[mythtv-users] cheap ($250) HD component video capture..

[Brian Wood]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 09:17:58AM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>> That's probably a safe bet. There are HD camcorders available today that
>> appear to have hardware encoding chips. These sell for under $2000
>> retail, so how much could that chip cost?
> 
> It's at least an order of magnitude easier to scan right off the chips
> and encode to mpeg2 than it is to track an analog video signal and
> break it back down; maybe 2 orders.  Analog video capture cards for SD
> were $800-1500 in their heyday; firewire cards... 15 bucks.

But a firewire card wouldn't have to encode to mpeg2, as it's already in
that form over firewire.

But you're right, I don't expect any $2000 HD encoders soon.

beww