[mythtv-users] Server/adding new card dilemma, HD/hardware questions

[Fred Squires]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, yes.  But even now most analog is echoed on the SD multiplex.  In
>>> my
>>> area, digital gets me what I need.  Maybe with cable it's different but I
>>> would suspect that getting an analog tuner set up and running will only
>>> give you a few weeks of use at best.
>>>
>>> --Yan
>>>
>> Pretty much same thing going on here. The only one that for me has
>> different programming on analog is the local PBS station.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>
> Okay, lost me here. Are you saying that if I get a card that captures
> Digital TV only (no analog input), and I just have regular analog cable TV
> right now, I can capture it fine? ie., Digital is kind of "backwards
> compatible" to grab analog?? I think this area confuses me most lol.

No, he's not saying that.  What he's saying is that you'll be able to
pick up the same digital stations as you will analog, but he was
assuming you were recording from over the air rather than digital.

> FYI I am using Rogers Cable TV (regular cable) in Canada. Family room has a
> Rogers Digital box (that I don't use as part of Myth; frontend is desktop PC
> in bedroom).

You might be able to get the local digital stations through your cable
right now.  Also you could consider using an antenna  (if you're close
to a city) to capture digital TV, the quality will usually be better
than cable because a lot of the cable companies recompress the signal
before broadcasting it.


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