Hauppauge Colossus PCI Express Internal HD-PVR

Hi Folks!

As a long-time Media Center user I bought this card after changing over my cablevision to HD. My provider is Shaw and I'm using the Motorola DCX3400 (a DVR in it's own right albeit a 'stripped down' DVR compared to Media Center).

So the goal was to get HD into Media Center and continue using Media Center as my DVR. This card does that and more. Many of the reviews on this site about Media Center support being difficult or buggy are not correct. The install routine is also very easy.

If you're aiming for Media Center integration, don't install anything from the disk. Download the latest Media Center package from their site as well as the latest driver for the card. Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro HDMI Editing Card with PCI Express Also why is this thing so HUGE?? It's double the size of Blackmagic Intensity Pro! I am so glad to have made the switch to Blackmagic, everything including quality have improved greatly. Sorry Hauppauge, I really wanted to like your product but you just couldn't deliver. I give you 2 stars because your tech support was friendly and the card does function, just poorly designed hardware and software.

After reading the review and instructions by Mr. Miller I decided to upgrade my Windows Media Center PC since I certainly wasn't getting the quality he was describing. Followed his instructions and worked just as he said. The capture quality of this card is the best of any video capture card I have used since my Media Center XP machine -4 cards and 6 years ago.

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