The much hyped HD-PVR (Component capture device) from Hauppauge has hit its first snag. First of all, it ships with no 64-bit support, and worse only single tuner support!

I wasn’t surprised by the 64-bit news, but I’m shocked at the single tuner.  I’m not exactly sure if the single tuner support is with the bundled application that they are shipping or if it will also apply to SageTV and BeyondTV.  If it does apply to all software, this product has lost all of its value.  Maybe SnapStream can add to this? 

Update: Brent posted that the drivers are supposed to support multiple tuners, so most likely it is just Hauppauge’s bundled software that will only support the single tuner.

Update 2: Missing Remote says Hauppauge has confirmed multi-tuner support for “all major software packages such as BeyondTV, SageTV, MythTV and Vista Media Center.”

Now they have said it supports multiple tuners at the driver level, that it only supports one tuner per system, and they it will work with all major software packages.  Sorry Hauppauge, I don’t believe your reps anymore.  With a product of this value they need to put together a Q&A and clearly states who will be providing support, for what applications, and when.  Saying flat out that it support Vista Media Center is also very misleading.  There is no possible way for them to support it until the next Media Center release.  Their HD-PVR ships next week, at this point they really need to get their story straight.

Update 3: 64-bit drivers are now said to be there upon release.