Recording A/V through HDMI is possible?

[RudeCurve]

Hey guys it seems that recording audio and video through HDMI is possible? There are products from Hauppauge that allows this up to 1080i. I thought HDCP was designed to prevent this?

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_colossus.html

EDIT: Nevermind it says it cannot record encrypted signals even though it's advertised as being able to record cable and satellite broadcasts...

Anyway anyone know a way to use this HDMI capture card to record DirectTV A/V signals?

 

[Grall]

There at least used to be hardware boxes from some German company that could strip HDCP from the signal. Not sure if those are still available, with the recent-ish EU legislature banning circumvention of copy protection measures...

 

[Malo]

I think the only way you'd be able to record a DirectTV signal is via a cablelabs authorized CableCard, however afaik they dumped the idea of ever producing one for their service. I'm just building a HTPC for home to replace my DVR with a HTPC+Ceton InfiniTV and comcast cable card (yay 4 channels instead of 2) so I'll be able to enjoy recorded tv automatically stored on my WHS.

 

[homerdog]

If it weren't so easy to just plug in component cables and record from that, there would surely be some pirate software out there to strip out all the HDCP nonsense. So really I don't know why they bother. With DRM it's always the same old story.