how to turn my computer into a TV

[George Mitchell]

On 06/22/12 11:48, VDR User wrote:
> [...]
>> NTSC is not a stream of bits. NTSC is analog. The tuner converts
>> the NTSC analog waveform into a raw stream of bits. This raw
>> stream of bits is too large to conviently store on disk, so it
>> needs to be compressed/encoded into mpeg or similar. Some
>> tuners include a hardware encoder, but many do not.
>
> Nope.
> [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC

Black-and-white NTSC was standardized in 1941.  Color NTSC was
standardized in 1953.  What digital parts do you imagine were used
in those years?                                         -- George