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Re: MythTV HD?
> Thanks for the good info. Any chance you might have some input on:
Ditto here, but can't this be done for under $200?
I mean, I can get a DVR for that.
What advantage am I going to get for buying a $200 tuner card?
Tiger direct is selling tuners for $35.
thx,
NZG.
On Monday 17 January 2005 01:26 pm, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> At 09:48 PM 1/14/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> >About the card: http://www.pchdtv.com/
> >
> > From the FAQ: http://www.pchdtv.com/faq.php#faq0000021
> >
> > > What is difference between the HD-2000 and HD-3000?
> > >
> > > The HD-2000 was a 5v PCI card with two RF inputs and mono sound for
> > > NTSC. The HD-3000 is a similar card with one RF input, one SVIDEO
> > > input, one COMPOSITE VIDEO and AUDIO input and one audo stereo output
> > > for NTSC. Neithor card detects the broadcast flag.
> >
> >Note that last sentence. This will be a _very_ important feature, after
> >July 1, 2005. Trust me, you'll be glad you got one early. The mainstream
> >HDTV cards are already implementing it, so that by the time you try to get
> >one before the deadline, there aren't any in the channel anymore.
>
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for the good info. Any chance you might have some input on:
>
> 1) Since ATSC is currently off-the-air only (right?), would not a DVI input
> be required to accept input from Cable, Satellite, DVD? OR, would this
> input be handled directly to the video card?
>
> 2) What video card would work best? Do any Linux cards support 1028P (the
> best format, right)? I assume that output would be DVI?
>
> 3) What is the meaning of the 'broadcast flag'?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Lee
>
> 2) Ia ce ATSC is currently off-the-air
>
> 3) Most surround sound receivers require digital audo - any idea how to
> connect to this card?
>
> >http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
> >
> > > What type of hardware is recommended?
> > >
> > > The minimum recommended hardware requirements are:
> > > * Intel® Pentium® 1200Mhz or higher
> > > * NVIDIA card with IDCT acceleration for machines under 2000MHz.
> > > * Linux Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 or 9.0.
> > > * Sound card with S/PDIF support and external sound system.
> > > * 256 Meg RAM or higher
> > > * CD ROM Drive
> > > * One available PCI 2.2 slot
> >
> >Note that Operating System requirement... :=)
> >
> >And my favorite: http://www.pchdtv.com/faq.php#faq0000005
> >
> > > Is there a windows version of the drivers?
> > > Not at this time.
> >
> >And here's the gory details:
> > > The pcHDTV™ HD-3000 Hi Definition Television Card is the next
> > > generation digital television card to be produced specially for the
> > > Linux video hobbyist market. Shipped with the open source multimedia
> > > player, Xine, the card provides a ATSC stream to the Xine mpeg2 decoder
> > > for playback and can be used with MythTV.
> > >
> > > The HD-3000 Hi Definition Television PCI Card is an universal PCI 2.2
> > > compliant card. The card receives NTSC and ATSC Signals and converts
> > > them to digital streams which are transported across the PCI bus.
> > > Display and MPEG2 decoding are done on the host computer in software
> > > and displayed on the computers monitor. The pcHDTV Hi Definition PCI
> > > card is based on Oren Semiconductor's ATSC receiver chip and Conexant's
> > > CX23883 NTSC receiver chip providing excellent HD and SD reception.
> > >
> > > Key Features
> > > * Cost effective ATSC/NTSC TV reception card
> > > * Open source drivers and player
> > > * All-software HDTV decoder
> > > * Supports all 18 ATSC compliant digital formats
> > > * Supports NTSC Analog Television
> > > * Upto 4 cards supported in a single system for recording and
> > > display of multiple programs.
> > > * Compatible with the HD-2000 card.
> > > * Digital Video Recording, Time Shifting and Playback
> > > * Accelerated HDTV support with nVidia video cards.
> > > * Accelerated IDCT and Motion Compensation with GeForce4 Mx cards
> > > * Accelerated Motion Compensation with GeForce4 TI cards
> > > * Selectable Weave or One Field de-interlacing for interlaced
> > > formats * Command line support for station scanning
> > > * Command line support for station signal strength
> > > * Command line support for recording.
> > >
> > > Input/output
> > >
> > > * One RF TV antenna coaxal reception port
> > > * One SVIDEO input port
> > > * One composite video and sound port
> > > * One stereo connection jack to sound card for analog TV System
> >
> >And another juicy bit, in the requirements section:
> > > Currently the HD-3000 is NOT supported in Windows 98™, Windows 2000™
> > > or Windows XP™ however Windows drivers are include for those wishing
> > > to experiment with the card in Microsoft Windows.
> >
> >Oh, and they're working with the MythTV folks.... :=)
> >
> >In short, if you're looking for an HDTV card, want to support FLOSS
> >hardware and software development, as well as be able to exercise your
> >fair use rights to content licenses you OWN (and not "rent"), then this
> >is the card you're looking for.
> >
> >Did I mention Craig has 3 of them ready to put into your hot little hands?
> >
> >I can get you in touch with him if you want to get yours over the holiday.
> >
> >BTW, they recently reduced the price from $199 to $189, so Craig's not
> >really making $3 on the deal, when you factor in USPS postage you'd have
> >to pay for the cheapest shipping otherwise, and wouldn't get it before
> >Thursday anyway.
> >Think of it as buying him a Budweiser product. ;=) (Those of you that know
> >Craig will get the reference).
> >
> >However, AFTER July 1, 2005, I suspect these cards will only be available
> >second-hand, and the price will not be the mere $200 they are available
> >for today.
> >
> >In comparison, you can see that the other HDTV cards are running $200 or
> > so, but without the excellent Linux support that this card has.
> >
> >See http://www.videohelp.com/capturecards.php for some other cards info.
> >
> >Mike/
> >
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