EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Hauppauge Digital Inc.
Hauppauge, New York

We  hereby  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement of Hauppauge Digital Inc. and
subsidiaries  (the  "Company") on Form S-8 of our report dated December 10, 1999
relating to the consolidated  financial  statements of the Company  appearing in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1999.



                                                 /s/  BDO Seidman, LLP
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 BDO Seidman, LLP
                                                 Certified Public Accountants


Dated:            Melville, New York
                  September 26, 2000





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