bit the bullet and bought an HD 2600Pro from eBay. I'm going to test it on my server first and if it works, I'll buy more. I know that people are able to watch some Blu-Rays with P4's (not all due to DolbyHD) so I'm thinking with the proper codec's this ought to work just fine. If it does work, I'll post all of my relevant specs and info.

[Deacon Crusher]

video cards that playback hi def with low cpu usage

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...vs-nvidia.html

hope this helps.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by Jesse

Hi,

I tested last night and ArcSoft Total Media Theater will play back the clip no problem at all, except that I got no audio. Could someone verify whether there was supposed to be any audio in the clip?
Jesse

Yes- you should hear musical soundtrack playing while watching the video.

Gerry

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by Stuntman

Eh?
Lets see.. the sat box is next to my TV.. on top of my HD Extender.. my server is in the garage... my other sat boxes are already in other rooms, next to my extenders.. and...... my server is in my garage..

Now, the way I see it.. if the Sat Box could connect to the HD PVR, which could then go into through the Extender to the server.. then I wouldn't have to run new Sat Cabling to my garage just so that all the Sat tuners were near my server..


Am I missing something with this idea? Not saying I'm not!!! Just askin'!

It really makes no sense to have the satellite box next to the TV when it can only be used for viewing within SageTV.

[samgreco]

Originally Posted by Stuntman

Eh?
Lets see.. the sat box is next to my TV.. on top of my HD Extender.. my server is in the garage... my other sat boxes are already in other rooms, next to my extenders.. and...... my server is in my garage..

Now, the way I see it.. if the Sat Box could connect to the HD PVR, which could then go into through the Extender to the server.. then I wouldn't have to run new Sat Cabling to my garage just so that all the Sat tuners were near my server..


Am I missing something with this idea? Not saying I'm not!!! Just askin'!

EVERY television signal coming into my house goes thru SageTV. What would be the point of watching TV without it

Really all of my live TV watching, the little I do, is through Sage. I can't live without pausing anymore. Most of the time if I want to see something live, I'll pause it for ten minutes and go make a snack or something, then come back and watch, just so I can skip commercials.

So I am one who just doesn't get having an STB in the room with the TV anymore.

[Stuntman]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

It really makes no sense to have the satellite box next to the TV when it can only be used for viewing within SageTV.

I suppose for those have have it already wired to go to their servers that is true.. but for those that either don't have Sage yet or got Sage after their house was wired with cable for each TV, rather than all to one server, I'd think this idea would be great! You could put your server anywhere on the network and have your video stream to it from multiple pre-existing places..

I was just thinking 'outside the box'.. being able to use the Extender to pass data both directions would save some of us a lot of wiring! It has USB, it has ethernet.. seems like a logical route.. if it were needed...

But I won't argue it's usefulness.. most on this board, and certainly this thread probably have already solved the location issues.. so my suggestion would be of no use to them.

[Jesse]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Yes- you should hear musical soundtrack playing while watching the video.

Gerry

Hmmm. Maybe ArcSoft does not work so well. Looks like I need to test some more....

Thanks Gerry.

Jesse

[tbatzel]

The ability to have a STB next to the TV seems like a good thing to me. If you have your server in another room you can still make it work. Instead of running client you can install a full version of sage and let it be both a network encoder to the server and a client for the server.

Doesn't help you if you are trying to use the HD extender, but it will work for me.

[Slipshod]

Originally Posted by tbatzel

The ability to have a STB next to the TV seems like a good thing to me.

I think its a really bad idea - Too much of a chance somebody will mess up a recording. I don't use the Sage-attached STBs without going through Sage. Ever.

[Deacon Crusher]

okay, comcast just added SciFi in HD to the bay area channels which means Battlestar in HD which means I'm now officially dieing to get this hauppauge device and tie it into Sage.

Please baby baby, please baby baby.

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by Deacon Crusher

okay, comcast just added SciFi in HD to the bay area channels which means Battlestar in HD which means I'm now officially dieing to get this hauppauge device and tie it into Sage.

Please baby baby, please baby baby.

They better hurry then, it's the last season for BSG , and outside of SG-Atlantis and Dr Who I don't watch Sci-Fi for much else.

Of course at least you get SciFi HD, Cox hasn't gotten that one yet.

[K4R]

Renamed the sample from .ts to .mpeg and tried it on the PS3. Its plays fine and looks great but it says there isnt any audio.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by K4R

Renamed the sample from .ts to .mpeg and tried it on the PS3. Its plays fine and looks great but it says there isnt any audio.

Audio is AAC 2.0. Trust me-it's there.


Gerry

[killervette]

Ok, alittle confused. I currently have Vista Media center with two cable card tuners. Lets say i replace that with 2-3 STBs and the HD PVRs. How do i set it up so that i can have SageTv, use Sage's guide and watch HD tv on a tv? Also being able to schedule recordings

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by killervette

Ok, alittle confused. I currently have Vista Media center with two cable card tuners. Lets say i replace that with 2-3 STBs and the HD PVRs. How do i set it up so that i can have SageTv, use Sage's guide and watch HD tv on a tv? Also being able to schedule recordings

Well assuming Sage supports the HD-PVR (pretty good bet though) then you would connect one STB to each HD-PVR via component cable. The HD-PVRs connect to your computer via USB.

Once they add support in Sage then it will recognize the HD-PVRs and allow you to set up each tuner and the channel lineup in Sage and use them just like any other tuner it supports.

For live TV you can either watch it through SageTV to maintain the ability to pause/rewind/etc. or since the HD-PVR has a passthrough you could connect the output of the HD-PVR to the TV and watch the cable box directly though that could cause problems with your recordings.

The only other thing you may have to do is look into a different IR blaster/cable box control scheme. The Hauppage IR blasters aren't usually designed to work with multiple tuners.

[Revan654]

May be to soon to ask this question.

However Does anyone know If I can use both HD-PVR and a DVB Card(PCI Card) on the PC(not at the same time)? Wondering if their would be any conflicts.