Do they make a high def version of the Pinnacle video transfer unit?

[yoda313]

Do they make a high def version of the Pinnacle Video Transfer unit?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8719032&st=pinnacle&lp=9&type=product&cp...=1200702767761



I know all about the hauppuage hd pvr. It seems great to be able to get high def and 5.1 and all. However I hate the idea of having to move my computer to the room with my cable hd dvr (motorola model via comcast). - Edit - and yes I know about capping via firewire but that is troublesome with some apparent drm type stuff and still requires a pc in the same room.

This model by pinnacle records to h264 but only does analog capture and only does standard def. I'd like a model that does this standalone but with high def via component if possible and with 5.1. Does that exist?

[SatStorm]

AFAIK, not yet. All this needs are very new. Eventually we gonna see many products, but right now, I don't know something.
It would be interest me.

Also I don't have great rate success with pinnacle's solutions...

[olyteddy]

I've heard that with the Avid/Pinnacle merge they're getting out of the hardware business and that Hauppauge is picking up that product line. Here's an example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116042

[yoda313]

I don't have great rate success with pinnacle's solutions...

Well I wasn't saying it had to be pinnacle. It was just the sample I was using.

Eventually we gonna see many products, but right now, I don't know something.

Well it would be nice to see the evolution come along.

The hauppauge hd pvr is a great idea. I just want a version of it that would connect to a usb/firewire/esata harddrive and operate without a computer.

Almost like a hd pvr in itself but with unencrpyted high def compressed or lossy compressed formats. Be it h264 or even mpeg2 high def a la bluray.

I guess there will be something eventually.