About 4 or more years ago I saw a National Semiconductor 8 VSB decoder card at NAB. One offs of the card were available at that time for about $10k. It was really just a proof of performance device intended to seed the computer industry with NSC chip sets. Last year most of the video card manufactures seemed to be about to put their products to market. Today all but a few seem to have pulled back.
I've been curious if this has been in reaction to the ongoing litigations behavior of the MPA and ARIAA regarding IP and DRM, or if market research has shown a limited market at the price point that they would be able to offer the product.
I love the searchable text from the Closed Caption functionality of this product. I've long believed that the killer app. for PVR's was going to be a consumer desktop or embedded version of Virage.
Boards such as this have the potential to go along way in driving the acceptance of 8 VSB broadcast transmission and ACTV.
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You might try seaching the NIST.gov site. They had a large program to support the developemtnt of open souce CNC software.
About 4 or more years ago I saw a National Semiconductor 8 VSB decoder card at NAB. One offs of the card were available at that time for about $10k. It was really just a proof of performance device intended to seed the computer industry with NSC chip sets. Last year most of the video card manufactures seemed to be about to put their products to market. Today all but a few seem to have pulled back. I've been curious if this has been in reaction to the ongoing litigations behavior of the MPA and ARIAA regarding IP and DRM, or if market research has shown a limited market at the price point that they would be able to offer the product. I love the searchable text from the Closed Caption functionality of this product. I've long believed that the killer app. for PVR's was going to be a consumer desktop or embedded version of Virage. Boards such as this have the potential to go along way in driving the acceptance of 8 VSB broadcast transmission and ACTV.