[mythtv-users] OT: A question on the HD-PVR and non-HD content

Wed Feb 18 21:13:01 UTC 2009

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 03:53:02PM -0500, Jeff Wormsley wrote:
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> jedi wrote:
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>     <pre wrap="">I plan on getting an HD-PVR sooner than later. I plan on the component-out
> going from my STB to the HD-PVR, and the usb from the HD-PVR going to the
> Myth box. My question, or questions now that I think about it are: Is this
> box HD-only, or can I use it to tune SD content as well? Second, will it
> automatically adjust between 720i/p and 1080i/p?
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>     Some of us have had problems with the HD-PVR switching resolutions and
> then becoming unusable. So, some of us have our STBs locked to a particular
> resolution to work around this. This issue may be fixed in later releases
> of the driver or trunk.
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>     Whatever you choose to do, you need to set up your STB appropriately first. 
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> This is going to hurt me, because I can find no way of telling my
> DCT-6200 to not use some fixed resolution.&nbsp; If I set it to 1080i, for
> instance, it always outputs 1080i, even for SD channels.&nbsp; I can't find

    That's workable enough. Just fix it at 720p.

    It will waste some space as you record SD channels as 720p but that's 
going to be relatively minor since the stuff is heavily compressed coming
out of HD-PVR to begin with.

    Compared to SD content coming off of a digital OTA channel, it's really
not that wasteful.