Ok, now I'm confused. Isn't the HD-3000 a HD video capture card? Doesn't it have the proper connectors going into the card? If not what would be the point of the card? I see two connectors that *look* like coax connectors on the card, one of which is specifically designated as an antenna connector. Not that I care, I won't be buying one, I have no use for a HD card in my Linux machine. Unless it is useful for doing 3D modeling, but a good 21" monitor and a decent graphics card is all that is really needed there. I would suspect most VGA monitors are natively capable of HDTV? Or am I wrong on that one?
-----Original Message----- From: Jason Clinton
Brian Densmore wrote:
Elaborate please. I thought some cable companies were ...
... arrives at the cable box, it's decoded and given to the TV for display (480i/p, 720i/p, 1020i/p, DVI -- all standards). You could receive the signal from the cable box and do something with it if you had the right connectors but, other than that, you won't be decoding the data stream from the cable company yourself.
I'm not sure what all the hubbub is about anyway.
Well, as an owner of a 1080i CRT TV, I can attest to the great improvement in quality offered by HD signals.
Ok. I hadn't noticed any problem with current selections. I guess you have be an aficionado to appreciate. Kind of like high end stereo systems capable of blowing the windows out of one's house. I have an old friend that had one of those systems, he's deaf now and his $10,000 (1978 dollars) stereo is useless to him. I'm sure HD is great to look at, kind of like Ferrari's. I'm perfectly happy with my old beat up Chevy though.