<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Jan 10, 2007, at 6:57 AM, notimeinco wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">I've been researching MythTV to see if I want to put something together for home. I am a SD DirecTV customer and am looking at adding HD. I am also a TiVo user so I'll want to start recording HD programming. I'm considering replacing TiVo with MythTV. </FONT></P><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">From what I've read, it looks like to truly record HD from D*, I'd need to get either the R5000HD or 169time solutions. If I don't mind losing HD resolution, I could view and record the programming via S-video connection on a MythTV box. Am I generally on track or am I confused?<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>You're right on track there.<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial"> </FONT></P><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">Also, could someone clarify cabling for me? I'm not currently an HD customer so I don't know what the output options are on a HD D* box:</FONT></P><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">Solution #1: directv_rcvr (r500hd-enhanced) --> r5000hd --(firewire connection)--> WinXP box --???? Cable type ????--> MythTV</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>The 169time solution adds a firewire port to the DTV receiver so you plug that directly into your Myth box. No need for a tuner card. I'm not sure about the r5000 since it requires WinXP and I don't have any of those machines around so I never looked into it.<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">Solution #2: directv_rcvr --???? Cable type ????--> MythTV</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>Assuming you mean taking the SD resolution feed from your HD DirectTV box, you would need a tuner or frame-grabber card. The cable you need would depend on your capture card, but they would typically grab the S-Video out from the DTV box.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I've resigned myself to only getting SD via satellite and rely on OTA for HD programming. Luckily I live in a city where I get all the major networks and a couple of smaller ones with OTA HD. Frankly, I'm still a little confused about the 169time boxes. I can't tell if you need to buy the $1000 box as well as the $800 AVX1 processor or if you just buy the box. I don't think TV is worth a $2000 investment over the $2000+ I already spent on my myth boxes.<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P> </P><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">I searched the Wikis, Google, etc. but am still confused about this so apologize if this is spelled out clearly someplace.</FONT></P><P><FONT size="2" face="Arial">Paul</FONT> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mythtv-users mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>