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HDTV On Your PC And Hard Drive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-it-be-nice dept.

Jack Kolesar writes: "So, you want to watch HDTV but you don't want to shell out thousands of dollars for a new television. Well, AMDPower.com has a review of the AccessDTV HDTV tuner card. Not only does it let you watch HDTV, but you can also record it on your harddrive. Yes, the full 19.4Mbps stream of 8VSB is stored in raw format. Now, if somebody out there could just make some linux drivers for it ..."

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  1. Re:It would be cool if... by bluecalix · · Score: 2, Funny

    What we really need is a card that can replace the theme song to Enterprise in real time.

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    e x p e c t d e l a y . c o m
  2. TV on computer. Wow! by goober · · Score: 3, Funny

    Compaq's already got it...you can read about it at The Onion

  3. And to think... by Rorschach1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that last week, I couldn't think of anything to fill up that new 100 GB hard drive in under 12 hours.

    With the possible exception of high-speed satellite access to alt.binaries.pictures.erotica...