Joel Kolstad wrote:
"Anthony Fremont" wrote in message
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Show me one capture card that has component inputs.

Here's one that might work for you:
http://www.pixelmagicsystems.com/pro...pdi_deluxe.htm . There
are others available (e.g., from aja.com), although most seem to be
aimed at the professional video market and have pretty steep price
tags.

Thanks for the link. Unless I missed something, it won't capture HD quality
signals. AFAIK, there are no (and never will be) any HD capture cards that
have analog inputs. MP seems to have trouble understanding my point here.
There is nothing illegal about making or using such cards, they just don't
exist due to political pressures. Another horrid thing is to buy a DVD
player that upconverts and then try to use the component outputs as input to
an HD TV. Most players (there are very few exceptions) will not output the
upconverted signal on the component outputs. This is the most assinine
thing ever. The DVD was only SD to start with and the upconversion is
artificial, yet the RIAA/MPAA/etc have gotten the manufacturers to even deny
you that signal in an "untrusted" environment. MP makes like he knows all
about this stuff, but he really seems to know very little of the details.

In general I think you're 100% correct that there's been significant
pressure from the RIAA/MPAA/etc. applied to the well-known
manufacturers such as ATI, Happaugge, etc. to *not* released non-DRM
encumbered capture products.

I think "significant" might be an understatement. ;-)