[Eug-lug] security cameras (followup from march thread)

[Allen Brown]

Ah, so the mandate for the Broadcast Flag was thrown out
by the courts.  I hadn't heard that.
http://www.eff.org/IP/broadcastflag/

This is indeed good news.  Bully for the EFF!
-- 
Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org  http://www.peak.org/~abrown/
   Resisting temptation is easier when you think
   you'll probably get another chance later on.

Michael Miller wrote:
> If you going to spend $128 you might as well pay an extra dollar for a
> HD-5500  ( http://www.pchdtv.com/ ).
> 
> The HD-5500 is a fully Linux supported video capture card that does
> software encoding/decoding.  This card does not and will not support
> the broadcast flag.
> 
> I have a HD-3000 card and enjoy it.
> 
> Mike Miller
> 
> On 9/4/06, Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com> wrote:
> 
>> I see that WinTV PVR 350 is $128 at  Mwave.  That doesn't seem too bad a
>> price.  I just want to view OPB programs and maybe be able to save some
>> to DVD.  Is this doable?
>>
>> Is MPEG2 good enough to playback a Nature show with some quality?  I'm
>> tired of the flaky video quality experience.
>>
>> Mr O wrote:
>> > The latest MythTV (0.19) raves about the capabilities of the 350
>> > (nice TV out). The 350 is the *only* Hauppauge card with
>> > HARDWARE encoding and DECODING. The 150 and the 250 are the same
>> > in features supporting only hardware encoding. I believe the 150
>> > is just a cheaper PCB.
>> >
>> > I'm hoping to *finally* setup a MythTV box with my ATI HDTV
>> > Wonder in the next few weeks. My primary purpose isn't for TV
>> > though since I don't watch the stuff. I'd like to be able to rip
>> > my DVD collection and be able to browse and watch anything I
>> > want  with proper surround sound and a properly scaled picture
>> > on my little plasma via VGA or Component input. Time will tell
>> > if I get it done soon or not.
>> >
>> > That be all,
>> > Mr O.
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> I thought that benefit of the wintv-pvr model# 350 was also a
>> >> major gripe --
>> >> if I read right (disclaimer: somewhere, a while ago!) you can
>> >> *only* get
>> >> mpeg2 video out of this card... does anyone have one and know
>> >> if you can get
>> >> the raw video, to do your own encoding with?  That is, as
>> >> opposed to
>> >> decoding the mpeg2 stream, then re-encoding it (yuck, with the
>> >> mpeg2
>> >> artifacts, although I guess you could set that to the highest
>> >> quality)...
>> >> so if this is true, it would depend on your desired usage.
>> >> NewEgg doesn't
>> >> seem to carry the 350, although they have various 150 models
>> >> ($53-$85), with
>> >> and without remotes.  Even a low-profile 150 model, nice!
>> >> Amazon has the
>> >> 350 for $134.  The model# 500 has dual mpeg encoders&tuners.
>> >>
>> >> cheerio,
>> >>
>> >>     Ben