Hauppauge Colossus HD Card

**Record your high definition video gameplay and TV programs using H.264!** Colossus is a High Definition video recorder for making real time H.264 compressed recordings at resolutions up to 1080i. HD PVR records component video YCrCb from video game consoles and cable TV and satellite set top boxes, with a built in IR blaster to automatically change TV channels for scheduled recordings. Colossus also has an HDMI input port, so you can record HD video at up to 1080i from a un encrypted HDMI source. Note most cable and satellite TV set top boxes encrypt HDMI output, so you cannot record from these sources. Audio is recorded using two channel stereo or optical audio with five channel Dolby Digital. The recording format is AVCHD, which can be used to burn Blu ray DVD disks. Two hours of HD recordings, recorded at 5 Mbitssec, can be burnt onto a standard 4.7 GByte DVD R or DVD RW disk for playback on a Blu ray DVD player. Record your video game play One of the popular uses for the Colossus is for recording video gameplay. As said on GeekTonic ''Now I think anyone watching me play videogames is a sure fire way to put them to sleep or at least laugh at my videogame performance. But I know there is a very large number of videogamers using the HD PVR to record their video gameplay.'' Create your own HD video library ... burn your video recordings in a high definition blu ray format! The Colossuss amazing recording quality allows personal archival of your favorite TV programs. Record your TV programs in HD, then burn them onto a standard DVD disk up to two hours in a high definition AVCHD fomat. Colossus connects to any component video equipped HD set top box. Colossus also has standard definition composite input so you can record your old home video tapes and then burn onto a DVD disk. S Video input available with optional cable. Turn your old home video tapes into Blu ray DVD disks Yo