[mythtv-users] Terminology question (was HDTV reception via Cable)

[Phil Bridges]

On 3/8/06, Lonnie Borntreger <myth at borntreger.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 16:52 -0500, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> > Would I be able to receive SD cable signals from the same card? Or would
> > I need
> > an SD card, like a PVR 150?
>
> Isn't SD still a digital format?  Don't the PVR cards only work on
> analog signals?
>
> Lonnie Borntreger
>

SD (standard definition) can be broadcast in either analog or digital.
 Typically, basic cable channels (below 99 or so) will be sent in
anaolg, while the SD channels above 100 or so are sent digitally, and
would require a cable box.