Why not make an HDTV videocard?

[GTaudiophile]

Why doesn't anyone make a PCI-E videocard that is strictly dedicated to 2D quality/performance and H.264 content acceleration? It would have a digital cable input, 1080P HDMI, DVI, and S/PDIF outputs. HDCP compliant and even a CableCard 2.0 reader.

Why not?

 

[ViRGE]

A CableCard would need to be external(it's pretty big). Otherwise what you're describing is a 7300-series card with HDMI(I believe it can do full 1080P).

 

[tuteja1986]

ATI has one , http://www.sapphiretech.com/es/products/products_overview.php?gpid=145

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
A CableCard would need to be external(it's pretty big). Otherwise what you're describing is a 7300-series card with HDMI(I believe it can do full 1080P).

What? I've seen CableCard slots. They're no bigger than PCMCIA cards. My thought is that you could have a 5.25" bay "drive" that has the slot as well as the IR panel for your remote control. An internal cable would connect it to your videocard.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
ATI has one , http://www.sapphiretech.com/es/products/products_overview.php?gpid=145

It's close. But no DVI and no optical S/PDIF output. It's coaxial. And is it truly HDCP compliant?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
ATI has one , http://www.sapphiretech.com/es/products/products_overview.php?gpid=145

It's close. But no DVI and no optical S/PDIF output. It's coaxial. And is it truly HDCP compliant?

Now you're just being petty. HDMI can be converted to DVI via a simple cable, coxial S/PDIF is just as good as optical in most cases,. Though no, I doubt it's HDCP compliant due to use of "HDCP Ready."

As for the size of a cablecard, I'm aware, but it's an issue of space. There's not enough space on a video card right now to fit a reader, a tuner, and everything else on top of that. It's easier to make two seperate products, a video card like the one linked and the external tuner like the ATI OCUR.

 

[moonboy403]

get the Auzentech X-plosion DTS Connect for sound if you're into HTPC

the card encodes everything into DTS or Digital Dolby in realtime and has optical output so it can be connected to a receiver

everything from mp3 to window login sound are now outputed as DTS from my computer now

 

[ImStockHappy]

i believe wat ur lookin for is the Ati all-in-wonder series

 

[tuteja1986]

Yeah , ATI all in wonder... I totally forget about that

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
get the Auzentech X-plosion DTS Connect for sound if you're into HTPC

the card encodes everything into DTS or Digital Dolby in realtime and has optical output so it can be connected to a receiver

everything from mp3 to window login sound are now outputed as DTS from my computer now

Wouldn't it also be possible to buy a motherboard with optical S/PDIF output and simply output all sound to an external receiver?

 

[moonboy403]

but receivers don't encodes to DTS or Digital Dolby, they only decode

The sound card i talked about do hardware encoding

 

[Tom]

Producers of HD content don't want people making perfect copies of their stuff on computers. That's the basic thing that's preventing this kind of product.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
but receivers don't encodes to DTS or Digital Dolby, they only decode

The sound card i talked about do hardware encoding

I don't know why you'd want to encode sources like music and windows sounds into DTS when it's supposed to be just PCM stereo.

The only time the DTS / DDL should come into play imo is for gaming. For everything else you should be using PCM or just passthrough of DD/DTS encoded material.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
but receivers don't encodes to DTS or Digital Dolby, they only decode

The sound card i talked about do hardware encoding

I only want decoding. Pass the stream from HDDVD/BR through the computer and out optically to my receiver.