are there any HDTV tuner cards that can do 1080p?

[James3shin]

Thanks

 

[SexyK]

What kind of content are you trying to view that's 1080p? AFAIK the only 1080p content out there is the Quicktime/WMV-HD stuff which you wouldn't need a tuner card to play back. Any cable/sat/ota HD content will max out at 720p/1080i.

Anyway, no I don't believe there are.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: SexyK
What kind of content are you trying to view that's 1080p? AFAIK the only 1080p content out there is the Quicktime/WMV-HD stuff which you wouldn't need a tuner card to play back. Any cable/sat/ota HD content will max out at 720p/1080i.

Anyway, no I don't believe there are.

^What he said.

 

[xtknight]

I doubt the bandwidth requirements have even been approved yet. Supposedly 1080p can't fit in the normal 6 MHz bandwidth. But maybe it can with H.264, which is about twice the quality per bit as MPEG-2. I think 1080p HDTVs can only display 1080p, they don't actually have the tuner to do that yet.

 

[0roo0roo]

yup, theres no content...

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: xtknight
I doubt the bandwidth requirements have even been approved yet. Supposedly 1080p can't fit in the normal 6 MHz bandwidth. But maybe it can with H.264, which is about twice the quality per bit as MPEG-2. I think 1080p HDTVs can only display 1080p, they don't actually have the tuner to do that yet.

I've wondered about this...I'm probably wrong, but is there any reason why 1080p/30 should take up more bandwidth than 1080i/60 (which is already in use now)? Obviously 1080p/60 would be too much, but normal primetime and non-live shows seem to use film source at a lower framerate (24/30) for the most part anyway, only sports and other live stuff seems to use 60fps...

 

[James3shin]

K, thanks for the info folks. I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't a 1080p tuner in the market yet, hence maximizing the "bang for my buck" However, any good tuner recommendations?

 

[liluqt]

He's trying to view pr0n.

 

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: liluqt
He's trying to view pr0n.

This is my GF...she's a perv. 😛

 

[dug777]

there's nothing that is broadcast in that, so relax mate 😉

 

[James3shin]

thanks dug777

 

[dug777]

lol, i guess that was kinda useless 😱

My DVICO HDTV fusionlite dvb-t card has been really excellent, no complaints whatsover, for what that's worth...

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: dug777
lol, i guess that was kinda useless 😱

My DVICO HDTV fusionlite dvb-t card has been really excellent, no complaints whatsover, for what that's worth...

I wished I could say to my ATI HDTV Wonder tuner. Pretty buggy from the gettgo but still functioning, barely. I'm looking for some thing to replace it in the near future.

 

[James3shin]

Originally posted by: dug777
lol, i guess that was kinda useless 😱

My DVICO HDTV fusionlite dvb-t card has been really excellent, no complaints whatsover, for what that's worth...

That's not available in the US is it? Cause I tried searching google, and couldn't find a thing.

 

[liluqt]

pr0n pr0n.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: xtknight
I doubt the bandwidth requirements have even been approved yet. Supposedly 1080p can't fit in the normal 6 MHz bandwidth. But maybe it can with H.264, which is about twice the quality per bit as MPEG-2. I think 1080p HDTVs can only display 1080p, they don't actually have the tuner to do that yet.

I've wondered about this...I'm probably wrong, but is there any reason why 1080p/30 should take up more bandwidth than 1080i/60 (which is already in use now)? Obviously 1080p/60 would be too much, but normal primetime and non-live shows seem to use film source at a lower framerate (24/30) for the most part anyway, only sports and other live stuff seems to use 60fps...

1080i/60 signifying 60 fields per second?

1080p/30 would take up the same amount of bandwidth but there wouldn't be much point because you can already get twice the perceived FPS with the 1080i/60 mode.

When I said 1080p I meant 1080p/60.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: James3shin

Originally posted by: dug777
lol, i guess that was kinda useless 😱

My DVICO HDTV fusionlite dvb-t card has been really excellent, no complaints whatsover, for what that's worth...

That's not available in the US is it? Cause I tried searching google, and couldn't find a thing.

you want the DVICO fusionlite 5 iirc. We have a different HDTV broadcast standard.