Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:15:08 -0700 From: "Adam Serediuk" <vipw@home.com> To: "Randall Hopper" <aa8vb@ipass.net> Cc: <multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: WinTV's HDTV cousin Message-ID: <001701bf295c$c9d9fde0$0564000a@fast.b0rk.net> References: <19991107150359.C6930@ipass.net>
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Digital Cable is out where I live FYI.... and I have used FXTV with it. The DCT's(Digital Cable Terminal) I own have both a standard cable out(piped to chan 3) and rca out jacks for video and left/right audio. Naturally the RCA's give a much better soundquality and picture to boot. ----- Original Message ----- From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: <multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 1:03 PM Subject: WinTV's HDTV cousin > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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