AVerMedia C283S HD EzRecorder Plus- Record Off Your HD Set-top Box 1080p

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Product Feature

• 1080p HD Video Recording (fw. 3.1.2 or later)/ H.264 hardware compression
• Works without a PC / Records to internal 2.5" or external USB hard drive (Hard Drive not included)
• IR Blaster and Schedule Recording/ Recording Pause
• One press capture & snapshot, with Instant Recording playback
• Remote Control Included

Product Description

Never get frustrated again with all the complicated hardware connections when capturing videos! Simply hook up the HD EzRecorder Plus to your video source, and you are ready to capture HD content straight to your internal or external hard drive. The HD EzRecorder Plus records crisp HD video at resolutions up to 1080i and in H.264 format, ensuring superb storage effectiveness whilst preserving brilliant video quality. It can be used to record TV programs from cable/satellite set-top boxes as well as capture video from your digital camcorder. Even better, with the IR blaster and cyclic schedule recording functions, the HD EzRecorder Plus is able to turn on the set-top box and switch to the desired channel for scheduled recording by itself- you won't miss any episodes of your favorite shows anymore! The intuitive user interface provides you a smooth and painless experience in setting and browsing or managing your recordings and snapshots.
The HD EzRecorder offers a solution where you can record your favorite shows and move the stored recordings elsewhere should the current storage become full. Escape the troubles of HD Set Top Boxes that force you to make room for a new recording by deleting a previous one!

Technical Details
Input Signal: Component Video and Audio L/R
Output Signal: Component Video and Audio L/R
Recording Format: AVI (Codec: H.264 & mp3)
Supported Resolutions: 480i/ 480p/ 576i/ 576p/ 720p / 1080i (50/60 Hz)
Package Includes: HD EzRecorder Plus, Remote Control (Batteries included), IR Blaster Cable, Component cable x 2, RCA Audio Cable x 2, Power Adapter, user manual.

AVerMedia C283S HD EzRecorder Plus- Record Off Your HD Set-top Box 1080p Review

FIRST THE GOOD:
The picture quality that can been recorded is great. It gives you 3 quality selections.
You can play them back from this box.
It does the job of recording from a set to box, even a Tivo.
I have even recorded those programs that have copy protection on them.
It takes a hard drive. (up to 2 TB) and it has a USB port that can accommodate a pen (flash) drive or a USB hard drive. Either one can be used to record to. (Not both at the same time.)
The AverMedia box can output a IR signal to change the channel of the set top box. (It has a setup that learns from your existing remote.)

NOW THE BAD:
You setup the scheduled recording time MANUALLY and the length of the recordings can only be set in hourly increments.
Only 1 hour or 2 hours or 3 hours etc. There is no way to set it to 1.5 hours or 30 minutes etc.
Because of this you have recordings that are always too long and you have to edit them to make them right.
All recordings are named something like - REC-1155130413 which is a Time & date name. There is no way to change or edit this.

USB IS 2.0 SLOW!

You can put in a USB Drive and copy from the internal one you installed to the USB drive, but the file copy progress menu is always displayed on the screen and this prevents you from viewing any TV while it is copying.
I contacted Avermedia about this and the said that there is no way to get rid of the copying display that covers your tv screen
They said it was there to let you know that the copy is going and if it was successful. They could hid the copy dialog screen and pop up a finished message when it was completed but they don't see it that way and wont make the change. They should at least make the display very small and put it in the corner of the screen.

With USB 2.0 this is very slow. I have a very fast SSD drive installed and a fast Flash pen drive installed. (Still slow.)
It has no LAN connection so you can not Move, Copy or Watch the shows from your computer.

I brought this unit to copy programs off my set top box (Tivo) and keep them on my computer to share on my home network.
This box makes it hard to do that.

MY WORKAROUND:

I HAVE COME UP WITH A WORKAROUND FOR THIS PROBLEM:
I use a 1 TB USB drive connected to the USB port.
I don't even put a drive in the internal slot in the box.
I record to the USB drive and I have a USB switch that lets me switch the USB Drive to my computer.
I then can rename and copy the program to my computer. No more copying screens blocking the TV and much faster copying into the computer. You could just unplug the USB drive and move it to your computer for the renaming & copying but my setup is right next to the computer so a switch works well for me.

I guess if you just want to record from a dumb set top box this unit is OK . You will have to remember the file name it creates because it will be hard to select 1 of many to play back later.

If they come up with new firmware I will update this review. Review data 4-13-2013

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