but wouldnt they have to convert everything to digital then re-encode it?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Henry A Harper III</b> <<a href="mailto:hah@alumni.rice.edu">hah@alumni.rice.edu
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br>>I was just browsing the net and went to Sling Media's page and saw they
<br>have a<br>>SlingboxPRO that can capture HD video via component and re-encode it to a<br>lower<br>>quality for broadband speeds.<br>><br>>Now i ask, How can they produce a product that can digitize component HD
<br>(up to<br>>1080i) and re-encode it for $250? And there is no product we can buy that<br>simple<br>>converts component video back to digital?<br>><br>>Makes me scratch my head!<br>><br>>Thoughts?<br>
<br>It's the "re-encode to lower quality" that is the catch - the "HD capture"<br>is only 640x480 according to<br><a href="http://finalcutpro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=85004">
http://finalcutpro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=85004</a> and<br>you can't get more than 320x240 out to the internet. Easy to "capture HD"<br>for cheap if the first thing you do is throw out all those extra bits and
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