[mythtv-users] an interesting HD device

Brett Kosinski fancypantalons at gmail.com
Mon Oct 29 15:39:45 UTC 2007


On 10/28/07, Dan Ritter <dsr-myth at tao.merseine.nu> wrote:
> (No, it's not a Black Magic "we don't like those Linux folks"
> board.)
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5620449448.html
>
> Summary: it's a single-board computer with an ARM CPU and a
> hefty coprocessor for video, that has a Linux SDK and can
> manage realtime 720P MPEG4 encoding. Large quantity price of
> about $10, so a little box with USB, power supply and
> appropriate analog I/O could be profitable around $100.
>
> That would make a very nice "connect to HD satellite box"
> interface.

AFAICT, the biggest problem with this thing is that it only does
720p at 30, whereas most HD broadcasts are, AFAIK, 720p at 60 or 1080i at 30
(of course, correct me if I'm wrong :).

Brett.


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