Over-the-Air HDtv; on the cheap

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Today I looked at an ATI (9600?) video/tuner card for the computer. I
figured the cheapest, quickest way to try-out HDTV was on the computer.

The only monitor at my disposal is my NEC LCD computer monitor. It's
natural resolution is 1280 x 1024.

I'm still not clear about whether my computer monitor will display a
HDTV signal from the ATI card.

If anyone can clarify this for me, I'd appreciate it.

winf

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Thanks, Dave. Your answer really cleared up some fogginess on this
issue for me.

Cheers,
Winfield



Dave Oldridge wrote:

> Most video cards are up to displaying an HDTV-quality image on any
> display hardware capable of the required resolution. But for over-the-
> air tuning, you need a card with an ATSC tuner in it. I'm not sure any
> of the ATI cards except the HDTV Wonder actually have that (and I've
> heard that it doesn't work all that good). My 9550 can put OUT 1080i
> from computer-based sources, including DivX and WMV files, but I have
> nothing that can capture HDTV from my satellite source. Some of the HDTV
> cards with ATSC tuners can do that from over-the-air broeadcasts.

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David (davey@home.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> You might also try ebay, using search terms like this:
> (myhd,accessdtv,hipix).
> I saw 10 items, looks like they sell for around $140.00 to $250.00.

Unless you can get a board for the low end of that range, just buy them
new. The MyHD MDP-120 sells for $229 from Digital Connection, and $290
with the DVI daughter-card. For $249, the MDP-130 that has a 5th gen
ATI receiver chipset and can also tune unencrypted QAM is a great deal.

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Bob Miller (robmx@earthlink.net) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> The MDP-130 may be called 5th generation but it does not touch LG 5th
> generation according to MIT themselves.

Source, please.

Actual tests have shown that this chipset reduces multipath issues quite
a bit.

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Bob Miller wrote:
> Jeff Rife wrote:
>
>> Bob Miller (robmx@earthlink.net) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
>>
>>> The MDP-130 may be called 5th generation but it does not touch LG 5th
>>> generation according to MIT themselves.
>>
>>
>>
>> Source, please.
>>
>> Actual tests have shown that this chipset reduces multipath issues quite
>> a bit.
>>
> I think I mentioned the source, MIT, the company that makes the MDP-130.
> They have told me that the ATI chip they are using does not have the
> performance of the 5th generation LG chip.
>
> The reason they told me was that I wanted to test the ATI based MDP-130
> against an STB prototype they have using the LG 5th gen and they told me
> there was no reason to since they already had done so.
>

People here might accept that as a source, but since you have no
credibility, I don't think anyone will.

Try citing a published source of this information.

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Matthew L. Martin wrote:
> Bob Miller wrote:
>
>> Jeff Rife wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Miller (robmx@earthlink.net) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
>>>
>>>> The MDP-130 may be called 5th generation but it does not touch LG
>>>> 5th generation according to MIT themselves.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Source, please.
>>>
>>> Actual tests have shown that this chipset reduces multipath issues quite
>>> a bit.
>>>
>> I think I mentioned the source, MIT, the company that makes the
>> MDP-130. They have told me that the ATI chip they are using does not
>> have the performance of the 5th generation LG chip.
>>
>> The reason they told me was that I wanted to test the ATI based
>> MDP-130 against an STB prototype they have using the LG 5th gen and
>> they told me there was no reason to since they already had done so.
>>
>
> People here might accept that as a source, but since you have no
> credibility, I don't think anyone will.
>
> Try citing a published source of this information.
>
Give them a call.

They are using LG 5th gen for their new receivers. That should tell you
enough but they do have a phone #.

Tel: +82-2-2142-4031