[jbrooks]

I see a number of HDTV cap cards floating around, but they all just have coax inputs, etc.


Are there any HDTV cap cards that have real DVI inputs ?


This is important, because the industry only has until the middle of 2005 to produce a non-broadcast-flag compliant capture card / device. We really need this kind of card to exist if we have any hope of recording HDTV on our own terms with our own systems...


Any comments / rumors appreciated...

 

[Cliff Watson]

Check out the HDTV Recorder Forum. There are at least two devices that can record HDTV from an STB to computer.

 

[Gary McCoy]

Cliff, are you talking about Firewire or DVI or VGA/YPbPr capture?


I share his frustration. We need a PC HD capture card at consumer prices that has a variety of inputs. Have needed one for years - I don't understand why it's so hard.


Gary

 

[Cliff Watson]

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Originally posted by Gary McCoy Cliff, are you talking about Firewire or DVI or VGA/YPbPr capture? I share his frustration. We need a PC HD capture card at consumer prices that has a variety of inputs. Have needed one for years - I don't understand why it's so hard. Gary

Gary,


They are Firewire and/or USB.


There is a very good reason why no VGA/YPbPr capture device is in the consumer market place.....COST!!


As indicated many times in this forum there are professional cards in the $3k to $5k range. The high cost is because of low demand and the custom hardware compressor/encoder chips necessary to reduce the stream bit rates for PCI bus movement and HDD storage.