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

[Jerry Rubinow]

On 10/27/07, William Munson <william_munson at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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

That's one definition, in a different context.  We're talking about
the digitized sample size.

-Jerry