On 12/28/05, Jason Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There just aren't any commercially available.
What about getting a HDTV hardware-based encoder that can take component in?
There just aren't any commercially available.
You could then go from the cable box via component to the encoder in the computer and have DVI or component going from the computer to your TV. Use LIRC and a IR-blaster to control your cable box.
I, personally am sticking to OTA HDTV and not paying for trash.On 12/27/05, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:>Digital broadcasting in the US is trash._______________________________________________
It's no more trash than analog TV, though. Just better protected trash ;-)On 12/27/05, Brandon Stoll < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On 12/26/05, Alex Malinovich < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 17:49 -0800, Ian Forde wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 18:11 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> > > There are two ways to capture HDTV.
> > >
> > > 1) OTA with an HDTV tuner card
> > > 2) via Firewire from a cable box like the Motorola DCT-6200 (IIRC).
> > > This is limited only to the channels that the cable provider provides
> > > unencrypted on the firewire port
> >
> > Make that 3...
> >
> > 3) Cable QAM with an HDTV tuner card to get the digital channels that
> > that the cable provider provides... effectively a subset of option 1,
> > but suitable for those in places where HD antennae can't be put up
> > effectively...
>
> So if I get an HDTV card like the pcHDTV-3000 and it has support for QAM
> (which I believe the 3k does), I can just plug the cable into the card
> and have it pick up any unencrypted HD channels? So HBO-HD probably
> won't work, but Fox HD should, right? Or is there something else I'm
> missing?
>
> And what about encoding the video? If I get a hardware encoder can it
> encode HD content the same way as regular content, or am I going to be
> looking at doing software encoding for HD?
>
> Thanks much for the help.
>
You might want to find a TV with a built-in tuner or something to that
extent to find out what exactly you're going to be getting over QAM.
I get the big networks, Discovery Times, and TNT... but from other
comments it seems to vary a lot depending on provider.
I like getting the networks in HD and all, but spending $100+ to only
get like 6 channels is disappointing.
So basically, firewire has 5C copy protection, QAM has little content,
OTA has (understandably) limited content. Digital broadcasting in the
US is trash.
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