[mythtv-users] cheap ($250) HD component video capture..

[William Munson]

Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> On 10/26/07, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>     
>>> Is your core 2 duo six times faster than your PIII?  There are
>>> anywhere from six to nine times the pixels to deal with, depending on
>>> what resolution you were recording SDTV at..
>>>       
>> Actually, my math says there are 5.3 - 6 times as many pixels in an HD frame
>> than a 720x480 SD one.
>>     
>
> But aren't the HD pixels bigger than the SD pixels (24-bits vs
> 8-bits?), or do both get digitized to the same size?
>
>   
A pixel is a mathematical representation of a location in a scanned 
raster  and only gains a "size" when displayed