<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 09/16/2007 04:24 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:<br>> On 9/16/07, Eric Robinson <<a href="mailto:ryunokokoro@gmail.com">ryunokokoro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>>> Thanks for the info. One thing I'd like to clarify is that I'm trying
<br>>>> to set this up without an HD box. My understanding of QAM is that it<br>>>> will pull the HD symbol over the wire without the need of a box. My<br>>>> current box is a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 (SD, no HD) hooked
<br>>>> up to a Tivo. I have yet to hook the MythTV box up to anything other<br>>>> than a straight coax cable input. I may upgrade the box to an HD<br>>>> capable one, but I'm trying to get the most out of my current setup
<br>>>> first.<br>>>><br>>> What card are you using in your MythTV box?<br>>><br>> Regular old PVR-150. I also have a WInTV-D that's been in a closet for years<br>> that doesn't seem to have any benefits.
<br><br>You'll need a digital ATSC capture card to pull in QAM--something like<br>the pcHDTV HD-5500 or the Avermedia A-180. You could also go with<br>something like the HDHomeRun. See also the wiki and the HOWTO for more
<br>on compatible digital hardware.<br><br>The PVR-150 can only tune (unencrypted) analog channels. The digital<br>card will be able to tune unencrypted digital channels.</blockquote><div><br>Thanks to everybody for all the info, this was quite a learning experience, and not much of it was about MythTV! So far I've found 3 HD channels -
103.1 is NESN (Which is surprising because they don't have an OTA channel that I'm aware of), 102.2 is Fox or Fox
Sports Net, and 102.1 is NBC. I still haven't found ABC or CBS but by law they should be there, right? I'll keep plugging away and see what I can find. I can watch the Pats game in HD but it looks like I'm going to have to settle for HD for the Sox/Yankees.
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