what happens when everything goes digital?

[eprincipe01]

Hi Frank.  Thanks for the quick reply on my Yuan tuner issue.  Looks like I will need to buy a new one today.  As I went to look for a tuner, it got me thinking about what will happen when all TV signals go digital.  Any effect on the Tiny TV business?  I know you require analog tuners, but I also am getting my signal through a box and I already have an HD TV.  So, is it a question of whether you have a box or something else?

Thanks,
Ed

[FrankS]

ATSC support will be available down the road, well before the analog signals go dead. I'm currently working on full digital support in MyTinyTV, as time permits.

[peterson65]

i have the hauppauge pvr-1600 atsc tuner, did have the pvr-150 and was using orb, the pvr-1600 doesnt work so well with orb and i found this program and am glad to see upcoming support for atsc, if you have need for a beta tester on atsc i would be happy to try it for you. the orb guys are saying to stream atsc you need a 3 ghz or higher p4? the problem there software has it trys to stream at a high res. for atsc and buffers like mad even through a fast upload and download making it unwatchable, for analogue your program works very well i hope you get the atsc working just as good.
thanks

[FrankS]

It is true that you need a somewhat beefier CPU to compress HD down to streamable data, but not THAT much more than for an analog signal. I have it working quite nicely here. There are still quite a few odds and ends to take care of before even thinking of a beta. Once a beta is available, it will be announced here and available for everyone.

[stumaniam]

Well I would think someone has done this before, but ya never know. For an interm HD-OTA set up: I bought a cheeep Philips SAA7130 capture card ( $16 @ CompUSA) and a Zenith DTT901 DTV convert box with the Feds coupon ($20 @ Circuit City). Had a USBUIRT I'm not currently using on my HTPC. Talk about higher quality on a smaller screen. Works great on H/W 100 Mbs LAN & WiFi @ home or remote. Would be nice if there was allowed a dash key "-" to input the SD sub-channels and it excludes my Linux boxes. If I get some more time I'll see what can be done with VLC getting the output. Oh current sever system is a Asus P4P800-E, Win XP Pro SP3, P4 2.4 GHz, Dual SATA RAID that I use for video editing. Moved a 3.0 GHz HT to the HTPC to fix a blow out, long story, so should be back to that soon. PDA client is HP iPAQ rx3115. Yea, IEEE 802.11b only, but still great video for low bandwidth.