In one of its advertised applications, the 1212 is hooked to a satellite or cable TV set top box, which serves as the tuner and content source. To understand how the Hauppauge HD PVR works, you need to think outside the box, or more accurately imagine more than one box.

When I think of a PVR or DVR or even a VCR, I visualize an all-in-one unit that includes a tuner, a timer and a hard drive or at least a cassette tape - ah, the 20th Century. Any advice is worth trying.To label Hauppauge's Model 1212 silver and black box an HD PVR (high definition personal video recorder) is a bit misleading. Let me know if anyone wants a video or pictures of what I'm talking about. OBS 22.0.2 - Rebooting Windows -Power cycling HD PVR2 -Switching inputs while Hauppauge Capture software is running. Things I've tried: -Downloading latest HD PVR 2 driver -Hauppauge Capture version 36187. But when video in is set to Composite (Red/White/Yellow) cables, everything on the TV is scrambled and other things from my PC appear to be scrambled in the mix, although the image within the Hauppauge Capture software looks crystal clear. This DOES NOT happen when the source is set to HDMI and I'm using an HDMI device and passing through to my TV. For instance, if I have a browser open, I can see the titles of tabs, or I can see the 'CAPTURE' and 'EDIT' tabs at the top of the Hauppauge Capture software, or the 'Video In / Audio In' drop downs on the left side of the same software. But when I look at my TV, I can literally see some items that would normally appear on the computer's screen, never on the passthrough. I believe the cables themselves to be fine because the image quality of a recording is phenomenal, it looks great on the screen on my PC.

I recently picked up an A/V cable set on eBay. It didn't come with any of the A/V cables to connect composite or component devices. I have been using HDMI for capture since I bought this device (HD PVR 2 'Gaming Edition' with the green light, I picked it up second hand). But it's worth posting to see if anyone can help. I see a lot of threads without responses here, and I'm still searching and if I find a solution I'll be sure to share it below.

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