HD recording Equipment

This is the one most people use:

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/7791395/Hauppauge-01228-HD-PVR-High-Definition-Video-Recorder/Product.html

Pretty expensive though - £170 instead of Dazzle which costs £35 so it's easy to see why most people go for Dazzle.

I know what you mean though, playing in SD is horrible and I always do worse when I'm recording than when I'm playing in HD. I've also read that you need a pretty powerful computer to record / play in HD without lag, worth bearing in mind.

There's also this which seems to be about £130 most places, only ever seen a few people who use this though, don't know anything about it:
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

I'm not sure if the BlackMagic's Intensity products are compatible with PS3, 360 etc. I would send them an email enquiry first of all. There are lots of issues with capture cards especially with consoles so b cautious. Dazzle works - period. Its reasonably priced and its external so hassle free, just plug'n play. IDK about the quality (often down to codecs and your settings for compression/capture) but it should b OK for 640x480 capture sizes.