[mythtv-users] Better Satellite Service in the US

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Thu Jul 24 23:05:25 UTC 2008


On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:08:36PM -0400, James Crow wrote:
> I have decided that with the recent availability of naked DSL I want to
> switch to one of the satellite television providers for the US. I
> currently run Myth with a PVR-500 and analog cable. I would like to
> record HD as I have a HD TV and a decently powerful (AMD 64 x2 5?00)
> Myth PC. Is either of the satellite companies providing IEEE-1394 ports
> or other ways to get HD content into a Myth box? I would be happy
> setting up OTA HD for my local stations. The only other stations I watch
> are HGTV and Discovery. Both of which are available 5C encrypted on my
> cable service.

Time to buy an HD-PVR.

See you in the IRC channel...

> 
> Any advice or pointers from those who have satellite hooked into their
> Myth box?

As soon as I figure out the whole serial control thing with the H23 I
will be building a slave frontend for my HD-PVR.


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