[mythtv-users] HDTV

Joe Villari joev_nylxs at pipeline.com
Fri May 9 10:32:08 EDT 2003


I understand now. Thanks Isaac. HDTV is still confusing to me, but I'm 
learning.

Thanks
Joe

Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Friday 09 May 2003 09:05 am, Joe Villari wrote:
> 
>>Maybe I just don't understand enough.
>>
>>I've finally decided to take the plunge into HT. I'm buying a projector
>>and building a linux HTPC. I'm thinking about using a set top box for
>>over the air HDTV. My understanding that HDTV capture cards don't have
>>linux supported drivers. I also want the functionality of MythTV.
>>
>>Are you saying this not the best way? I'm guessing the quality of the
>>recorded HDTV should be OK just labor intensive for the HTPC.
>>
>>Is MythTV better suited for non-HDTV signals?
> 
> 
> You're going to take your nice, clean, high resolution HDTV signal, cut it 
> down to 480i, stuff it into a tuner card, and recompress it?  You'll see 
> absolutely none of the benefits of using that several hundred dollar HDTV OTA 
> settop box.  Why would you want to do that?
> 
> Isaac
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