There is a zero delay passthrough to the corresponding output port, and the recorded video is streamed out through the USB 2.0 port to a PC. Video input for recording may come from game consoles, DVD or VHS players, camcorders or STBs as long as they are through S-Video, component video or HDMI without HDCP. The GC1000 functionality is similar to the Hauppauge HD-PVR 2.

Today, Diamond Multimedia is throwing their hat in the ring with the GC1000. After almost four years of not having any major updates for their HD-PVR, Hauppauge also introduced the HD-PVR 2 Gaming Edition with zero-delay HDMI passthrough. Elgato has a dimunitive offering in the form of the Game Capture HD. The AverMedia Game Capture HD could capture HD video to internal storage, enabling PC-free recording, while the AverTV USB HD DVR was more similar to the Hauppauge HD-PVR in terms of functionality. There are a number of alternatives for SD (standard definition) capture, but we are dealing with units capable of HD video recording here. Seeing the success of the Hauppauge HD-PVR gaming edition, other vendors jumped into the fray with similar products. This led Hauppauge to market the same hardware with some additional cables as the HD-PVR gaming edition. However, consumers soon found that it was very effective at recording game console outputs also. It initially gained market acceptance as a PVR for set top box outputs (in a HTPC setting). The pioneer in the high definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) market was the Hauppauge HD-PVR. We even reviewed the Hauppauge Colossus from a HTPC perspective here.

Products such as AverMedia's Game Broadcaster HD and the Hauppauge Colossus were introduced recently. Video capture cards have been quite popular for some time, but users have definitely felt the need to move away from PCI-E capture cards. The original video has a zero-delay passthrough.

The GC1000 acts as a High Definition Personal Video Recorder (HD-PVR) which captures video output from game consoles (or any other source), compresses it using H.264 and streams it out over USB. Last week, we had the launch of the Android Media Player AMP1000, and this time around, we have the GC1000 (Game Capture 1000) for capturing and editing game play sessions from popular consoles. Diamond MM is in the process of launching multimedia products in rapid succession.

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