[mythtv-users] Satellite Receiver with ATSC (not analog/NTSC) output on Ch 3 or 4?

[Larry on the Dell Laptop]

Brian Wood wrote:
> Larry on the Dell Laptop wrote:
>   
>> Do any of the newer satellite receivers (DishNetwork or DirectTV or ??)  
>> have an output on Ch 3 or 4 whose output is in the newer ATSC format?   
>> The answer is apparently no from all the sources I've checked so far.    
>> Dish technical support was a complete waste of time but Mike from Solid 
>> Signal seemed knowledgeable.  He said there is a BlonderTongue Modulator 
>> which will take composite video and modulate it on a TV channel as ATSC  
>> but the price was approx. $500.
>>
>> The reason I ask?  I now have newer TV sets that take ATSC in.   My dish 
>> receiver outputs the satellite channel it is tuned to on Ch 3 in so 
>> called analog aka NTSC format.  This arrives and is displayed on my 
>> newer TV degraded in quality.   Since the sets can receive ATSC, 
>> wouldn't it make more sense to have the rear panel output on the 
>> satellite receiver output in ATSC SD format so that it arrives crystal 
>> clear at my new ATSC captable TV set?   This same Ch 3 or Ch 4 ATSC 
>> signal could also be picked up by my growing list of PCs with ATSC tuner 
>> cards, again without degradation caused by NTSC / analog transmission.
>>     
>
>
> I don't think so. In order to output as ATSC the sat receiver would have
> to re-encode the decoded satellite stream, as the satellite does not use
>  ATSC format.
>
> Why not use the baseband output of the receiver?
>
> beww
>   

By baseband output, you mean the RCA Video  out connector  or the 
S-Video connector on back of the DishNetwork receiver?  If so, my 
problem is distributing that signal on my internal house wiring through 
my RG6 coaxial network.  I'm familiar with using a pc as a front end 
then connecting to the backend via ethernet LAN.  That works well if you 
have a PC nearby. Too bad my fancy yet expensive Sony ATSC sets don't 
have a PC in them with a twisted pair ethernet input.  The guts of my  
Sony Bravia must be pretty close as it is GPLed. 
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