[mythtv-users] MythTV and the state of US HDTV

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/18/2006 03:48 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> Or if my local UPN affiliate
> decides to rerun an episode of "Veronica Mars" to fill a hole on
> Saturday night it might very well be in 4:3 because the station
> doesn't yet have the equipment to properly record a HDTV airing, and
> thus captured the episode in its original airing in 4:3 non-HDTV
> format and resolution.
>   

Perhaps they need some Myth boxes...  ;)

> Overall, however, I have few complaints; in the two months I've have
> MythTV I've recorded more than 1800GB of programming--almost all in
> HDTV--including "Ben-Hur," "Shakespeare in Love," "Apocalypse Now,"
> "The Green Mile," two Harry Potter movies, "The Incredibles,"
> "L.A. Confidential," "Master and Commander," "Million Dollar Baby,"
> "The Music Man," "A Passage to India," "My Fair Lady," "Shrek 2," and
> many, many more. (Of course, I can't forget Hollywood masterpieces
> such as "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," "Can't Hardly Wait,"
> "The Matrix Revolutions," "Scary Movie 3," and "School of Rock.") The
> point is that thanks to MythTV, HDTV, and an enormous amount of disk
> space, I have instant access to a programming library of a quality and
> size simply unimaginable even a few years ago.
>   

And--it seems--better than your local affiliate's library.  :)

Mike