[mythtv-users] record in HD, but watch in analog ?

Trey Boudreau trey at treysoft.com
Mon May 9 19:40:17 UTC 2005


On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 03:24:38PM -0400, David George wrote:
> 
> On 5/9/2005 3:19 PM, Mudit Wahal wrote:
> 
> >I'm building a backend where I'm going to put one HD3000 card. My
> >frontend is still up in the air (several variables). In the meantime,
> >I still want to connect a basic frontend with tv-out (svideo) to
> >analog TV.
> >
> >Will I be able to play the programs recorded in HD in the backend on
> >an analog TV (connected via a frontend-svideo) ?
> > 
> >
> Yes, no problem.  One of my frontends has an MX-4000 card using S-Video 
> out.  You won't get HD res, but you can display HD programs on an analog TV.
> 
Out of curiosity, do you have performance issues down-scaling 1080i or
720p content?

-- Trey


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