On 4 Feb 2013, at 11:25,
007al...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I am facing similar issue of discontinuation with HD-PVR and experiencing that HD-PVR can not work more than for an hour continuously without fan. Have you guys found out any workaround for this? Please post if have any update on this.......
>
> Thanks
One hour seems a bit extreme... we were getting failures any time after
2 to 20 hours; adding a fan increased that to >30 hours, on average.
Perhaps even an external desk fan pointing at the devices would help
(in our experience a "test rig" area of the office, full of electronic
devices, does tend to get quite warm).
Even without the fans, the automated failure detection & recovery
described by Máté works adequately. Note that after the first failure
the device does seem to require a cool-down period of a few minutes
before you switch it back on.
We are in discussions with Hauppauge about diagnosing and fixing the
HDPVR's stability issues; they seem very willing to help but the gears
move slowly.
Your other option is to use the BlackMagic Intensity Pro instead; its
price is similar to the HDPVR. We are running ~10 of these at the
moment, and though we haven't stress-tested them as much as the HDPVRs,
early results are encouraging.
Cheers
Dave.