[mythtv-users] Recording HDTV via cable in the US? (yes another one)
Matt Goebel
matt at goebelnet.com
Sun Dec 18 02:16:32 EST 2005
Hi,
I've just bought a new HDTV and switched over to a HDTV cable box from
my cable company (Bright House Networks). They gave me a Motorola
DCT6200 DVR for two months because they were out of plain non-DVR HDTV
cables boxes (DCT5100's I believe is what they are using for that).
So now I'd like to hook that into MythTV to record HDTV content in 720p
HDTV format (what my TV supports). What's the status of HD recording
under Linux? Is this possible yet? I know you can do OTA HD
recording.. but can you do QAM now too if you run everything through the
cable box first? I'd like to record HBO,TNT,OLN, and Discover HD in HD
in addition to the local channels I can get OTA. If it's possible which
HD card would I need? The HD-3000 or Air2PC etc...? With the DCT6200
I'm pretty sure Bright House doesn't offer a coaxial output even though
the box supports one. That kills that one I think. I plan to get a
plain DCT5100 anyway though.. which hopefully does have one. If not is
there someway to record in HD with Component or IEEE1394?
Also if none of this is possible would I be able to at least us the
Svideo output to record in 16:9 DVD quality? I have 2 PVR-250's and a
PVR-500 which are both supposed to support up to 720x480 if I'm not
mistaken.
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