Best HQ Standalone Solution for Recording HD Video

[premiumcapture]

Hello,

Looking to record HD video from an HDMI source at Blu-Ray frame rates with a standalone solution. I do not need to record to disc, but do need to be able to transfer the video at a later date.

I have been looking at this, but more than I would like to spend if possible.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1178367-REG/jvc_sr_hd2700us_blu_ray_disc_hdd.html

Likewise, I have checked this out, but quality appears to be fairly poor, and unlikely to be re-encodable at satisfactory quality:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/avermedia-live-gamer-portable-2-plus/6288528.p?skuId=6288528

Is there a good middle-ground?

[babygdav]

The usual, commonly used recorders from Elgato and Hauppauge?
https://www.elgato.com/en
https://hauppauge.com/

These shouldn't be so expensive or complex since the hdmi signal is already in digital form. Only thing you'd need for some signals is to bypass the hdcp with a proper hdmi splitter.

[premiumcapture]

The usual, commonly used recorders from Elgato and Hauppauge?
https://www.elgato.com/en
https://hauppauge.com/

These shouldn't be so expensive or complex since the hdmi signal is already in digital form. Only thing you'd need for some signals is to bypass the hdcp with a proper hdmi splitter.

Thanks. Unfortunately Elgato does not have a standalone (no PC required) device, and the Happauge standalone device is in the same boat as the Avermedia one.

Budget wise, probably looking for something $500+, unless there are really solid low-cost options.

[babygdav]

If the basic hdmi recorders like
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B012T1D0IG/ref=psdcmw_6795230011_t1_B07KFGVB7S
Don't work...and the mid range recorders
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/h264prorecorder
https://cvp.com/product/datavideo_data-hdr-1_recorder
Still aren't good enough because they record to h.264,
Then maybe an Atomos
https://www.atomos.com/ninjav
That records to lightly compressed ProRes?

[Eric-jan]

If your video source has no copy protection or HDCP you will have no problems, the HDMI "signal" is stable enough to capture on a recording device, or capture device + pc,
your HDMI source could give issues with it's type of audio stream, or CEC, if you can change these setting, you could avoid that.
some of the cheap recorders will only save to MP4 but the h264prorecorder is a good one but needs a pc/laptop
The Pro (monitor) recorders let you record in ProRes422,(compression but with whole frames) but have a very sensitive HDMI input, and might not always work due to the HDMI source.
The ProRes422 compression will not have great effect on HD material, even with multigeneration copy of copies, (that's one of the features where it's designed for)
Also, with hardware devices you are limited to it's settings which are possible, on a PC/laptop you have more of a "free choice" i don't know if that's important for you.

[usually_quiet]

Hello,

Looking to record HD video from an HDMI source at Blu-Ray frame rates with a standalone solution. I do not need to record to disc, but do need to be able to transfer the video at a later date.

I have been looking at this, but more than I would like to spend if possible.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1178367-REG/jvc_sr_hd2700us_blu_ray_disc_hdd.html

Likewise, I have checked this out, but quality appears to be fairly poor, and unlikely to be re-encodable at satisfactory quality:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/avermedia-live-gamer-portable-2-plus/6288528.p?skuId=6288528

Is there a good middle-ground?

I haven't heard of a stand-alone device which would be close to the JVC Blu-ray recorder in quality and features at a lower price. All I know about are are 2 other stand-alone recorders from AverMedia, their EzRecorder 310 - ER310 and EzRecorder 130 - ER130, which are intended to be used primarily for recording TV from a set-top box. They can capture interlaced video input from HDMI as interlaced video but recordings are probably not equivalent to the quality available from that JVC Blu-ray recorder.

[Eric-jan]

@OP, you must not be so vague about the source you want to capture/transfer/convert from, because now people are just guessing about what the objective is..... this way you can't be helped, you should do more research, then you will know what you are talking about.
If you're capturing live image from a camera by HDMI you should go for the Video Assis 6G (HD) from BMD, it's just below $500, will do max 1080p60