[Discuss] OT: HD TV capture and bittorrent

[R. Langkamer]

On 3/26/07 6:11 PM, Michael Foltinek wrote:

> Hi, all,
> This isn't Linux-related, but I'm hoping that the techies on this list
> might educate me.
> 
> There was a thread on slashdot the other day regarding MythTV, and one
> poster pointed out that you can't get a consumer-level capture card
> for HD TV. I've found the same thing; I want to build an HD Myth box
> but can't find an HD card.
> 
> A poster in that thread said that he always gets his HD TV content off
> bittorrent. This confuses me, because I assume that you need an HD
> capture card to get HD content digitized to put it on bittorrent.
> 
> So, the question is:
> Is anyone aware of some hardware or software that would enable someone
> to capture HD content digitally?


	This is a very good question. While I have watched TV shows purportedly 
broadcasted in HD, I have no frame of reference. My "analog" TV is 
nothing more than a 3 digital comb "tube" style TV. While I have noticed 
that HD TV content on my TV is crisper in colour and very vivid in 
detail, I don't really know if it is HD TV. As far as I know, HD content 
is only truly HD content if created in HD format.
	As for whats available on the internet, as far as I know, the "rippers" 
are recording their HD TV satellite signals likely on the HD TV digital 
box and then transferring the content into their computers and finally 
encoding them into the various formats.
	To possibly answer the real question of, is there hardware, according 
to my GooFu, there is indeed HDTV capture cards.

"hdtv capture card"

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