Hey folks,
My product launch just got filmed by two tv stations and the segments will air May 13 and 15th - I'd like to record these off of my Time Warner Cable Cisco 8742HDC DVR to any format that I can edit and save on my computer - in full HD res. They'll air on NBC and Pix11
My computer is not in the same room as my tv but I do have a coax running from near the tv to the router/computer.
There are two ways I believe I can do this and would really appreciate any feedback you guys have:
1. Buy an internal tv tuner card for my desktop (wintv-hvr-2250?), plug the coax in the 'coax out' of the dvr and the other end into this tuner so that the signals would already be decrypted post-STBox and some software can easily record on it on the desktop. Right?
OR:
2. Buy a box that will record in HD that I could put next to the STB and give it hdmi in. This box will have to have a hard drive in it. I have tried dvd recorders but they havent given me full hd, only 720p (I have a toshiba 620). This box will also need to give me the ability to transfer the files to my computer. The only box I can find that does this, is - Avermedia HD ExRecorder Plus - but it only has component inputs. So my question then becomes - can I rely upon this component feed to provide full-hd recording to whatever usb 2.0 hdd I connect to this box? Or is the quality isnt as good as HDMI??
So which is the best way to do this, considering the time constrain? I will need to buy any equipment locally at a bestbuy or something (argh!!) but as long as I can get a full hd quality feed of these interviews onto my computer, I don't care at this point. :confused:
Solutions I've already considered: Magnavox hdd/dvd recorders, no way to get files out unless you install the hdd into the computer. Avermedia live gamer plus that can record on sd cards or computer = only halfHD on sd card, full hd only on pc. Same goes for the HD PVR and HD PVR 2 from Hauppauge, which isn't ideal because I might not be home for the recording and might not be able to connect a pc/mac laptop to the device for recording. This is my worst-case solution. I'll run a long usb cable from the HD PVR to my desktop for recording.
THANKS A LOT IN ADVANCE!!