From the article: "Known for their "TV Wonder" and "All-In-Wonder" series multimedia cards, ATI is a true pioneer in the industry, being one of the first to bring TV to the PC."
That's very interesting, given all those Amiga users who were using genlocks, VideoToasters, and whatnot to manipulate & display TV on their monitors back in 1990. I remember using my $35 garage sale genlock on my $150 Amiga 500 to use a live broadcast TV background for my desktop back before Windows had a desktop background!
It's also interesting given that the ATI tv capture cards SUCK. They don't do any mpeg encoding on the card, so if you want to capture and save to disk you can watch your CPU utilization shoot up. The cards made by Hauppage and others do hardware MPEG encoding too. You can even run multiple Hauppage cards in the same box to record multiple channels at once with very little CPU utilization. Having that CPU free means you can play DVDs, games, etc while recording.
Problem is, once they start examining traffic for viruses, you get pressure groups wanting them to do the same for child pornography, spam etc. To retain the "common carrier" status they claim to have (im not sure if they have the same protections as telecoms companies to this regard), they need to exercise a hands off approach as much as possible. Also think of the outcry a false positive would bring, the ISPs would be sued of the face of the planet by certain people who think its their goddamn given right to do what they damn well please, damn everyone who gets in the way.
Not to mention, this is just not what routers are designed to do. They're fast and stable, largely because they're fairly limited in their function.
Routers, at their core, only care about where a packet is coming from and where they're going. To inspect for viruses, these packets would have to be viewed in the context of the protocol they're part of. This means higher layer inspection, and a serious amount of additional work for the router.
It doesn't take as long as you'd think. Lots of the common HTPC apps will take care of a LOT of the details. SageTV is one such app. Media jukebox, multi-tuner PVR w/ free guide data, DVD software, client streaming, all in one. It takes less time to setup than a TiVo if you factor in the waiting for the initial guide data to download. I spend very little time tinkering with my system, but you're right that I am the sort of person who doesn't mind playing a bit.
As for HD, you can't get HD satellite tuners, or cable tuners, but you can get OTA HD. I really don't have any desire in getting HD if I can't timeshift it anyhow, so I find this adequate for now. Hopefully the situation will change sooner or later.
It may cost a bit more, but I haven't yet seen a tivo that'll support more than two tuners (and that's only for DTV), scale to HD resolutions, allow for archiving to CD/DVD, Play DVDs, allow me to surf the web, read email, etc.
An HTPC does a LOT more than a TiVo for only a LITTLE more in cost.
One of my former employers had a programmer who was a quadriplegic. He did, in fact, have both hands, but he couldn't use them. He programmed using a stylus held in his mouth, one... key... at... a... time.
I also know a sysadmin who has only one hand, and it's a prosthetic claw.
Yah, that pretty much sucks. You could run an aerial antenna to a second encoder to resolve conflicts on the major networks though.. but that's a pretty crappy solution.
Even with two boxes, controlling them independantly with IR would be tough. You'd need to build tents and stuff so that the IR signals intended for one aren't picked up by the other. Of course, if the boxes have unique IR codes or can be configured in that manner it wouldn't be an issue, but it seems unlikely given that they're already screwing you over.
I bought a tivo remote and set it up for use in girder. Not only can I control Sage with it, but any other applications I want to run on the PC as well.
I've also got a gyration wireless keyboard/mouse. The mouse is gryscopic so you can wave it in the air to control the cursor. This is great for web surfing and other tasks where the remote just isn't ideal.
What I do on my Sage setup is split the cable before the box. One feed goes through the box and on to a PVR-250 controlled by sage. There's an IR emitter (which sage also controls) to change channels on the box.
The second cable out of the splitter goes straight to another PVR-250. Sage then uses this cards internal tuner to tune any analog channel. In my area, I get basic cable analog even on a digital subscription. Nothing illegal here, unless a cable splitted is considered illegal.
Roger Ebert wrote a column about this when the decision to ban screeners was announced. I tend to agree with most of his points, and can't wait to see what he says about this latest turn of events. We should all be happy, and not because this likely means more pirated pre-release copies of movies. No, it means there'll be some degree of fairness and equal exposure in oscar selection.
As if the major studios don't control hollywood enough, a ban on DVD distribution would have killed most independant studios chances of even being considered for an oscar.
Movies with limited distribution, and fewer available numbers of prints would've been shut out in favor of those which can afford advertising, and set up screenings at enough locations that a significant portion of the academy could view them.
This move at least allows some degree of fairness. All movies have the chance of being viewed by all screeners, regardless of who distributes or produces them. It's still not perfect, but it's much better this way.
Yup, they're made. $200-300. CPU isn't a problem since the board handles most of the decoding. You need a fairly large HD to store all that data though.
Some HD tuners; MyHD, AccessDTV, HiPix, Fusion II.
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But please don't take that to mean that bathing is optional in the US. It's your civic duty to practice good hygeine.
From the article: "Known for their "TV Wonder" and "All-In-Wonder" series multimedia cards, ATI is a true pioneer in the industry, being one of the first to bring TV to the PC."
That's very interesting, given all those Amiga users who were using genlocks, VideoToasters, and whatnot to manipulate & display TV on their monitors back in 1990. I remember using my $35 garage sale genlock on my $150 Amiga 500 to use a live broadcast TV background for my desktop back before Windows had a desktop background!
It's also interesting given that the ATI tv capture cards SUCK. They don't do any mpeg encoding on the card, so if you want to capture and save to disk you can watch your CPU utilization shoot up. The cards made by Hauppage and others do hardware MPEG encoding too. You can even run multiple Hauppage cards in the same box to record multiple channels at once with very little CPU utilization. Having that CPU free means you can play DVDs, games, etc while recording.
I, for one, would like to welcome our girlfriend overlords.
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The article lists the cartridge size as 10cm x 8cm x 8cm. That'd be one of those littls shuttle PCs.
.8cm x .8cm. That'd be about the size of a wristwatch.
.8cm
The blurb above lists it as 1cm x
So, how big is this thing? My guess is 10cm x 8cm x
Problem is, once they start examining traffic for viruses, you get pressure groups wanting them to do the same for child pornography, spam etc. To retain the "common carrier" status they claim to have (im not sure if they have the same protections as telecoms companies to this regard), they need to exercise a hands off approach as much as possible. Also think of the outcry a false positive would bring, the ISPs would be sued of the face of the planet by certain people who think its their goddamn given right to do what they damn well please, damn everyone who gets in the way.
Not to mention, this is just not what routers are designed to do. They're fast and stable, largely because they're fairly limited in their function.
Routers, at their core, only care about where a packet is coming from and where they're going. To inspect for viruses, these packets would have to be viewed in the context of the protocol they're part of. This means higher layer inspection, and a serious amount of additional work for the router.
Whitelist on the from field, and enforce SPF.
It doesn't take as long as you'd think. Lots of the common HTPC apps will take care of a LOT of the details. SageTV is one such app. Media jukebox, multi-tuner PVR w/ free guide data, DVD software, client streaming, all in one. It takes less time to setup than a TiVo if you factor in the waiting for the initial guide data to download. I spend very little time tinkering with my system, but you're right that I am the sort of person who doesn't mind playing a bit.
As for HD, you can't get HD satellite tuners, or cable tuners, but you can get OTA HD. I really don't have any desire in getting HD if I can't timeshift it anyhow, so I find this adequate for now. Hopefully the situation will change sooner or later.
It may cost a bit more, but I haven't yet seen a tivo that'll support more than two tuners (and that's only for DTV), scale to HD resolutions, allow for archiving to CD/DVD, Play DVDs, allow me to surf the web, read email, etc.
An HTPC does a LOT more than a TiVo for only a LITTLE more in cost.
One of my former employers had a programmer who was a quadriplegic. He did, in fact, have both hands, but he couldn't use them. He programmed using a stylus held in his mouth, one... key... at... a... time.
I also know a sysadmin who has only one hand, and it's a prosthetic claw.
Wow.. where the heck do you work?!
Big deal, mud on mars.. wake me up when the hot three-breasted mutant alien chicks are wrestling in it :)
... a Beowulf cluster of THESE?!
Yah, that pretty much sucks. You could run an aerial antenna to a second encoder to resolve conflicts on the major networks though.. but that's a pretty crappy solution.
Even with two boxes, controlling them independantly with IR would be tough. You'd need to build tents and stuff so that the IR signals intended for one aren't picked up by the other. Of course, if the boxes have unique IR codes or can be configured in that manner it wouldn't be an issue, but it seems unlikely given that they're already screwing you over.
I'm not sure any PC or hardware based PVR has CC support right now. It's been discussed on the SageTV forums though.. hopefully they'll do it soon.
I bought a tivo remote and set it up for use in girder. Not only can I control Sage with it, but any other applications I want to run on the PC as well.
I've also got a gyration wireless keyboard/mouse. The mouse is gryscopic so you can wave it in the air to control the cursor. This is great for web surfing and other tasks where the remote just isn't ideal.
What I do on my Sage setup is split the cable before the box. One feed goes through the box and on to a PVR-250 controlled by sage. There's an IR emitter (which sage also controls) to change channels on the box.
The second cable out of the splitter goes straight to another PVR-250. Sage then uses this cards internal tuner to tune any analog channel. In my area, I get basic cable analog even on a digital subscription. Nothing illegal here, unless a cable splitted is considered illegal.
Yes, you did miss much more. But apparently not my post from 10/15/03
Seriously man, you reposted my message word for word, including punctuation, without even crediting me!
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As they say on the site, "PLEASE TO BE PATIENCE SOME DAYS......"
This guy was recently on Invent This! on TechTV.
He talked about some system to distill 50% peroxide into 90%. Didn't Carmack say that wasn't feasible to do in the volume he needed?
Good god. When a game is Windows only people post 'Why no linux port?' When it has a Linux port there's 'Why no MacOS port?'
I'm waiting for the day when a game runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS and I see a post griping about how it won't run on Dr. Dos.
Roger Ebert wrote a column about this when the decision to ban screeners was announced. I tend to agree with most of his points, and can't wait to see what he says about this latest turn of events. We should all be happy, and not because this likely means more pirated pre-release copies of movies. No, it means there'll be some degree of fairness and equal exposure in oscar selection.
As if the major studios don't control hollywood enough, a ban on DVD distribution would have killed most independant studios chances of even being considered for an oscar.
Movies with limited distribution, and fewer available numbers of prints would've been shut out in favor of those which can afford advertising, and set up screenings at enough locations that a significant portion of the academy could view them.
This move at least allows some degree of fairness. All movies have the chance of being viewed by all screeners, regardless of who distributes or produces them. It's still not perfect, but it's much better this way.
From your site Frank C. Bailey and Kirk A. Fickert founded this company in October 2003.
Wow, your policies must really have stood the test of time. I mean you've been around for how long now, 22 days?
Yup, they're made. $200-300. CPU isn't a problem since the board handles most of the decoding. You need a fairly large HD to store all that data though.
Some HD tuners; MyHD, AccessDTV, HiPix, Fusion II.
"Oh, this time its real, I'm a-comin' 'Lizabeth"
Then next time OBL decides it would be cool to fly a jumbo into the worlds tallest building
The next time? There still hasn't been a first time the 'worlds tallest building' has been targetted by terrorists.