Well, folks, Santa's elves have been busy in the CA computer video workshop, and we going to just take a few minutes to fill you in on what's happening, just in case you're getting a little burned out on all the shopping, Egg Nogg, Christmas carols, and general seasonal fun.
The software for the HiPixx HDTV card has gone "Gold"; this was the gating issue on shipping the first batch of boards, so now the boards are expected to ship by the 21st or 22nd. For those of you who haven't heard about this interesting product yet, a very brief rundown:
Telemann's HiPix DTV-200 HDTV Card is first of it's kind release of a PC based ATSC Tuner/Decoder for Digital Over-The-Air transmission of standard and high-definition. Based on TeraLogic's hardware decoder chip, the HiPix delivers 1080i or 480p broadcasts to the Windows platform for use in the HTPC based home theater. It can be ssed in conjunction with existing graphics card as pass-thru, or run independently to a seperate HDTV compabible input. Supported display modes include 1080i/540P, and for computer/fixed pixel displays, 1024X768.
The HiPix eliminates the requirement for high-performance CPU, providing simple upgrade path for the ultimate in home entertainment. With the HiPix, the user is able to record incoming MPEG-2 stream of Over-The-Air HD broadcasts on their hard disk for time shifted playback. The DTV-200 comes packaged with Electronic Program Guide and a Remote Control.
Note that an extra slot is required for the additional I/O capability of this board, and that a remote control is included, standard. Are you getting the idea this isn't your father's PC?
The PC we're building around this concept is using an ABIT KT7 RAID motherboard, with RAID striping to combine two 60GB disks into one 120GB partition. Below is shown the removable motherboard/expansion slot platform with the installed motherboard, 900 MHz Athlon CPU (under $200- it cost less than the chasis!), and ELSA Erazor X video card, and SB Live 5.1 audio card.
The chasis is a Cooling Master ATC-201, with an Antec 400W ATX 2.03 supply installed. It is equipped with bays for 4 internal 3-1/2" HD's, two external 3-1/2" drives (640MB removable Magneto Optical shown installed, and Floppy disk (not yet installed), with an ACER 16X/40X DVDROM drive, and the SB Live Platinum 5.1 LiveDrive tray. The live drive tray support coaxial and optical SPDIF inputs and outputs, and has the IR sensor for the remote control. Yup, this puppy is going to have two remote controls, already. Sounds like a job for ProntoMan, to me.
More updates later this week, plus we'll have a writeup on the complete assembly and fine tunning, which will be available in PDF format for download.
Merry XMAS, everyone!
-Jon
Earth First!
_______________________________
We'll screw up the other planets later....
The software for the HiPixx HDTV card has gone "Gold"; this was the gating issue on shipping the first batch of boards, so now the boards are expected to ship by the 21st or 22nd. For those of you who haven't heard about this interesting product yet, a very brief rundown:
Telemann's HiPix DTV-200 HDTV Card is first of it's kind release of a PC based ATSC Tuner/Decoder for Digital Over-The-Air transmission of standard and high-definition. Based on TeraLogic's hardware decoder chip, the HiPix delivers 1080i or 480p broadcasts to the Windows platform for use in the HTPC based home theater. It can be ssed in conjunction with existing graphics card as pass-thru, or run independently to a seperate HDTV compabible input. Supported display modes include 1080i/540P, and for computer/fixed pixel displays, 1024X768.
The HiPix eliminates the requirement for high-performance CPU, providing simple upgrade path for the ultimate in home entertainment. With the HiPix, the user is able to record incoming MPEG-2 stream of Over-The-Air HD broadcasts on their hard disk for time shifted playback. The DTV-200 comes packaged with Electronic Program Guide and a Remote Control.
Note that an extra slot is required for the additional I/O capability of this board, and that a remote control is included, standard. Are you getting the idea this isn't your father's PC?
The PC we're building around this concept is using an ABIT KT7 RAID motherboard, with RAID striping to combine two 60GB disks into one 120GB partition. Below is shown the removable motherboard/expansion slot platform with the installed motherboard, 900 MHz Athlon CPU (under $200- it cost less than the chasis!), and ELSA Erazor X video card, and SB Live 5.1 audio card.
The chasis is a Cooling Master ATC-201, with an Antec 400W ATX 2.03 supply installed. It is equipped with bays for 4 internal 3-1/2" HD's, two external 3-1/2" drives (640MB removable Magneto Optical shown installed, and Floppy disk (not yet installed), with an ACER 16X/40X DVDROM drive, and the SB Live Platinum 5.1 LiveDrive tray. The live drive tray support coaxial and optical SPDIF inputs and outputs, and has the IR sensor for the remote control. Yup, this puppy is going to have two remote controls, already. Sounds like a job for ProntoMan, to me.
More updates later this week, plus we'll have a writeup on the complete assembly and fine tunning, which will be available in PDF format for download.
Merry XMAS, everyone!
-Jon
Earth First!
_______________________________
We'll screw up the other planets later....
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