Re: Digital TV

[Wright Ian <Ian.Wright@xxxxxxx>]

>
>
> Does anybody know of a digital TV coder that has an MPEG2
> output? It was
> pointed out to by a friend that the easiest (and best quality) way of
> recording TV to a PC would be to take the MPEG2 stream directly from a
> decoder box.

Trouble is that the MPEG stream sits on the DVB standard which is basically
transport stream.  This house the total package of channels, data, text and
whatever the programme provider wants to put on the DVB system.
The quality of MPEG is not that great anyway and a good analogue picture
(decent reception) will beat it hands down.  If you are thengoing to record
it to a VCR VHS then the standard just dropped 10 fold.

There are some receivers that have started to use the Firewire standard -
not sure which ones though.

You can get a professional DVB receiver that will tip out the transport
stream (MPEG) but then you will have to demux the channel and then you are
OK to decode on the PC.  Tandberg do lots of different modules for their
range of receivers that can tip out SDI if you prefer.

You could always get a DVB card for your PC that is a receiver decoder,
saves using cables or tape to transfer.

Ian

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