There are so many better ways to pirate HD content than try to convert an analog component signal back to digital and sync it with a separate audio source. The industry needs to realize that no one would try to copy content this way, as it's really hard and involves a significant loss of quality when going from a compressed digital stream, back to analog, and then back to digital. The difficulty is compounded by the challenge of syncing audio to the new stream. It's like taking an MP3 and recording it via an analog connection- pirates are far more sophisticated than that.
Actually, its quite easy to get good quality copies of HD cable programming this way. Theres plenty of 1080i/1080p capable YPbPr->HDSDI adapters to choose from, and keeping things sync'ed isn't a problem when you have an integrated HDTV encoder like those sold by Panasonic. Its not cheap to do, and only someone who has money to blow will do it, but its quite easy to setup.
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There are so many better ways to pirate HD content than try to convert an analog component signal back to digital and sync it with a separate audio source. The industry needs to realize that no one would try to copy content this way, as it's really hard and involves a significant loss of quality when going from a compressed digital stream, back to analog, and then back to digital. The difficulty is compounded by the challenge of syncing audio to the new stream. It's like taking an MP3 and recording it via an analog connection- pirates are far more sophisticated than that.
Actually, its quite easy to get good quality copies of HD cable programming this way. Theres plenty of 1080i/1080p capable YPbPr->HDSDI adapters to choose from, and keeping things sync'ed isn't a problem when you have an integrated HDTV encoder like those sold by Panasonic. Its not cheap to do, and only someone who has money to blow will do it, but its quite easy to setup.