New HiPix card

[Gregg Lengling]

Digital STREAM Technology, Inc. To Offer Decisionmark's TitanTV.com Electronic Program Guide Exclusively In Its New HiDTV Pro 2.0 DTV PC Tuner In The U.S.Long History Of Internet-Based Broadcast Industry Solutions Makes Decisionmark Partnership Easy
9/9/2002
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, Sep 09, 2002 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Decisionmark Corporation, a technology leader in the broadcast industry, announced today that Digital STREAM Technology, Inc. (Digital STREAM) has selected TitanTV.com as the exclusive electronic program guide (EPG) for its HiDTV Pro 2.0 digital TV PC tuner in the United States. The HiDTV Pro 2.0 allows users to receive and record digital TV, NTSC and analog broadcasts directly from a PC computer. By incorporating Decisionmark's TitanTV.com into its hardware, Digital STREAM can now offer its U.S. customers the most comprehensive, customized, and up-to-the-minute TV guide listings quickly and easily.

After careful consideration, Digital STREAM selected TitanTV.com because of Decisionmark's history of providing Internet-based broadcast industry solutions in digital and analog over-the-air reception. TitanTV's.com program guide is updated by U.S. broadcasters, allowing them to make program changes as they occur--in real time. This makes TitanTV.com the most accurate program guide on the market; a critical asset in the age of digital recording and viewing.

"By incorporating TitanTV.com into our DTV PC tuner we are confident that we are providing the very best all-around PC TV entertainment experience for our customers," stated Chris Lee, Digital STREAM's sales and marketing manager. "Its ease of use and ability to provide the most up-to-date broadcast programming assures us that our customers will be completely satisfied with our product and their recording encounter."

"We have worked tirelessly to create an EPG that is fast, easy-to-use and accurate up to the minute," said Jack Perry, president and CEO of Decisionmark. "We are very pleased that Digital STREAM has recognized our efforts and we look forward to a long and rewarding relationship."

The Digital STREAM HiDTV Pro 2.0 HDTV/SDTV/NTSC PC receiver card is now available for pre-order from PC DTV Technologies' website www.pc-dtv.com (http://www.pc-dtv.com) and is ready to ship to North American customers beginning with September 9th. Two different Packages of the HiDTV Pro card will be offered:

The HiDTV Pro standard edition includes the HiDTV Pro card, infrared remote control and serial receiver, installation CD, A/V extension cable and quick start guide. The US retail price is $369.

The HiDTV Pro premium edition includes, besides a HiDTV Pro card the with many PC software applications, compatible StreamZAP(TM) infrared remote control and USB receiver, installation CD, A/V extension cable and quick start guide. For a limited time users also receive a free bonus -- the Digital STREAM Planar UHF indoor antenna. The US retail price is $399.



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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[Greg Oman]

Boooooiiiiinnnnngggg!!!!! http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/smile.gif

Too bad there isn't anything of value at that link.... http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/frown.gif

[This message has been edited by tenth_t2 (edited 09-10-2002).]

[Gregg Lengling]

Yeah but if you do a google search on HiPix you'll find at least 2 places selling it.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[Greg Oman]

Ahhh, but this is what you're talking about:
http://www.dstreamtech.com/English/2-HiDTVPRO.htm

It is not the HiPix card, but a competitor. Immediately, it looks like this card will record NTSC as well as ATSC should you want that flexibility.

Thanks for the heads up on this Gregg.

Greg O.

[Gregg Lengling]

Yep that's the one...sorry I guess my head was in the wrong place (I'm still on meds from the surgery). Anyway I couldn't find out too much about it, but I sent them an e-mail to find out how to purchase one. I'm thinking I'm going to buy the HiDTVPRO instead of the HiPix. Let you know what I find out and hopefully I can order one and get it in a week or so.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[Greg Oman]

That's kind of what I was thinking. I really want to build one rig to do all my recording, and I was not too excited about buying the HiPix for ATSC and something like a Radeon 8500 AIW for NTSC-- dang near $750 just for those 2 cards!

I'd rather spend more of the money on disk. This will be a fall project http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/smile.gif

Greg O.

[Gregg Lengling]

Well that's why I bought this computer, it's in the Video room and I've got antenna split for it already, just have to figure out a component video switch, but that's easy. I set this up pretty good, 1.8P4, 2 80gig drives, DVD and CD r/w's, 512meg ram and 11meg video card.....the only thing I still have to buy is a good monitor to replace the 15" one...but I'll do that when I get the card.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[borghe]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it saying this card WILL record NTSC along with ATSC?

[Gregg Lengling]

Yes it will record either format to your hard drive...both ATSC and NTSC.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[Greg Oman]

Correct as far as I can see also.

HiPix DTV-200: ATSC tuning/recording only
HiDTV Pro: ATSC & NTSC tuning/recording

Each is about $400.

Greg O.

[FreQi]

I have the HiPix DTV-200 card, and it currently only is able to capture ATSC signals. Something I was particularly upset about since I do a lot of "analog" captures still. But I ended up buying a Hauppage WinTV-dbx to do that now. The software for the HiPix card is being developed by some of the registered users at avsforum.com (http://avsforum.com) and can be downloaded from midwinter.com/hipix (http://www.midwinter.com/hipix). I'll be happy to test things out if anyone has questions about the card, so ask away.

[Greg Oman]

I don't know why, but I went back to look at the product information for the HiPix DTV-200 and I'm confused by what I see. It looks like it will tune NTSC stations, but not record them?

One thing I do like about the HiPix is the driver development that seems to be an unknown with the other card at the moment.

So, is my above reply still correct? If not, I'll edit it if the HiPix will tune NTSC as well.

Greg O.

[Gregg Lengling]

The subject title of this thread is confusing some people. While at first I thought it was an upgraded HiPix card it is actually a Korean Card from Digital Stream Technology and it is the HiDTV Pro 2.0 DTV PC Tuner. Go look at it on their site at http://www.dstreamtech.com/English/2-HiDTVPRO.htm

You will see it states this:
Record ATSC Transport Stream and NTSC broadcast signal with detail option
Real-time recording and scheduled event recording onto HDD on PC

Sorry for the confusion.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[FreQi]

I have not tried using the HiPix DTV-200 to tune the regular ota tv stations, but it does tune analog cable channels. It has 2 coax inputs that can be set to tune one of three things: NTSC, ATSC, Cable. I'll have to recheck this when I get home tonight, but that is what I remember the choices to be.

And the only thing this card can capture (at the moment) is the ATSC DTV signals (including HDTV broadcasts). The developers at avsforum.com say the code for doing captures with the s-video in exists, but it is commented out for some reason.

You may want to read this (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=163698) for information on the HiPix software.

[drgingras]

Originally posted by FreQi:
I have not tried using the HiPix DTV-200 to tune the regular ota tv stations, but it does tune analog cable channels. It has 2 coax inputs that can be set to tune one of three things: NTSC, ATSC, Cable. I'll have to recheck this when I get home tonight, but that is what I remember the choices to be.


Welcome to the forums, FreQi !
I was contemplating tossing out my Hauppage, pending Gregg's findings on the Digital Stream card. OTA NTSC tuning, you think? Let us know.

For now, back to fence-sitting for me http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif

Dave



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I kinda thought that might happen ...

[FreQi]

Well, the HiPix will -tune- the NTSC, but it will not capture it. We have to wait for the asvforum guys to make the software do it. I tried using other programs like AVI_IO to use the HiPix s-video input, but it doesn't list the card as an available capture device. That might be something the avsforum guys can do with the drivers howerver, since they code that too ... I should ask.

If you do want to toss your hauppage, I'll take it ;]