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.
On Wed, October 27, 2004 4:22 pm, Brian Densmore said:
Not that I care, I won't be buying one, I have no use for a HD card in my Linux machine.
See http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag
"We have until July 1, 2005, to buy, build, and sell fully-capable, non-flag-compliant HDTV receivers. Any receivers built now will "remain functional under a flag regime, allowing consumers to continue their use without the need for new or additional equipment." [PDF] Any devices made this year can be re-sold in the future."
I think I read several issues back in Linux Journal that they are going to have some HDTV capturing projects, but they won't work with the flag-compliant cards. Buying a non-flag-compliant HDTV tuner now with allow you the chance to use it will open source. I'll put it this way: if you think you might ever want to play with HDTV capturing, buy a non-flag-compliant tuner before Jul 1. After that, they'll probably go for a lot on ebay. Also, I believe that the FCC has mandated that all through-the-air broadcasts will be HD by 2007, if you take much stock in that.
To answer someone's question, the cost of the HD-3000 HDTV tuner from pchdtv.com is $189.89. It also appears to be compliant with SD (standard def?) broadcasts, but I could be wrong.
I also noticed that this card "supports all 18 ATSC compliant digital formats." Does that mean that this supports digital cable or HD channels on digital cable like someone suggested?
Here's the link: http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html
Jeremy
Brian Densmore wrote:
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?
No, it's a 'HD tuner -> capture' card. The card doesn't have HD video inputs on it. So, it would be almost useless in this geographical area.
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.
If you can't see the resolution difference between 340i (old) and 1080i (new), you probably need to get your eyes upgraded. :)
Computer monitors /can/ display the resolution components of an HD signal but they're ill suited for it since the refresh timings and all that jazz are not aligned like a TV is.
On Wed, October 27, 2004 7:50 pm, Jason Clinton said:
No, it's a 'HD tuner -> capture' card. The card doesn't have HD video inputs on it. So, it would be almost useless in this geographical area.
In other words, you can use this as:
HD Antenna --> HD Tuner --> Capture --> PC
But not like:
HD Cable/DirecTv --> Converter box with HD outputs --> HD Tuner --> Capture --> PC
Something like that?
Jeremy
Jeremy Turner wrote:
On Wed, October 27, 2004 7:50 pm, Jason Clinton said:
No, it's a 'HD tuner -> capture' card. The card doesn't have HD video inputs on it. So, it would be almost useless in this geographical area.
In other words, you can use this as:
HD Antenna --> HD Tuner --> Capture --> PC
But not like:
HD Cable/DirecTv --> Converter box with HD outputs --> HD Tuner --> Capture --> PC
Well, it's more like 'HD Cable/DirecTv --> Capture Card --> PC' but I know of no such capture cards existing yet.
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