Windowed HDTV with MyHD??

Unlike the HiPix card MyHD can send 480 video over the PCI bus to the graphics card overlay without the need for extra hardware used on the accessDTV card.


The overlay window can be sized from a postage stamp to full screen at any resolution on the VGA monitor and at the same time output HD resolutions from the MDP-100 card in component or RGB.

Note this isn't particularly a ground breaking feature, both the AccessDTV and the WinTV-HD have this capability, and the HiPix probably will at some point in the future.

â€Note this isn't particularly a ground breaking feature, both the AccessDTV and the WinTV-HD have this capability, and the HiPix probably will at some point in the future.â€


Jeff,


While the concept of a windowed overlay for HDTV is not a groundbreaking feature the picture quality and smooth motion is groundbreaking compared to accessDTV. Also groundbreaking is the ability for the user to turn off the overlay at any time and mute AC-3 output during HDTV recording leaving the overlay and soundcard audio open for other functions.

Hi Cliff,


I'll take your word on overlay picture quality, especially since I haven't seen it . Being able to turn off the overlay is definitely a good thing, I'd rather have no overlay at all than one you can't turn off. I think this option will probably be added to ADTV in a future release, and you can get it in a roundabout way now (which I use). I've never had problems with ADTV trying to grab my soundcard, but then again I have the 'AC-3/Home Theater' option set, so it shouldn't need the soundcard at all. HiPix is similar with the 'Decode Audio' button in the config dialog, which determines whether the sound card is used.