WEBVTT 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:15.920 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Hage HD PVR 2. This is the gaming 00:00:13.120 --> 00:00:23.039 edition and now includes some pretty significant benefits over the previous 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:25.600 HD PVR. So, for one thing, you've got 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:29.279 zero delay HDMI pass through, which is pretty freaking awesome because 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:33.360 especially if you're using it for game streaming or game commentating or 00:00:31.119 --> 00:00:38.399 anything like that, you can't have any kind of an extra delay or lag added by a 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:41.840 device that you're using to record video because then how are you going to 00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:45.920 actually play properly? Okay, so instructions here are it's pretty 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:51.360 straightforward. To open, pull sides. Oh, oh, oh, there we go. Then it comes 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.879 apart a little something like this. So this looks upon initial inspection like 00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:01.280 a very complete package of things that are included. So let's open up the box 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:05.040 itself really quick here and just have a Okay, the size is a little bit or the um 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:14.000 the dimensions of it are a little bit weird. Makes it look kind of like futuristic and UFO if UFO is a word. So 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:20.320 the first thing we find inside is a USB cable. This is USB A to B. There you go. 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:24.880 Very, very supple cable. So, very soft. Very nice. All right. I'm just going to 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:30.080 put garbage in there as we go. The next thing we find inside appears to be a 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:32.479 power brick. All right. Power brick. Oh, 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:37.040 no. That goes there. That goes there. Next, we've got ah component breakout. 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:45.200 So, this will be handy if you do have any HD devices that are not digital. So, 00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:49.200 here we've got uh RGB and then stereo 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:51.600 audio connectors. And then those go to a 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:58.240 proprietary connector that plugs into the presumably back of the hage unit, 00:01:54.880 --> 00:02:00.640 although I don't see where that goes. 00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:05.040 No, this is for Xbox. Oh, yeah. Okay. So, they've included an Xbox connector 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:10.080 which will do something supposedly. We'll be back. And it's a PS3 cable. And 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:14.800 the reason I couldn't figure out what the heck it did was because there's an 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:20.480 additional cable that you actually need to do anything with it. So, this is also 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:26.720 an RGB and stereo audio cable that actually does plug into this. So, if you 00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:28.959 did need to go from PS3 out to component 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:36.879 for whatever reason, then you could do this to go into there we go the HDPVR 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:40.000 and then you can go out via HDMI. 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:43.440 So yeah, then we've got two more HDMI 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.800 cables as well as their uh their 00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:49.519 software that's included. So you should download the latest off of the Hage website. And I'm just going to clean 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.560 things up a little bit and we will be back in a moment to show you the unit itself. Hage actually includes some 00:02:53.040 --> 00:03:00.480 notes that we should probably talk about very briefly. So because PS3 does not 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:04.080 allow recording over the HDMI output, you have to use the component. That's 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:07.760 why it has these adapters. You have to use component out to record from PS3. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:10.879 However, it should be noted that this connector with the current firmware 00:03:09.519 --> 00:03:14.400 might be a little bit sensitive to vibration. So, just put the PVR to 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:19.120 somewhere where it's not going to be sort of knocked around. I mean, that that should be common sense anyway. They 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:25.519 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 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:30.000 connected and then expect it to work 100%. So, just Yeah, just plain don't do 00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:33.360 that. Um, also make sure you put it in the right way. They says they got a lot 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.799 of calls about that. I don't know why because it was pretty obvious to me that 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:42.159 it doesn't go in this way. So, you turn it around and there you go. It's plugged 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:43.920 in. Push down. Get it? The push is down 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:48.400 when you push push down. Don't worry about it. Uh if you're using with an ATI 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:52.560 graphics card, AMD Radeon graphics card, then you might have issues with um the 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.680 latest drivers. So, just turn off hardware acceleration. These are their 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.000 tips and tricks. It's nice of them to include that on a little, you know, piece of paper that they pack at the 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:04.000 last minute. make sure that some of these frequently asked questions are 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:06.720 addressed before people have to, you know, pick up a phone and talk to a 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:10.239 human being and figure out how to use the product because I don't want to like 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:14.400 bother with that when I buy something new. I want it to just work. So, the top 00:04:12.239 --> 00:04:19.280 of the unit has a gorgeous brushed aluminum finish. It looks like actual 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:22.639 aluminum. Yep, it is. So, make sure you don't touch it too much or leave 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:26.000 fingerprint stains on it because it'll look pretty sweet as long as you don't 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:32.320 do that. Power button is here on the top. And then it's got sort of a a gray 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:36.080 trim that goes around the entire outside of it. The bottom is full of ventilation 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:40.960 holes. So there's a heat sink right there that you can clearly see through the perforations. I hope you can see it. 00:04:39.440 --> 00:04:46.880 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 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.840 the bottom and out the back. It looks like it doesn't need a ton of cooling 00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:53.840 though because these feet are quite low profile. So once you put this down, 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:57.840 there's not going to be room for a ton of air flow to be coming in and out of 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:01.280 the unit. So, I wouldn't put this on top of something like an AV receiver, for 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:05.600 example. I'd want to put it on something that doesn't uh exhaust heat because you 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:09.759 don't want to be using what are cooling holes to heat the unit up. Just 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:12.080 something to think about. Um, so in terms of setup, it's pretty 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:17.360 straightforward. There's a number of different ways you can hook it up, and they actually have diagrams in the uh in 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:22.240 the included quick start guide that make it pretty simple, but here's your power 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:25.120 in 6volt DC in. You have a USB connector 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:29.440 to go out to a PC, laptop, or desktop. There's that that component in that uses 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:33.680 this sort of weird harness to connect to it. I would have preferred if they just 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:38.080 had uh I guess yeah, it would take up a lot of space on the back to have fable 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:43.360 component connectors, but okay. HDMI in, HDMI out. So, that can be used for 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:48.240 recording a PC, for recording an Xbox 360, or anything else that isn't HDCP 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:52.240 protected. That's why they have to go with that analog signal for the 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.360 PlayStation 3. So, we'll have a look at some of the different ways you can hook 00:05:53.520 --> 00:05:59.280 it up. So, here's with a PlayStation 3, you're using that weird component in 00:05:56.960 --> 00:06:04.800 thing. USB out to a computer and then HDMI, HDMI out to a TV. So, this is for 00:06:02.080 --> 00:06:09.520 streaming. And then next we've got so game console here, I guess. Okay. Not 00:06:08.080 --> 00:06:15.360 sure what their point is here. So, let's go with this one. Xbox 360 HDMI in, HDMI 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:20.720 out, USB out to a laptop or desktop PC, and then out to a TV. So the idea is 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:25.360 that the HDMI is a lag free pass through and then USB is where you're actually 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:30.000 recording so that you can upload to something like 00:06:27.919 --> 00:06:33.120 um to something like YouTube or you can stream using XSplit or whatever else the 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:38.880 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 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:42.240 game streaming and game commentary where people are doing sort of like a webcam 00:06:41.039 --> 00:06:46.639 view of themselves. They're sitting there playing a game. They're talking about it while they play or I mean a lot 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:51.039 of these guys are basically just vloggers. So they're playing a video game but they're actually talking about 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:54.479 something totally unrelated just so you have something to watch and something to 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:58.479 listen to at the same time and they're not actually necessarily the same thing 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:01.840 as each other. So what is this for? It's for if you don't want to hook up an 00:07:00.080 --> 00:07:06.560 entire separate computer with a dedicated capture card in order to do 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:13.039 like a like we had uh we had a setup we did before with the uh Aver Media Live 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:16.560 Gamer HD where we actually had a computer that was set up to do the 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:21.520 capture and streaming. So this is if you just want to run a little box like this 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:24.560 to uh hook that up instead of running it through a computer directly. So thank 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:29.759 you for checking out this unboxing online as tech tips. Don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings, reviews, 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:34.560 and other computer videos. I was asked, what's the point of this if uh you have 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:38.240 to have a PC anyway compared to having like a dedicated PCI Express capture 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:42.319 card? Well, the point is you can use a laptop because it's using H.264 encoding 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:46.800 and it does have a hardware encoder inside here. It means that just using 00:07:44.479 --> 00:07:52.479 that USB 2 connection, it can stream as much data as it needs to in order to 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:54.080 record a high quality 1080p 30fps video 00:07:52.479 --> 00:07:57.280 that you can then do whatever you want with after the fact. It should also be 00:07:55.919 --> 00:08:02.720 noted that I actually made a mistake when I was unboxing this. This is the record button so that you can press 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:06.720 record and be sort of ready at a moment's notice to record or not record 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:11.360 something, not a power button, which it's just sort of on all the time once 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:11.360 it's plugged in.