[mythtv-users] Best Sat receiver for Dish Network

Jesse Guardiani jesse at wingnet.net
Wed Mar 8 21:11:10 UTC 2006


Raphael Pooser wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 03/07/06 23:41, Brian Wood wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> I'm only looking for SD.
>>>  
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Good because that's all you'll get from a satellite system (unless you 
>> feel running a Windows box to convert 169time's proprietary firewire 
>> output into MPEG-2 that can be fed to your Myth box is actually acceptable).
>>   
>>     
>
> Really, you can't get HD from Dish Network?  I thought these dish 
> companies did have some HD channels.  Does that leave the only HD stuff 
> coming through digital cable and OTA (non satellite, like terrestrial)?
>   

In short: Yes, you're limited to OTA or cable (that's QAM, right?).

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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
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