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HDTV via GNU Radio

Posted by michael on from the giddy-with-anticipation dept.

NortonDC writes "High Definition TV has been successfully captured in its native data stream from an over the air broadcast by a software defined radio that is Free and open source from the GNU Software Defined Radio project."

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  1. Oh great. by Big+Mark · · Score: 5, Funny

    GNU TV, where the scripts are open-sourced before the show airs and you know all the jokes before the intro starts rolling.

    Mind you, if you knew when to cringe in Nerds (the competitor to Friends, where housebound geeks spend their days in an eternal LAN party with the occasional visit to the pizza parlour) at the "jokes", it mightn't be so bad...

    -Mark

    1. Re:Oh great. by generic-man · · Score: 3, Funny

      GNU TV would feature some of the funniest shows on television, powered by the Internet's funniest humor archive.

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  2. Cool, but..... so? by AvantLegion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why am I looking at 4MB images of Lenny Briscoe?

  3. GNU/Correction by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 3, Funny

    "GNU/High GNU/Definition GNU/TV GNU/has GNU/been GNU/successfully GNU/captured GNU/in GNU/its GNU/native GNU/data GNU/stream GNU/from GNU/an GNU/over GNU/the GNU/air GNU/broadcast GNU/by GNU/software GNU/defined GNU/radio GNU/that GNU/is GNU/Free GNU/and GNU/open GNU/source GNU/from GNU/the GNU/GNU GNU/Software GNU/Defined GNU/Radio GNU/project."

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    1. Re:GNU/Correction by u38cg · · Score: 4, Funny

      Gnu are not gnu/funny.

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  4. Nice by sulli · · Score: 3, Funny

    But will they implement the Broadcast Flag?

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  5. Top 5 reasons to process HDTV signals on your PC by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 4, Funny

    5 -- You think a $3,500 computer with a 17 inch monitor is better than a $2,000 HDTV set with a 35 inch screen

    4 -- You wanna take screenshots of Joe Millionaire and set them as your desktop wallpaper

    3 -- You're unemployed and have nothing else to do aside from incessant blogging

    2 -- Regular TV is _so_ '90s.

    1 -- Record Cinemax skin flicks as part of the Masturbate For Peace campaign

    Courtesy of The *nix Top 5

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  6. Re:For those who miss the point by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In my world, the phrase 'minimal hardware' does not include a $1300 PCI card...

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  7. Re:resolition by blair1q · · Score: 3, Funny


    Because they're receiving it from the future.

  8. What, no link? by Spunk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Masturbate For Peace

  9. almost perfect... by burns210 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all I need is an ascii version. Then I'll be all set.