Test and Review of the Avermedia Aver PCI-e HD PVR - HDMI Capture Card - 1280 x 720

Buy the Aver PCIe HD PVR:

United States: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002SQE1O0/ref=nosim/phtfilms-20
United Kingdom: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MRROO4?&tag=UKpht-21



Test of the NEW Avermedia HD PVR which was released in November 2009 by Avermedia.

* PLEASE NOTE: This product has only been used for this particular review video. It was returned by the owner (PHT member) since they were unable to increase the recording bitrate manually. At the time they were unaware of being able to use FRAPS or VHCAPTURE with this specific product.

Since then an alternative method of recording has been used by other YT's by directly capturing the live output of the AVER software using a 3rd party screen capture program. Recommend programs are FRAPS and VHCAPTURE


PLEASE NOTE, this product is encrypted by HDCP over HDMI, so you are NOT going to be able to record Encrypted content using the HDMI connection on things such as the PS3, DVD, Blu Ray, Cable box, etc... However, you can record using the Analog Connections (Component, S-video, Composite).



UPDATE:

Using a screen capture program, you can manually record the Aver Media Center Program while it is outputting whatever you want to record on your monitor. This way you are bypassing the limitations (bitrate) of said program by directly capturing what it is displaying on your screen.Such programs include FRAPS and VHcapture and can be found using any Search Engine.


HAVE A MAC? WANT TO RECORD IN HD? THEN GET THE ELGATO EYE TV FOUND HERE: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003MVYTBU/ref=nosim/phtfilms-20


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Product Description:

The AVerTV HD DVR - is a High Definition / Analog video capture card. Its equipped with HDMI input and through the included Dongle Cable, users will have Component, S-Video and Composite Video input interfaces as well. This Allows users to connect to their Cable / Satellite Set-Top-Box, Gaming Console and HD Video recorders to capture High Definition and Analog video content on their PC.


Product Features:

• PCI Express Card (requires an unused PCI-E slot in your computer)
•Turn analog video tapes into DVD or VCD formats
• Equipped with HDMI input
• Directly transfer to DVD/VCD burner from video recording
• Capture HD video up to 1080i
• Edit, organize and highlight video clips on storyboard
• Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, and XP (32 and 64 bit). There are NO MAC drivers. It's possible it could work using dualboot.
• Digital recording in MPEG 2, H.264 and iPod format




Input Signal (HD)

•HDMI
•Component (YPbPr)
•Stereo L/R Audio (Lossy Audio)
Input Signal (Standard)


Input Signal (SD)

•S-Video
•Composite
•Stereo L/R Audio

* UNABLE TO RECORD HDCP Protected Content, as usual.



Two inputs:

• One for an HDMI source and the other is for the SD (component, S-video, COmpsite, Stereo Audio) HDMI dongle cable. There is NO additional output for an external display.




Minimum System Requirements:

* Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz or Equivalent AMD CPU
* Windows XP or above
* 1GB RAM or above
* VGA card with 128MB memory supports DirectX 9.0c or above
* 200MB Hard Drive space
* Sound Card

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[ljohnsonljohnson9423]

im thinking about getting one of these...is it worth it and how good does your computer have to be

[playinghalotoday]

@ljohnsonljohnson9423

READ THE DESCRIPTION.

[ThExBeAsTeR]

whenever i use hdmi to capture it shows no picture. when i use the av standard quality thats the only time it lets me record. look at my videos to see.

[playinghalotoday]

@ThExBeAsTeR

Ask your friend GOOGLE about HDCP.

Then again, there is a work around using VHCapture.

[Hank62215]

does it come with the xbox capatable cords?

[playinghalotoday]

@Hank62215

Correct.

[playinghalotoday]

@Tru3VeteraVIP

Picture quality will NOT change from public/private to local/online gameplay.

[SuperGaz2012]

AverMedia Updated the Software now which lets you record at 40,000kbs instead of the 15,000kbs that the old Software used.

[3liteTrooperFilms]

This Is complete crap compared to the internal version

[Zoidberg815]

Even with the said crappy conversions and stuff it looks good for how much the price tag is I prefer it over the HD PVR any day. ahah

[AeRoclanPSN]

Ok guys, the flickering will only show up when recording. Then when you go to edit, and after rendering it will go away. Hope I helped

[CyTRiKHD]

Thr quality id revolting :L

[ChickenIsMyDrugVidz]

ITs a little pixilated

[MinosDaedalus]

Hey guys, I need your help with my AverMedia CaptureHD: /watch?v=6mV8M5ZyY-I

Damn those flickering issues :( Pls help because it ain't funny to take footage with that flickering.

[xxninjaxxxxx]

is this a hdmi recording?

[PaimasCPGaming]

It looks the same like HD PVR, AverMedia, BlackMagic and all the other crap :)

[LucassGamingHD]

What setting do you use.