1) What is the current state of the availability of HDMI IN capability into the PC ?
Are there any reasonably priced PCI or PCI-E cards which are capable of receiving the HDMI output from the Cable Set To Box to allow the PC to receive a picture of a quality higher than the coax cable's 640x480 ?
Blackmagic's line of cards are not an affordable solution and do not solve the problem reliably.
This problem has existed for years now, yet the industry has failed to solve this and seems to be treading water and wasting money.
2) The industry also needs to be able to control the channel selection on the Cable Set Top Box directly from the PC through the USB cable.
Several set top boxes already have a USB connector built in.
Current infrared IR Blaster solutions are unreliable.
3) Another industry failure is a Tuner Card with software which has the capability to place the Closed Captions in a separate external windows, outside of the TV video window, also able to record Closed Captions and playback Closed Captions, again, in a separate external window.
I would like to see the Tuner card PC TV industry either solve these 3 problems or fire their engineers and stop wasting any more money on the nonsense being regurgitated year after year.
Are there any reasonably priced PCI or PCI-E cards which are capable of receiving the HDMI output from the Cable Set To Box to allow the PC to receive a picture of a quality higher than the coax cable's 640x480 ?
Blackmagic's line of cards are not an affordable solution and do not solve the problem reliably.
This problem has existed for years now, yet the industry has failed to solve this and seems to be treading water and wasting money.
2) The industry also needs to be able to control the channel selection on the Cable Set Top Box directly from the PC through the USB cable.
Several set top boxes already have a USB connector built in.
Current infrared IR Blaster solutions are unreliable.
3) Another industry failure is a Tuner Card with software which has the capability to place the Closed Captions in a separate external windows, outside of the TV video window, also able to record Closed Captions and playback Closed Captions, again, in a separate external window.
I would like to see the Tuner card PC TV industry either solve these 3 problems or fire their engineers and stop wasting any more money on the nonsense being regurgitated year after year.
