BlackGold previews latest Freeview HD & Freesat HD low profile tv tuner card

Blackgold have done it again, developing a Blackgold tuner that supports both Freeview HD & Freesat HD. The BGT3630 is due out in July…

The  product is capable of receiving standard and high definition digital broadcast program content, including the new UK Freeview and Freesat HD channels. Hardware receiver support – world standard analogue terrestrial (PAL, NTSC, CECAM), digital terrestrial including both DVB-T and DVB-T2, digital satellite DVB-S and DVB-S2, digital cable DVB-C.   i.e. Two separate tuners on one card 1 x DVB-S/S2 Tuner + 1 x DVB-T/T2, DVB-C or Analogue.

via BlackGold.

Hauppauge’s HD component capture card

Hauppauge have outed their Hd capture card, probably a niche product as you would still need to have remote control over any set top box you were planning to capture from, might be interesting to some. Yours for $159.

The single card can record up to 1080i from either component or unencrypted HDMI and will start shipping later this month. The support is very similar it its external brother, in fact other than the form factor, the two are very similar in most every other way.

via Engadget.

Congratulations to the BBC F1 Team

Yet another stunning season by @jakehumphreyf1, Eddie Jordan, David Coulthard and all the team. Roll on next season!

EyeTV network connected Freesat HD tuner

Here’s an interesting product, following the form of the Homerun HD network tuner, but this time supporting Freesat HD to iPads, Mac’s & Windows Media Center systems…

EyeTV Netstream Sat enables your entire family to share one TV tuner device, and it delivers a high-definition TV picture to every room. There’s no need to connect a satellite dish and TV tuner dongle to each computer! Simply place EyeTV Netstream Sat near your existing satellite connection and connect it to your router. EyeTV Netstream Sat receives DVB-S2 and streams the TV signal via your Ethernet or home Wi-Fi network.

At £180 for a single tuner solution, it is on the expensive side, but if you want to use iPads and Macs for live TV, it’s pretty much the only option out there.

via EyeTV

Sony’s first interchangeable lens HD camcorder

Like the design, especially the surround sound mic, very elegant…

What a way to celebrate 25 years of the Handycam brand, right? Out of absolutely nowhere, Sony has just upended the entire prosumer camcorder universe, and it may very well sway you from purchasing that Canon EOS 7D for video purposes. For all intents and purposes, this is Micro Four Thirds for your camcorder, but since Olympus and Panasonic own that specific technology, Sony’s left calling the NEX-VG10 an “interchangeable lens HD camcorder.”

via Engadget.

Ofcom gives go ahead for strict copyright controls on Freeview broadcasts

Very interesting and disturbing change to enhance the copyright controls imposed over Freeview HD services, I wonder what impact this will have over the Windows Media Center

Ofcom has granted the BBC the power to introduce anti-piracy technology to Freeview to limit the illegal copying of high-definition TV shows, despite complaints from organisations including the Open Rights Group that it is not in consumer or competition interest.

The BBC, which in November had its request denied until issues raised by ORG had been addressed, is to be allowed to change the Freeview multiplex licence to allow copy protection technology in set-top boxes so HD shows from broadcasters also including Channel 4 and ITV cannot become the target of pirates.

Ofcom said today that only manufacturers of set-top boxes and Freeview HD TV sets that include anti-piracy technology will be allowed to be compatible with the Freeview electronic programming guide. This will allow broadcasters to stop piracy of shows.

via guardian.co.uk.