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So -- (Quick subject change and top-post ;) How much would you guys
pay for a HD -> firewire (or HD -> USB) conversion box?<br>
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I've got some hardware pals, and I've sent them a mail . . . What I'm
thinking is a small box with Component, HDMI, etc inputs, and firewire
& USB output. It would either just pass through an unencrypted
digital stream, or, recompress an analog one (either MPEG2 or MPEG4).
(I'm assuming that component signals are analog)<br>
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I don't know what the hardware would cost . . . but if it could be done
-- wouldn't that fix everything? (Plus offload the encoding of the
stream to hardware, allowing the backend to simply stream to disk.)<br>
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Comments?<br>
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-Dave<br>
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Chris Petersen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">David Frascone wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ok -- I've seen a few posts about firewire. It seems like the gist of
it is: Some STB's have firewire output. And, if I find a HD box with
firewire output, then I should be able to store all un-encrypted
streams. So -- that will *probably* give me all HD channels, except for
the premium ones? Or, does Comcast generally encrypt all their HD
channels? Does anyone know (Roswell, GA, North Fulton County)
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Comcast is a franchise, so results will vary based on your region. In
the Seattle area, all channels you pay for are open, including stuff
like HBO HD and all of the SD channels.
As for the box, the FCC law requires that any HD customer who asks for
it must be provided with a box containing an active firewire port. They
only require that the cableco provide access to stations available over
the air in HD, but many of them also give you the whole channel listing
(if you're lucky).
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<pre wrap="">So -- is there no good solution for premium HD recording? If I switched
to DirecTV or DishNetwork would it be easier to capture HD?
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Only if by "easier" you mean "no effort expended because it's not
possible at all".
-Chris
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