[mythtv-users] pcHDTV 3000 available Now

[Cory Papenfuss]

 	AFAIK, it's primarily an incremental improvement to remove 
dependence on legacy parts.  I looked at it a bit this morning, and it 
uses the CX23883 chip, which is a higher-quality pin-compatible 
replacement for the BT879.  It also uses a new Oren ATSC demod chip and 
supports 3.3V PCI (as opposed to only 5V PCI).

 	"Cable HDTV" support is supposedly possible (on the HD2000 as 
well), but requires some more work to enable it.  Remember, though, that 
it will never support encrypted streams... just unencrypted MPEG data sent 
via QAM (as opposed to OTA 8-VSB modulation).

 	I'd be interested to know:
1. How many cable providers encrypt their HDTV streams now.
2. How many will chose to once HD is more popular.


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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Jason Gabriele wrote:

> so whats new with the 3000? it looks like it still doesnt support cable tv.
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