[mythtv-users] Re: Dual Sky question WAS: Re: [mythtv] MythTV:
Isaac Tivo: > 100 tech guys
Allan Stirling
Dibblahmythml0015 at pendor.org
Thu Dec 9 22:51:56 UTC 2004
Darren wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 02:53 +0000, Allan Stirling wrote:
>
>
>>I'm now switching across to a dual Sky
>>(Digital satellite) Myth box, after having played with Myth for a while
>>as a 'test' platform.
>>
>
> An aside here, I noticed you talking about a dual Sky option. I am probably going to be
> moving to Germany in the near future meaning sky is going to be one of the few options
> available to me. So I am quite curious about what you wrote. Is there such a thing as a dual tuner box
> or will you just be joining two boxes together ?
> (I have a three way DVB solution based on Nebula cards at the moment)
>
> If you have time and motivation, could you say a little bit more about how your intending to hang all
> this together, such as capture cards and IR control of the Sky box.
>
I've now had 2 questions like this, so I'll CC the list for interest.
I've owned a Tivo for a while now. It has certain problems occasionally
changing channel (I was using Telewest as a provider for the Tivo). I've
always found IR changers at best picky, at worst unreliable. I
recently found this web page:
http://www.cornelius.demon.co.uk/lirc-sky-rflink-howto.html
(Thanks, Steve!)
The RFLinks are quite expensive, but well worth it for reliable channel
changes.
Sky (If you subscribe to one of the premium packages) is offering Sky+
for 99 UKP with no ongoing fee (as long as you agree to keep it
connected to a phone line, but noone's been cut off for this that I've
been able to find). The reason for using a Sky+ box instead of Sky is
it's SVideo output - Normal sky boxes only have RGB, and it's not easy
to capture that without additional spending, and the only other option
is Composite (ugh)
So, I ordered the 'Multiroom' option. This gives you two boxes. One is
currently a Sky, one a Sky+.
As an aside, I'm _very_ disappointed with the video quality using the
CX8800 cards that I have while using composite. Therefore, I'm probably
going to upgrade the Sky box to Sky+.
As a seperate aside, does anyone know the native resolution used on Sky?
Cheers,
Allan.
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