{"video_id":"vHOVyGswpbc","title":"Hauppauge HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2013-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":490,"segments":[{"start_s":7.2,"end_s":15.92,"text":"Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Hage HD PVR 2. This is the gaming","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.12,"end_s":23.039,"text":"edition and now includes some pretty significant benefits over the previous","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.8,"end_s":25.6,"text":"HD PVR. So, for one thing, you've got","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.039,"end_s":29.279,"text":"zero delay HDMI pass through, which is pretty freaking awesome because","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.199,"end_s":33.36,"text":"especially if you're using it for game streaming or game commentating or","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.119,"end_s":38.399,"text":"anything like that, you can't have any kind of an extra delay or lag added by a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":36.399,"end_s":41.84,"text":"device that you're using to record video because then how are you going to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.76,"end_s":45.92,"text":"actually play properly? Okay, so instructions here are it's pretty","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":43.28,"end_s":51.36,"text":"straightforward. To open, pull sides. Oh, oh, oh, there we go. Then it comes","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.92,"end_s":56.879,"text":"apart a little something like this. So this looks upon initial inspection like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.0,"end_s":61.28,"text":"a very complete package of things that are included. So let's open up the box","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.359,"end_s":65.04,"text":"itself really quick here and just have a Okay, the size is a little bit or the um","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":63.76,"end_s":74.0,"text":"the dimensions of it are a little bit weird. Makes it look kind of like futuristic and UFO if UFO is a word. So","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.2,"end_s":80.32,"text":"the first thing we find inside is a USB cable. This is USB A to B. There you go.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":77.52,"end_s":84.88,"text":"Very, very supple cable. So, very soft. Very nice. All right. I'm just going to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":83.119,"end_s":90.08,"text":"put garbage in there as we go. The next thing we find inside appears to be a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":86.799,"end_s":92.479,"text":"power brick. All right. Power brick. Oh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":90.08,"end_s":97.04,"text":"no. That goes there. That goes there. Next, we've got ah component breakout.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.2,"end_s":105.2,"text":"So, this will be handy if you do have any HD devices that are not digital. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":101.36,"end_s":109.2,"text":"here we've got uh RGB and then stereo","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":105.2,"end_s":111.6,"text":"audio connectors. 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And I'm just going to clean","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":168.0,"end_s":174.56,"text":"things up a little bit and we will be back in a moment to show you the unit itself. Hage actually includes some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":173.04,"end_s":180.48,"text":"notes that we should probably talk about very briefly. So because PS3 does not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.92,"end_s":184.08,"text":"allow recording over the HDMI output, you have to use the component. That's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":181.92,"end_s":187.76,"text":"why it has these adapters. You have to use component out to record from PS3.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":186.159,"end_s":190.879,"text":"However, it should be noted that this connector with the current firmware","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":189.519,"end_s":194.4,"text":"might be a little bit sensitive to vibration. 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It's plugged","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":218.879,"end_s":223.92,"text":"in. Push down. Get it? The push is down","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":222.159,"end_s":228.4,"text":"when you push push down. Don't worry about it. Uh if you're using with an ATI","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":226.08,"end_s":232.56,"text":"graphics card, AMD Radeon graphics card, then you might have issues with um the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":231.28,"end_s":235.68,"text":"latest drivers. So, just turn off hardware acceleration. These are their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":234.319,"end_s":240.0,"text":"tips and tricks. It's nice of them to include that on a little, you know, piece of paper that they pack at the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":238.4,"end_s":244.0,"text":"last minute. make sure that some of these frequently asked questions are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":241.519,"end_s":246.72,"text":"addressed before people have to, you know, pick up a phone and talk to a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":245.439,"end_s":250.239,"text":"human being and figure out how to use the product because I don't want to like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":248.879,"end_s":254.4,"text":"bother with that when I buy something new. I want it to just work. So, the top","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":252.239,"end_s":259.28,"text":"of the unit has a gorgeous brushed aluminum finish. It looks like actual","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":256.639,"end_s":262.639,"text":"aluminum. Yep, it is. So, make sure you don't touch it too much or leave","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":260.639,"end_s":266.0,"text":"fingerprint stains on it because it'll look pretty sweet as long as you don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":264.24,"end_s":272.32,"text":"do that. Power button is here on the top. And then it's got sort of a a gray","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":269.6,"end_s":276.08,"text":"trim that goes around the entire outside of it. The bottom is full of ventilation","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":274.72,"end_s":280.96,"text":"holes. So there's a heat sink right there that you can clearly see through the perforations. I hope you can see it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":279.44,"end_s":286.88,"text":"I can see it. So I'll you'll have to take my word for it. Trust me, it's there. And then the ventilation goes in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":285.12,"end_s":289.84,"text":"the bottom and out the back. It looks like it doesn't need a ton of cooling","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":288.4,"end_s":293.84,"text":"though because these feet are quite low profile. So once you put this down,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.56,"end_s":297.84,"text":"there's not going to be room for a ton of air flow to be coming in and out of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.68,"end_s":301.28,"text":"the unit. So, I wouldn't put this on top of something like an AV receiver, for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":299.759,"end_s":305.6,"text":"example. I'd want to put it on something that doesn't uh exhaust heat because you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":303.759,"end_s":309.759,"text":"don't want to be using what are cooling holes to heat the unit up. Just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":307.6,"end_s":312.08,"text":"something to think about. 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I would have preferred if they just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":331.6,"end_s":338.08,"text":"had uh I guess yeah, it would take up a lot of space on the back to have fable","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":335.28,"end_s":343.36,"text":"component connectors, but okay. HDMI in, HDMI out. So, that can be used for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.4,"end_s":348.24,"text":"recording a PC, for recording an Xbox 360, or anything else that isn't HDCP","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":346.08,"end_s":352.24,"text":"protected. That's why they have to go with that analog signal for the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":350.0,"end_s":355.36,"text":"PlayStation 3. So, we'll have a look at some of the different ways you can hook","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":353.52,"end_s":359.28,"text":"it up. So, here's with a PlayStation 3, you're using that weird component in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":356.96,"end_s":364.8,"text":"thing. USB out to a computer and then HDMI, HDMI out to a TV. So, this is for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":362.08,"end_s":369.52,"text":"streaming. And then next we've got so game console here, I guess. Okay. Not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":368.08,"end_s":375.36,"text":"sure what their point is here. So, let's go with this one. Xbox 360 HDMI in, HDMI","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":373.12,"end_s":380.72,"text":"out, USB out to a laptop or desktop PC, and then out to a TV. So the idea is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":378.0,"end_s":385.36,"text":"that the HDMI is a lag free pass through and then USB is where you're actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":382.96,"end_s":390.0,"text":"recording so that you can upload to something like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":387.919,"end_s":393.12,"text":"um to something like YouTube or you can stream using XSplit or whatever else the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":391.919,"end_s":398.88,"text":"case may be. I don't know if you guys are I don't know if you guys know this, but there is a huge thing going on with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":397.12,"end_s":402.24,"text":"game streaming and game commentary where people are doing sort of like a webcam","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":401.039,"end_s":406.639,"text":"view of themselves. They're sitting there playing a game. They're talking about it while they play or I mean a lot","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":405.36,"end_s":411.039,"text":"of these guys are basically just vloggers. So they're playing a video game but they're actually talking about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":409.52,"end_s":414.479,"text":"something totally unrelated just so you have something to watch and something to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":412.96,"end_s":418.479,"text":"listen to at the same time and they're not actually necessarily the same thing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":416.0,"end_s":421.84,"text":"as each other. So what is this for? It's for if you don't want to hook up an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":420.08,"end_s":426.56,"text":"entire separate computer with a dedicated capture card in order to do","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":424.4,"end_s":433.039,"text":"like a like we had uh we had a setup we did before with the uh Aver Media Live","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":430.8,"end_s":436.56,"text":"Gamer HD where we actually had a computer that was set up to do the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":434.4,"end_s":441.52,"text":"capture and streaming. So this is if you just want to run a little box like this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":438.96,"end_s":444.56,"text":"to uh hook that up instead of running it through a computer directly. So thank","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":443.199,"end_s":449.759,"text":"you for checking out this unboxing online as tech tips. Don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings, reviews,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":447.12,"end_s":454.56,"text":"and other computer videos. I was asked, what's the point of this if uh you have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":452.24,"end_s":458.24,"text":"to have a PC anyway compared to having like a dedicated PCI Express capture","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":456.8,"end_s":462.319,"text":"card? Well, the point is you can use a laptop because it's using H.264 encoding","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":460.8,"end_s":466.8,"text":"and it does have a hardware encoder inside here. It means that just using","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":464.479,"end_s":472.479,"text":"that USB 2 connection, it can stream as much data as it needs to in order to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":468.479,"end_s":474.08,"text":"record a high quality 1080p 30fps video","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":472.479,"end_s":477.28,"text":"that you can then do whatever you want with after the fact. It should also be","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":475.919,"end_s":482.72,"text":"noted that I actually made a mistake when I was unboxing this. This is the record button so that you can press","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":480.96,"end_s":486.72,"text":"record and be sort of ready at a moment's notice to record or not record","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":484.319,"end_s":491.36,"text":"something, not a power button, which it's just sort of on all the time once","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":488.24,"end_s":491.36,"text":"it's plugged in.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Hage HD PVR 2. This is the gaming edition and now includes some pretty significant benefits over the previous HD PVR. So, for one thing, you've got zero delay HDMI pass through, which is pretty freaking awesome because especially if you're using it for game streaming or game commentating or anything like that, you can't have any kind of an extra delay or lag added by a device that you're using to record video because then how are you going to actually play properly? Okay, so instructions here are it's pretty straightforward. To open, pull sides. Oh, oh, oh, there we go. Then it comes apart a little something like this. So this looks upon initial inspection like a very complete package of things that are included. So let's open up the box itself really quick here and just have a Okay, the size is a little bit or the um the dimensions of it are a little bit weird. Makes it look kind of like futuristic and UFO if UFO is a word. So the first thing we find inside is a USB cable. This is USB A to B. There you go. Very, very supple cable. So, very soft. Very nice. All right. I'm just going to put garbage in there as we go. The next thing we find inside appears to be a power brick. All right. Power brick. Oh, no. That goes there. That goes there. Next, we've got ah component breakout. So, this will be handy if you do have any HD devices that are not digital. So, here we've got uh RGB and then stereo audio connectors. And then those go to a proprietary connector that plugs into the presumably back of the hage unit, although I don't see where that goes. No, this is for Xbox. Oh, yeah. Okay. So, they've included an Xbox connector which will do something supposedly. We'll be back. And it's a PS3 cable. And the reason I couldn't figure out what the heck it did was because there's an additional cable that you actually need to do anything with it. So, this is also an RGB and stereo audio cable that actually does plug into this. So, if you did need to go from PS3 out to component for whatever reason, then you could do this to go into there we go the HDPVR and then you can go out via HDMI. So yeah, then we've got two more HDMI cables as well as their uh their software that's included. So you should download the latest off of the Hage website. And I'm just going to clean things up a little bit and we will be back in a moment to show you the unit itself. Hage actually includes some notes that we should probably talk about very briefly. So because PS3 does not allow recording over the HDMI output, you have to use the component. That's why it has these adapters. You have to use component out to record from PS3. However, it should be noted that this connector with the current firmware might be a little bit sensitive to vibration. So, just put the PVR to somewhere where it's not going to be sort of knocked around. I mean, that that should be common sense anyway. They say they got a lot of calls about it. Come on. But come on, guys. You don't bump an analog connection while it's connected and then expect it to work 100%. So, just Yeah, just plain don't do that. Um, also make sure you put it in the right way. They says they got a lot of calls about that. I don't know why because it was pretty obvious to me that it doesn't go in this way. So, you turn it around and there you go. It's plugged in. Push down. Get it? The push is down when you push push down. Don't worry about it. Uh if you're using with an ATI graphics card, AMD Radeon graphics card, then you might have issues with um the latest drivers. So, just turn off hardware acceleration. These are their tips and tricks. It's nice of them to include that on a little, you know, piece of paper that they pack at the last minute. make sure that some of these frequently asked questions are addressed before people have to, you know, pick up a phone and talk to a human being and figure out how to use the product because I don't want to like bother with that when I buy something new. I want it to just work. So, the top of the unit has a gorgeous brushed aluminum finish. It looks like actual aluminum. Yep, it is. So, make sure you don't touch it too much or leave fingerprint stains on it because it'll look pretty sweet as long as you don't do that. Power button is here on the top. And then it's got sort of a a gray trim that goes around the entire outside of it. The bottom is full of ventilation holes. So there's a heat sink right there that you can clearly see through the perforations. I hope you can see it. I can see it. So I'll you'll have to take my word for it. Trust me, it's there. And then the ventilation goes in the bottom and out the back. It looks like it doesn't need a ton of cooling though because these feet are quite low profile. So once you put this down, there's not going to be room for a ton of air flow to be coming in and out of the unit. So, I wouldn't put this on top of something like an AV receiver, for example. I'd want to put it on something that doesn't uh exhaust heat because you don't want to be using what are cooling holes to heat the unit up. Just something to think about. Um, so in terms of setup, it's pretty straightforward. There's a number of different ways you can hook it up, and they actually have diagrams in the uh in the included quick start guide that make it pretty simple, but here's your power in 6volt DC in. You have a USB connector to go out to a PC, laptop, or desktop. There's that that component in that uses this sort of weird harness to connect to it. I would have preferred if they just had uh I guess yeah, it would take up a lot of space on the back to have fable component connectors, but okay. HDMI in, HDMI out. So, that can be used for recording a PC, for recording an Xbox 360, or anything else that isn't HDCP protected. That's why they have to go with that analog signal for the PlayStation 3. So, we'll have a look at some of the different ways you can hook it up. So, here's with a PlayStation 3, you're using that weird component in thing. USB out to a computer and then HDMI, HDMI out to a TV. So, this is for streaming. And then next we've got so game console here, I guess. Okay. Not sure what their point is here. So, let's go with this one. Xbox 360 HDMI in, HDMI out, USB out to a laptop or desktop PC, and then out to a TV. So the idea is that the HDMI is a lag free pass through and then USB is where you're actually recording so that you can upload to something like um to something like YouTube or you can stream using XSplit or whatever else the case may be. I don't know if you guys are I don't know if you guys know this, but there is a huge thing going on with game streaming and game commentary where people are doing sort of like a webcam view of themselves. They're sitting there playing a game. They're talking about it while they play or I mean a lot of these guys are basically just vloggers. So they're playing a video game but they're actually talking about something totally unrelated just so you have something to watch and something to listen to at the same time and they're not actually necessarily the same thing as each other. So what is this for? It's for if you don't want to hook up an entire separate computer with a dedicated capture card in order to do like a like we had uh we had a setup we did before with the uh Aver Media Live Gamer HD where we actually had a computer that was set up to do the capture and streaming. So this is if you just want to run a little box like this to uh hook that up instead of running it through a computer directly. So thank you for checking out this unboxing online as tech tips. Don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. I was asked, what's the point of this if uh you have to have a PC anyway compared to having like a dedicated PCI Express capture card? Well, the point is you can use a laptop because it's using H.264 encoding and it does have a hardware encoder inside here. It means that just using that USB 2 connection, it can stream as much data as it needs to in order to record a high quality 1080p 30fps video that you can then do whatever you want with after the fact. It should also be noted that I actually made a mistake when I was unboxing this. This is the record button so that you can press record and be sort of ready at a moment's notice to record or not record something, not a power button, which it's just sort of on all the time once it's plugged in."}