[mythtv-users] Video Capture Card

Bill Williamson bill at bbqninja.com
Fri Dec 14 05:47:18 UTC 2007


On 12/14/07, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 13, 2007 4:37 PM, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
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> > On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Trey Thompson wrote:
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> > > I know this is a loooooong standing discussion here.  I can't quite
> > > figure out exactly what cards are out there for what I'm trying to do.
> > >
> > > I'm moving to UVerse, and I know an option is to still use the PVR-150
> > > and PVR500 that I've got.  No biggie there.
> > >
> > > I'm not going to subscribe to HD yet (no HD TV).  But, I'd like to use
> > > one of the other higher quality outputs on the Motorola box.  They've
> > > got component out, svideo, RWY, etc...  Like I said, I know I can do
> > > RWY, or svideo I guess.  But, here are a couple of questions:
> > >
> > > - Would I get a significantly better picture with the component out?
> > > - Is anyone using a capture card that's got that?
> > > - What would I use to capture the audio?
> > >
> > > Or, should I just stick with the red/white/yellow that I've already
> > > got in the PVRs?
> >
> > S-Video will give you better quality than component (as you've dubbed
> > RWY, I believe). There are no consumer-level cards that will capture
> > component video, so don't bother. :)
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> Please read before you post....
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> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_HDTV


You could also try reading the email you're replying to before posting.

To the original emailer:  You will not notice a difference.  SD over
component can sometimes look nicer (reference quality DVDs, etc), but
SVideo is more than adequate for cable TV capture.

Also, you WILL notice a difference between svideo and composite.  A HUGE one.


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