[mythtv-users] Recommend an HD/SD tuner card?

[Steve Adeff]

On Friday 13 January 2006 12:28, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Steve Adeff wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 January 2006 16:27, Tony Godshall wrote:
> >> According to Steve Adeff,
> >>
> >>> no card that I know of does HD and SD together well. If you want to do
> >>> QAM/ATSC, then get a cheap HD tuner card, ~$100 and if you want to do
> >>> SD get a PVR-150, ~$70 or PVR-500 ~$150.
> >>
> >> In my experience, whatever card can receive digital HDTV
> >> can also receive (digital) SDTV. In my area, KQED transmits
> >> five or six (digital) SD channels when it's not transmitting
> >> HDTV. It's important not to confuse digital SD with analog
> >> TV, and certainly not to use "SD" as a shorthand for the
> >> latter. The PVR-150 will only capture analog.
> >
> > true, but from what I understand, "digital SD" is technically ED since
> > the
> > exact resolutions etc vary depending on channel, carrier, etc.
>
>  From http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/what_is_ATSC.html
>
> 1080i and 720p are called High Definition TV (HDTV).  480p is called
> Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV).  480i is Standard Definition TV (SDTV).
>
> Mike

a better definition of EDTV can be had here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced-definition_television

-- 
Steve