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• Fixing the HD PVR BSOD

  A while back when messing around with AnyDVD , I started getting a BSOD (0x0000007e) whenever the HD PVR was connected to my HTPC. I had to send my HD PVR away for a while (it was locking up periodically), so I didn't get a chance to look into it... Posted Nov 07 2008, 10:20 AM by babgvant with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: HD PVR, AnyDVD, BSOD, ArcSoft

• AnyDVD + HD PVR = BSOD

  I installed AnyDVD this morning on my HTPC and was immediately greated with a BSOD after rebooting. Nothing would bring it back (system restore, uninstalling anydvd). I finally reinstalled Vista and started adding stuff to the mix, as soon as the drivers... Posted Oct 18 2008, 09:32 AM by babgvant with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: HD PVR, AnyDVD, BSOD

• What's wrong with this picture?

  Yep, 740x480 is not 16x9. Seems there's a bug in the HD PVR driver that incorrectly assigns anything over 480i a 16x9 AR. I sent it to Hauppauge but haven't heard anything back yet. 480i over component still looks much better than over s-video... Posted Sep 11 2008, 05:24 PM by babgvant with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: HD PVR

• One week with the HD PVR

  I had some issues initially with the HD PVR locking up after a few recordings, after some settings changes (which are included OOTB with 6.4.7) everything got sorted Everything looks great. HD is really good, I think there is a slight degradation in quality... Posted Aug 11 2008, 06:53 PM by babgvant with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Sage, HD PVR

• Initial HD PVR Thoughts

  - I wasn't expecting it to be so big, not an issue, just surprised. - Took a lot more effort to get it working with Sage than I was expecting (I should have read the Sage forums first :)). I had to uninstall Sage (which to be fair was a 6.3.10 ->... Posted Aug 04 2008, 07:20 PM by babgvant with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Sage, HD PVR