Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 15:03:59 -0500 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: WinTV's HDTV cousin Message-ID: <19991107150359.C6930@ipass.net>
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WinTV-D Model 697 http://www.hauppauge.com/html/products.htm | decodes all ATSC Digital TV formats, from 480i up to 1080i...rendered | into a 480i format and displayable in a resizable window on your PC | screen...also output to an S-Video connector...so you can view Digital | TV on a TV monitor...also decodes the AC-3 audio portion of the Digital | TV signal [5 speaker output]... also tunes and displays conventional | analog television This really sounds like the way to go until digital cable comes out. ...versus a $7000 HDTV TV ...plus external HDTV antenna decoder box (that supports some subset of the 11 modes they threw in the antenna standard) Nice thing about this is it still works with std analog TV and also gives you a down-converted analog signal for HDTV which you can record with a regular VCR. Handy since there aren't any HDTV VCRs yet (AFA I've heard). Anybody heard of the "TeraLogic Janus" (see the attached posting from Ken@Hauppauge). Hopefully specs are available. Maybe a good next video project for FreeBSD (?) Randall http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=533548592&fmt=text |From: Ken Aupperle <kaupperle@my-deja.com> |Subject: Re: WinTV-D Model 00697 |Date: 06 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT | |Jim S. Greathouse: |> kaupperle@my-deja.com: |> |> >We were also thinking ease of installation, and being able to move the |> >decoded video over the PCI bus into the VGA card's frame buffer. This |> >approach preserves maximum compatibility with the user's existing PC |> >hardware. And the results ARE great-looking . . . of course I'm a bit |> >biased. |> > |> >A question and a correction: |> > |> >1. What does "pass through" mean in this context? |> > |> >2. Converting the AC-3 to stereo is only one of several options - we |> >provide a breakout cable to drive the surround and center speakers if |> >you have them. |> > |> >Ken Aupperle |> >Hauppauge |> |> Hi Ken -- thanks for posting -- a few questions for you if I may. |> |> What is the plan for a card that can support the HD ATSC resolutions |> (720p and 1080i) -- price, timeframe? |> |> Does this card, or a future version allow the mpeg stream to be stored |> to disk directly instead of using a "capture" program. | |We are also working on the WinTV-HD, which we demonstrated in prototype form |at the Intel Developer Forum. It is based on the TeraLogic Janus. Given a |suitable monitor, it can display true HD. Release is currently targetted |around the end of the year. Party line on cost is "under $500". All of our |Digital models are expected to decline in price over the next couple of |years. Just as a data point, our NTSC analog models went from $495 to $49 |over about a 6 year span. | |All of our models are designed to be able to receive the 19.4 Megabit/second |transport stream into the PC's "workspace". From there, software can be |written to demux, and save-and/or-interpret the stream. Bear in mind that an |ATSC transport stream is 146 MegaBYTES per minute - better have a big disk. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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