Re: TV Tuner with HDMI input

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No, OTA broadcasts are in MPEG-2, it's already compressed and the cards you
just take the bits off the air and put it on the disk.

CableCARD will enable HDTV for many more users in the US. I don't know what
the UK situation or the rest of world is, but we are paying attention and I
hope we'll have a solution but I doubt it be a solution that requires
realtime HD compression, the cost of that is just prohibitive for consumers.

--
Michael Creasy [MS]
http://www.michaelcreasy.com/blog

"Gregory" <Gregory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2041BEDD-421F-4F46-BFB6-F4FC4754D91A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ok, so none exist at present. But surely the free to air HD programming
> that
> is broadcast in the US requires the same real time compression?? If I am
> right, I do not see how one can say that the cost of hardware for real
> time
> compression is a factor preventing the release of such cards.
>
> If Media Center PCs remain unable to record HD content beyond 2006, I see
> no
> future for the Media Center platform. You can record SD content in the
> U.K.
> which was brilliant when I bought my first MC PC in 2003. However, with
> HDTV
> about to go live, the platform is soon to be left dead in the water. I
> read
> that Cable Card will be supported in the US, but the UK does not have
> cable
> card. I consider that Microsoft really needs to look at this from a world
> perspective and do it NOW. There is no wow factor in saying that you can
> watch TV, music and pictures with a 10" interface if the TV is of poorer
> quality than an HD PVR Cable box.
>
> I am honestly horrified that a Microsoft employee could say that there
> will
> be no HDMI tuner cards in the near future, when that would be the only way
> (I
> can think of) to get HDTV from a cable box into a Media Center PC in the
> UK.
>
> "Michael Creasy - [MS]" wrote:
>
>> None exist and none are likely to exist due to the cost of hardware
>> necessary to do real time compression of HD video.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Creasy [MS]
>> http://www.michaelcreasy.com/blog
>>
>> "Gregory" <Gregory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:12DDD504-B0F7-45CA-B0AF-5DB2099BCEF7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > HDTV is due to be launched in the UK next year. Does anyone know of any
>> > PCI
>> > TV tuners (future or current) that support HDMI input and are Media
>> > Center
>> > compatible?
>>
>>
>>


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