[mythtv-users] pcHDTV HD3000 voo doo

John P Poet jppoet at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 06:21:04 UTC 2006


On 12/10/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
> On Dec 10, 2006, at 12:25 PM, John P Poet wrote:
>
> > On 12/10/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Dec 10, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Robert Tsai wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 10:51:40AM -0700, Greg Grotsky wrote:
> >>>> 3.  For those of you who are running like this with ATSC and NTSC
> >>>> tuning from the same card, how did you manage the analog audio?  I
> >>>> already have the audio output of the pcHDTV card running into the
> >>>> audio input on my motherboard and it works.  Does myth mute the
> >>>> analog source so it doesn't interfere while watching ATSC streams?
> >>>
> >>> Backing up a bit, how do you manage the *video*? I think there is
> >>> only
> >>> one coaxial input, which is currently taken up by my OTA antenna.
> >>> How
> >>> do I also cram my analog cable into there?
> >>
> >> Don't know how he's doing it, but all ATSC channels in the US are in
> >> the UHF range, above most analog cable signals.
> >
> > Actually, that is not true.  Most ATSC channels are in the UHF range,
> > but not all.
> >
> > Locally, my PBS station's HD channel is at UHF 35, but they have
> > several SD ATSC channels at VHF 9.
> >
> > After the cut over in 2009, stations that are broadcasting NTSC in the
> > VHF range will be allowed to move their ATSC broadcast to their VHF
> > channel.
>
> Ultimately the goal is to get all TV broadcasting off of VHF channels
> - the government wants to auction off those frequencies, or perhaps
> give them to Haliburton :-)



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