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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve been a MythTV user for over a year now, and the
WAF has been very high. About six weeks ago I made the mistake of buying
our first HDTV. My wife is quite disappointed that everything looks “the
same”. To be honest, I’m pretty disappointed too. Even DVDs
look amazing compared to my captures. I’ve been investigating my
options for capturing HDTV, and have come up with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Over the air. Not an
option. There are no HD broadcasts in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">New Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>QAM capture. I get four
unencrypted HD stations and a number of digital SD broadcasts. I
have an HD Home Run but I’m nervous about deploying this at all due
to reports of cable companies changing what is available unencrypted or
changing frequency assignments without warning. In any case, it isn’t
going to get me HD.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Get a cable box and hope that I
get what I want through fire wire. Some people have difficulty
making this work, it seems. No guarantee there will be *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>any</span></b>* unencrypted stations on fire
wire, and if there are, no guarantee they will stay unencrypted. I
don’t think I would risk this even if it would work now.
Better to never have HD than to have it and have to tell my wife we are
going back to SD.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Get a moded cable or satellite
box. The two options I have seen are Windows-only. It isn’t
clear how easy or convenient it would be to tie Myth into there recording
scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Unless I’m missing something, there are *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>no</span></b>* good options. Option four, while
expensive, looks the most hopeful. I’m just not sure I’m
willing to put in the time required to be on the bleeding edge with this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We can dream about the encryption situation changing, but I
don’t think that anything is going to happen that will let me record HD
in the next couple of years. If anything, cable companies are likely to
clamp down more and more on options two and three. It really looks like
option four may be my only hope.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Have I missed anything that should give me reason to be optimistic
about being able to record HD in the (very) short term? Personally I
wouldn’t give up Myth just to get HD. But I worry greatly about the
WAF.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Doug<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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