[mythtv-users] Google TV HDMI Input

[Justin Dunn]

> From: beww at beww.org
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:48:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Google TV HDMI Input
> 
> On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:35:26 pm Greg Oliver wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 09:44:04 am Raymond Wagner wrote:
> > >> There _are_ HDMI capture cards.  BlackMagic makes a PCIe x1 card
> > >> that runs around $80.  However you will not find one that will
> > >> touch anything with HDCP.
> > > 
> > > Not for $80 you won't, but an HDFury outputting to an HD-PVR would
> > > do it, theoretically of course, or so I have heard.
> > 
> > This thread got me searching for a bit, and it seems there are now
> > quite a few black boxes out there that strip hdcp and output hdmi.
> > They are in the same price range as a (v2 or v3) fury as well ~200..
> > The fury's get pretty bad reviews on sync and color issues (although
> > I have personally never seen one in action).  I would really like to
> > get rid of all of the cable mess with the hdpvr though, so these 4
> > hdmi in, 1 hdmi out boxes for ~275 look very appealing (especially
> > since they have remotes to control input to be controlled by lirc)..
> >  Match that to a hdmi cap card and viola!  If only there were some
> > with drivers and compression  :)
> 
> The HDFurys and similar devices are seen as "pirate tools" by many, in 
> fact I was a little hesitant to even mention them here.
> 
> But there are plenty of legitimate uses for capturing HDMI video, in 
> particular in the education field.
> 
> Since there are so many devices available, I'd think that HDCP is no 
> longer an "effective" protection scheme. This is especially true since 
> the master key for HDCP is now "in the wild", and Intel admits it is in 
> fact what it purports to be.
> 
> Of course IANAL.
> 
> There are devices available that output analog component, as well as 
> HDCP-stripped HDMI, which could be used with standard component input 
> capture devices.
> 
> The analog hole will be closed eventually, but people's rights will 
> remain.
> 
> 
> 
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Who sees the HDFury and similar devices as "pirate tools" (besides the big media companies)? 		 	   		  
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