[mythtv-users] HDTV over S-video?

[Ivan Kowalenko]

On May 25, 2006, at 20.51, Edgar Sigal wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am setting up a Myth box, and still unsure about which capture to  
> get.
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to send an HDTV signal over  
> S-video cable.
You can send an NTSC video from an HDTV cable box, but not HD quality  
video over an S-Video cable.
> Ie Scientific Atlanta HD Cable box and plug it into a PVR-150?
The PVR-150 just encodes analog signals to MPEG-2. It wouldn't know  
what to do with the signal, even if it was possible to send it over  
the line (which it's not).
> Will this support true HD signal, or will it be downgraded to NTSC  
> standard?
NTSC standard. If you were to do what you listed above, you'd get NTSC.
> I appreciate any help the tech guru’s can provide… I enjoyed the  
> recent Coax clarification…
>
>
> Edgar Sigal
>
> Insidewire Services Inc.
>
> E. esigal at insidewire.com
>
>
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