Ron Economos wrote: > I can tell the group that the company I work for (LSI > Logic) is serious about adding ATSC tuner support to our > line of DVD recorder chips. At CES, we were decoding > local Las Vegas DTV stations. Expect ATSC (and IEEE1394 > from cable boxes) DVD recorders on the shelf before the > deadline. > http://www.lsilogic.com/products/recorder_dvd_dvr_dtr/dmn_8633.html http://www.lsilogic.com/products/recorder_dvd_dvr_dtr/dmn_8683.html Out[bleeping]standing, Ron. Just what the doctor ordered. A DVD recorder and a PVR with DVD recording on the side. I couldn't make out from the descriptions whether that DVDR will use H.264 to try to squeeze better than SD quality onto a DVD+RW disc. I'm not sure what MPEG-4 means in this context. However, use of AVC would be ideal here. But either way, I've gotten to where I don't want to record any analog TV anymore, even though with my cobbled up DVDR + ATSC STB, sometimes recording analog becomes necessary, to switch stations when you're not around. Even playing back HDTV with SD quality is far preferable to playing back NTSC recordings. Better color, no noise, no hint of ghost, and considerably better sound too. Either of these would make great STBs. Assuming, of course that the ATSC tuner/demod are adequately equipped per A/74 guidelines (or better). Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.