High-Definition DVD: Available Now! (WELL SORT OF)

[BJ_M]

http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeTheater/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=43123

[satviewer2000]

I wonder if it would be possible to download HDTV material to our computer from satellite, convert it into a format compatible with these players, burn it onto a DVD-/+RW and then play it on one of these players?

There is a large source of satellite HDTV material which could serve as the ground material to burn to and watch on such players?

Any comments?

[ViRaL1]

I guess as long as you have an HDTV comaptible capture card and a good encoder.

[Suntan]

If the satellite TS stream is unencoded and your HD tuner card supports the type of transmission (QAM256 rings a bell but don't quote me) then you can. Mostly the local channels are unencoded. The good ones are usually encoded. But don't take the word of some poor sucka with rabbit ears still on his TV, check out the HTPC forum at avsforum, there are lots of posts about it there.

-Suntan

[satviewer2000]

Well actually I know for a fact that sat data can be directly downloaded via DVB cards. So the question is whether these EVD or HDV codecs or codes will eventually be available for the end user to encode their own HD video to play on the cheap HD DVD player from the Far East.