[mythtv-users] OT - VGA -> USB - NOT - USB -> VGA

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/20/2007 09:18 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> Dean Harding wrote:
>   
>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>     
>>> I wonder if it has HDCP, in other words will a DRM-equipped video source
>>> agree to speak HD to it?
>>>       
>> If you look at the specs page, it says that at 1280x1024, it only 
>> captures at 10 fps, which is not much good... you can get 640x480 @ 29 
>> fps, but then you're not HD.
>>     
>
> Figures, what did you expect for $999?

It can actually do higher frame rates (i.e. 1600x1200 at 85Hz), but does so
using a lossy compression algorithm--probably more similar to the
VNC-style compression than to MPEG-style compression.

Mike