[mythtv-users] Recommendations for HD capture

[David Brodbeck]

On Feb 20, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:

> David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> says:
>> Count me as skeptical of this.  Every time I go to a sports bar I
>> see plain old 4:3 SD being stretched to fill a 16:9 screen.
>
> Again, apples and oranges. The bar owner has no access to (or doesn't
> know how to tune in) high-definition signals. Neither he, nor his
> patrons, knows the difference.

I actually know the person who set some of the local bars up, and he  
told me they're set up for proper HD; the bartenders just can't be  
bothered to punch in the right channel numbers.  This tells me either  
no one actually knows the difference or they simply don't care.

I'm starting to think HDTV is basically the electronic industry  
equivalent of corn ethanol subsidies.  The government is steering  
dollars to an industry by forcing people to buy something they  
otherwise wouldn't buy on their own.