<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 8, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On 1/8/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Jake Palmer</B> <<A href="mailto:jakep_82@hotmail.com">jakep_82@hotmail.com</A>> wrote:<DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote"></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> >My TV is capable of 1080i and if I'm going to "upgrade" then I'd<BR>>probably like to enable HDTV. I really dislike the "cable boxes". I<BR>>believe that means I'm watching only analog signals and certainly no HDTV. <BR><BR>You can get HD capable cable boxes. They have DVI, HDMI, or component<BR>outputs.</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR>Note: none of those outputs are recordable by any consumer-grade hardware.<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Essentially correct but perhaps not for long. Have a look at:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128433/article.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128433/article.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This would appear to be a "consumer" device (albeit an expensive one) that is capable of encoding 1080i to an MPEG-2 stream.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There are also some Blu-Ray recorders in the stream, but at present the blank disks are around $30US and the machines are pricey.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The best thing I'm aware of right now is an Avid product that can encode 1080i HDMI and sells for around $5000. While not exactly a "consumer" device these might wind up on the used/refurbed market for perhaps $2500US.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So hold onto your seat, it's going to be a fun ride.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>