[mythtv-users] capture card for DirecTV

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 9, 2006, at 7:50 AM, Jeremy Tietsort wrote:

> Yes, my intent was to go with seperate BE and FE systems with all
> capturing happening on the BE.  What part about HD is so CPU
> intensive; the capturing or the display?  If I went with a less beefy
> system on the BE, would I still be okay with capturing HD content?
> I'll be using DirecTV.
>
> Thanks
>
>> Your backend doesn't need much CPU power to capture streams.

Displaying HD content is the CPU-intensive task. How do you plan on  
getting HD content into your myth box from DirecTV?