[mythtv-users] Is satellite/cable HDTV possible w/ MythTV, or alternatives?

[Kichigai Mentat]

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On Jan 14, 2006, at 14.08, Robert Johnston wrote:

> On 1/14/06, Reshat Sabiq <sabiq at csociety.org> wrote:
>> I assume no, because the HDTV cards for PCs only do over-the-air. But
>> i'd appreciate your feedback.
>>
>> Basically, i'm considering buying an HDTV monitor, and i have a  
>> strong
>> feeling that not buying a tuner, and probably also a DVR to go w/ it
>> (since i'm likely to need to record things for later viewing), is  
>> not an
>> option.
Well, you sure can buy an HDTV without a DVR. Of course, the trick is  
finding a DVR that supports HDTV. I know that ComCast and most of the  
other cable companies sell HD DVRs, but they are generally not  
preferred over MythTV.
>
> Cable is possible as some cards (like the PCHDTV and Fusion cards)
> support QAM256, which is most commonly used for digital cable.
Isn't it possible to do HD over FireWire? Wasn't there some sort of  
thing that Congress passed that required all HD cable boxes to have  
an enabled FireWire port?
> However, they don't support encryption, so you will only be able to
> get the channels broadcast "In the clear".
As I understand it, FireWire has the same limitations. Generally, the  
encrypted channels tend to be subscription channels, like HBO, SHO,  
MAX, PayPerView, OnDemand stuff. It's supposed to be possible to rig  
MythTV to record those channels from the analog out, though.

You know, this makes me wonder, why the hell hasn't anyone developed  
an HD card that accepts HDMI/DVI/Component in? I mean, seriously, is  
it that hard (That's a serious question, not rhetorical)? As I  
understand it, the signal is still a digital stream. Is the stream  
not compressed, thus requiring the card to recompress it?
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