"Without the firewire connection am I correct in assuming that there<br>
is no way to capture HD encrypted content like HD Espn, HD TNT, HD<br>
Discovery, etc? Is this a blanket problem or are there ways around it?"<br>
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The problem isn't encryption, as HD content over component output isn't
encrypted, the problem is simply a technical one. An uncompressed
HD signal contains far more data than today's PC's can handle in
software, and nobody makes a consumer priced encoder chip.<br>
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For a crude idea of what is going on, my 1ghz PIII can barely keep up
with encoding NTSC content. A 720p stream contains almost 8
times as mush data as a 480i signal.<br>
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