[MEncoder-users] tv tuner card suggestions?

DaveG mplayer01 at dgmm.net
Thu Sep 6 22:46:54 CEST 2007


On Thursday 06 September 2007, RC wrote:
> The transition in the US isn't comparable to the switch to DVB in
> Europe.  With the switch to ATSC also comes a 6X increase in
> resolution, and much larger bandwidth than DVB to support it
> (6MHz/19Mbps).  Even the lowest-end STBs must be able to decode that.
> It's going to be a long time before the hardware required to do so even
> drops below $100.

Ah, so ATSC is not just a digital re-implementation of the current standard 
analogue signal.

Do you mean that all digital TV transmissions in the US will be high def?

-- 
Dave



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