[mythtv-users] DirecTV HTTP Server

[Greg Oliver]

On 11/23/2010 09:43 AM, jmk wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 12:46 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
>> I have never used getTuned..  Not really a use in it for me..  My hr21
>> was tuning yesterday morning, but the script was not returning success,
>> so I imagine mythtv was not moving on.  I do not know - did not have
>> time to debug it.
>
> The getTuned function was simply my "is it working" tool. I think I
> figured out what happened for me. In System Setup->Whole-Home->External
> Device, the Current Program option was set to Block. Setting this to
> Allow seems to have fixed the getTuned option. I'm guessing this was
> initially allowed and the latest DirecTV update set it to blocked. FWIW,
> I stumbled on the document "DTV-MD-0359-DIRECTV SHEF Public Beta Command
> Set-V1.0.pdf", which provides a nice detailed description of the
> service. I'm guessing others have seen it, but if not, it's full of
> info.
>
> I'm currently using a D11 (via PVR-250), H21-100 (HD-PVR) and OTA
> (HDHomerun) with Myth. The output from the D11 and H21-100 are decent,
> but there's really little discernible difference. The H21 output simply
> doesn't compare to the OTA content, which is excellent. Is DirecTV HD
> really that bad and not much, if any, better than their SD? It seems
> silly to be paying for HD content, when it's the same quality as what I
> get from the SD D11. I'm curious if others are seeing different results
> for DirecTV SD vs DirecTV HD vs OTA HD.

Yeah, dtv has very few high bitrate HD channels.  A couple ESPns, CNN, 
and a couple discovery channels is it.  All others are crap low bitrate 
upscales..  You're right though - only ESPN and discoveries can even 
come close to atsc..

> Joe
>
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