Does n e one know if u can get HD Ready DVB-C cards? if so can u recommend the best ones. I stay in the uk so i'll need something that is compatible with NTL Digital(I don't no if thats an issue). Also does n e one no software (softcam I think) that works with the cards that can decrypt the pay channels? Cheers. Martin
assuming your refering to the BBC HD .ts transmissions ?, they are using AVC/H.264 with MBAFF encoding , expect the Tw part of NTL that are mad and are realtime re-encoding the HD content back into the older Mpeg2 .ts and loosing quality in the process. any so called HD ready DVB-C cards today will have to decode the digital .ts stream with software or a special hardware de-coder and so far their all to lazy to include a simple FPGA programable chip that could be upgraded to de-code the new and far advanced AVC/H.264 never mind the advanced MBAFF of AVC. the NTL part of the UK cable network (80%) are not even equiped to take the old HD mpeg2 or the new AVC and they are messing about which box to use in ntl area's never mind actually get somethng out that the users can pay for............. so the quick answer is, if your in the Tw area thats actually got mpeg2 .ts HD tv through the special HD STB's then you might be able to use one of the many already existing DVB-C with HW/SW de-coders to get the unscrambled channels and if that includes some or all of the HD content then great. as i say, Tw are using the old mpeg2 .ts for they HD so any good PC mpeg2 SW decoder should play this content back at full 25fps just use VLC or MPC for the .ts streams to make life easy.
