Yeah, it is good deal. But depends on which Hauppauge model you are talking about, there's lot of them. I plan to get the gaming edition after I build the custom computer. Here's the info between 2 model of Hauppauge HD PVR- 1212 and 1445. I copied and paste it here from the http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html Differences between the HD PVR model 1212 and the HD PVR Gaming Edition There are two versions of HD PVR: the HD PVR model 1212 and the HD PVR Gaming Edition. Here are the differences: HD PVR 1212 includes a IR blaster cable to control your cable or satellite set top box channel changing. HD PVR Gaming Edition has a Component Video cable for easy connection to an Xbox 360 or PS3. Both HD PVR and HD PVR Gaming Edition have our "no delay pass through" for recording live TV or video HD PVR model 1212 contains Arcsoft Total Media Extreme plus Arcsoft Media Convert. Media Convert allows you to change the format of your recordings so you can view them on a iPad or other portable media player. HD PVR Gaming Edition contains Arcsoft ShowBiz with capture and upload to YouTube. A media converter is not included in the HD PVR Gaming Edition. HD PVR uses a blue record ring to indicate that recording is taking place. The HD PVR Gaming Edition uses a green record ring. btw the gaming edition is 1445 model.
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