Hauppauge HD-PVR now plays nice with PS3

Hauppauge's HD-PVR just keeps getting new friends at CES this year -- first was the EyeTV, and now the PS3 has gained access to the club treehouse. Say goodbye to your workflow for getting HD PVR-recorded content to your PS3, the Hauppauge box now records directly to a PS3-ready format, with 5-channel audio intact. This is a step in the right direction for users who are determined to make the PS3 the center of all their entertainment, but in our view the setup will still be hampered by the experience of accessing lots of media through the PS3's UI. But by all means, if this functionality completes your AV puzzle, jump right in.

[Ordeith Posted Jan 12th 2009 4:37PM]

I don't see a market for this product.
at all.

The PS3 can stream from a PC. Why not just encode there?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 12th 2009 5:24PM]

Because the PS3 can't record hd from cable, satellite, or ota. The PC needs to get the content from somewhere, before it can stream anything.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 13th 2009 4:47AM]

This doesn't really mean anything other than the device now has the option to encapsulate the video+audio in a VOB container, which the PS3 supports for H264 video and AC3 5.1 audio.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 13th 2009 5:34PM]

what's up dude! The HD PVR allows users to record HDTV from any STB/DVR/PS3/BD Player from the Component Connectors and SPDIF.
It's captured in AVCHD (h264+ac3) .m2ts format...which is spec compatible with any Blue-Ray player...including the PS3.

chk it: Capture and Archive all your HD TV/Movies on your PC...and then play them back on the PS3.
Now, WHO ELSE CAN DO THIS ???
Don't have a brain-fart brah... answr: No One!

cheers...