Re: Can MCE2005 record Cable-Originated HDTV Broadcasts?

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From: Dana Cline - MVP (dcline_at_scriptpro.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:19:17 -0600

Maybe because the cable companies don't particularly _want_ people to record
their HD shows. Although I have heard that a cable card will someday be
supported in Media Center...

Dana Cline - MVP

"Ben Ranson" <Ben Ranson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A746665-470C-4AF8-A3FF-0B0372B8667D@microsoft.com...
> A simple question, but, having read MANY posts on the subject of HD and
> MCE2005, I am more confused than ever.
>
> As a system builder of servers and workstations, I have been asked by a
> number of my customers about building MCE2005 HDTV recorders for them at
> home, so could see a good revenue stream here. Yet, I don't know what to
tell
> them when they say they want to record their HD broadcasts from cable.
>
> I understand that the ATI HDTV WONDER will only receive OTA
("Terrestrial")
> HD broadcasts and not cable or satellite, because of the encryption
standard
> or something. Is that right?
>
> The implication is that MCE can certainly encode and deal with a processed
> HDTV signal (as I've read on this forum of people using the HD WONDER with
> their MCE successfully), so maybe the problem is between the cable box and
a
> suitable tuner card.
>
> If that's the case, why hasn't a TV-Tuner manufacturer just come up with
an
> HD Cable-ready TV-Tuner card?
>
> Isn't it just a case of recognising a decrypted HD signal as, say an
S-Video
> input signal, and having the processing power to MPEG encode 1920x1080
> instead of 720x480?
>
> Any clues would be helpful...
>
>
> Ben Ranson
> Electronics Nexus
> http://elnexus.com

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