[mythtv-users] component video capture cards

Bill Smith wsmithjr at gmail.com
Tue May 3 18:35:14 UTC 2005


David George wrote:

> On 5/3/2005 12:06 PM, Jeff Simpson wrote:
>
>>>        There are no known consumer-level capture devices which will 
>>> allow you
>>>        to capture the HDTV output (either DVI or HDMI) from a 
>>> set-top box
>>>        commonly found with digital cable systems or satellite systems.
>>>
>>>        There are no known consumer-level capture devices which will 
>>> allow you
>>>        to capture component output from a set-top box.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Has anybody looked into this card? It's a little more expensive
>> (~$300) but it looks like it's still meant to be consumer grade:
>>
>> http://www.pluggedin.tv/item--SweetSpot-Video-Processor--PITVSS001
>> http://www.pluggedin.tv/sweetspot
>>
>>  
>>
> It doesn't do HDTV, only 480i and 576i
>
Yeah, and it's using the bt878 chipset! Damn, my $15 card has that :-)...

-Bill


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