[mythtv-users] Cable box always on
Preston Crow
pc-mythtv07a at crowcastle.net
Thu Mar 27 19:06:14 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:51 -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> If you have a software mpeg capture card or PVR500 with one of those
> problematic samsung tuners the STB tuner will be better otherwise I
> would use the one from the PVR.
When you have a choice between using the set-top box and tuning the
analog channel yourself, tuning it yourself has several advantages, such
as starting up recordings slightly faster, and removing one possible
cause of failure.
If it were simply a matter of using your analog tuner, or using an
analog tuner in the set-top box, it would be a no-brainer. However,
that's not the case. My understanding is that every analog channel is
also sent in digital, so when you use the set-top box, you avoid
fuzziness from degraded signals that plague true analog channels.
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