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pcHDTV Card Available, Legal for Now

Posted by michael on from the war-on-hardware dept.

corby writes "pcHDTV has announced that their new HD-3000 Hi Definition Television Card will be shipping tomorrow, November 8th. The card is supported under Linux, and captures NTSC and ATSC video streams. It also ignores the Broadcast Flag, which means that it will be illegal in the States starting July 1st, 2005, under a recent FCC Order. If you are interested in being able to make your own decisions about what you can do with broadcast HDTV content, this is your last, best, chance."

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  1. No windows support? by homebrewmike · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now this is a refreshing surprise - from the Web Site:

    "Currently the HD-3000 is NOT supported in Windows 98T, Windows 2000T or Windows XPT however Windows drivers are include for those wishing to experiment with the card in Microsoft Windows."

    Is NOT SUPPORTED under Windows? Is that a hardware first?

  2. This card will *not* be illegal in 2005 by psyconaut · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "It also ignores the Broadcast Flag, which means that it will be illegal in the States starting July 1st, 2005, under a recent FCC Order."

    No, the FCC order makes provision for "grandfathering" any existing devices. Anyone with any common sense would see that it would be completely unreasonable for that expensive HDTV you've got to suddenly become "illegal"!

    -psy

  3. Excuse my ignorance... by Shafe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just wanted to confirm: if I buy this card, throw it into my Linux box, and install MythTV, I will be able to record Discover HD and everything else that's HD? (is Daily Show available in HD?)

    Cuz that would just be swell. I'd love to have an HD-DVR for cable!