[mythtv-users] Recommendations for HD capture

[Drew Tomlinson]

scram69 wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2008 3:42 PM, Peter Loron <peterl at standingwave.org> wrote:
>   
>> Hello, all. I've been going along fine for quite a while on my one
>> PVR250. This weekend I updated the tube to a 1080i HD unit. I have the
>> basic Comcast cable and no OTA capability. The coax goes direct into
>> the TV and PVR250. No cable box.
>>
>> I'm not a voracious TV watcher nor am I planning to upgrade to any of
>> the waaaaaaaay too expensive full HD packages from Comcrap. Satellite
>> is not an option due to horizon issues.
>>
>> Soooo. I'd like to be able to get a better picture when possible from
>> the unencrypted HD channels that are available, but a lot of what I
>> will wind up recording is going to still be in SD.
>>     
>
>   
>> I'm somewhat slot limited, so I'd like one
>> card that can handle whatever formats Comcast will be carrying into
>> the future (QAM + ?).
>>     
> Back to the OP's question...
>
> I have Commucast's "limited basic" - just the cable, no box thank you.
>  I am using a combination of a Kworld 110 and an HD homerun to capture
> the unencrypted HD.  Between the network's HD, PBS, and the 5 extra
> PBS digital stations offered here, it's not unusual for all three
> capture devices to be recording at any given time...
>   

And although my HDTV is OTA, I also use one HD HomeRun and a pcHDTV card 
with the coax directly connected to each input.  Because the OTA content 
is a MPEG2 data stream (and I assume cable works the same way), little 
cpu is used on the backend as recording is basically a copy from the 
input to disk.

Cheers,

Drew

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