HD-PVR Died - what is best replacement?

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I did test them both on a separate laptop.

The first one gives the same Error 43, so I'm going to return it.

The second one loads the driver just fine and is recognized on USB on the test notebook computer.
I don't have SageTV on that notebook computer to see if it captures video, though. (On the actual SageTV system, the second HD-PVR loads in USB just fine, and appears as a source in SageTV, but any capture results in "no signal").

I checked the Hauppauge site at http://hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hdpvr.html

I can download the driver from that page, but the "Latest HD PVR application" is apparently not a downloadable link. Is there any sort of "test program" that exercises the HD-PVR video capture capability, without having to fully in install SageTV on the notebook?

[KryptoNyte]

You can use the Hauppauge Capture software:

http://www.hauppauge.com/capture/

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I updated the driver on the SageTV server machine to the latest (1.7.30059.1) and now the new HD-PVR is working properly.

Thanks for all your help!

I had to update my boot-time HD-PVR status-checking script because the new F1 version has changed the USB ID from "USB\VID_2040&PID_4902" on Rev E1 to "USB\VID_2040&PID_4903" for Rev F1.

Other than that it seems quite comparable.

Update - not quite solved yet - please see my new thread "HD-PVR Driver Update - video wash-out"