[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: DVB in USA?

Kichigai Mentat kichigai at comcast.net
Wed Apr 5 02:20:18 UTC 2006


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On Apr 4, 2006, at 12.13, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On 4/4/06, Mark Johannessen <mfjlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yeah, that's kind of what I want! Looks like I'll have to resort to
>>> digital cable through my PVR-150 for anything like that. My Myth
>>> Backend isn't powerful enough to handle HD down conversion, and my
>>> front-end can't do it on the fly.
>>
>> I'm a bit confused on this ... I though the PVR-xxx series cards can
>> capture analog streams (OTA or cable) but not digital streams  
>> (like DT
>> labelled channels whether through cable or OTA) and that is why  
>> people
>> are using the pcHD300 etc. type cards.
>>
>> Mark
>
> with a PVR card you output the digital channel from a
> cablebox/satelite receiver through SVideo output into the PVR card and
> use a ir blaster or serial connection to change channels.

That's what I meant to say.

>
> --
> Steve
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