<div>Thanks for the info. I have/had read most of it. My interest is only in MythTV so as my starting point I looked at the 'HCL' and if I recall the PVR500 and the ATSC/QAM tuners (in my case HVR-1800) are supported, if not fully at least to some extent.</div>
<div>To assume that I just went around sticking cables is just condescending and patronizing. I assume that each person starts their mythtv journeys at different levels and proceed to learn (from reading, references or more experienced users, kinda like a community...) as they go along.</div>
<div>Based on that simple email that I sent, I learned more than from reading alone as others willingly shared their practical experiences... I am comfortable with asking at the risk of appearing stupid but that's my style of learning, it usually complements all of my reading</div>
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<div>Thanks<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Phillips</b> <<a href="mailto:brian.phillips@gmx.net">brian.phillips@gmx.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">>Conrad said:<br><br>>I actually thought that I did (more than zero at least ;) .<br>>This is more like fine prints that is not so obvious for a newbie.<br>
<br>>Thanks<br><br>This oughtta get you started...<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_tuner</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_Standards">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSC_Standards</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature_amplitude_modulation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature_amplitude_modulation</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_tuner_card">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_tuner_card</a><br><br><br>
None of these things are "fine prints". They are actually pretty basic when<br>it comes to hooking up any home theatre or theater system. They're not even<br>a Myth Exclusive Knowledge Set. You will need to learn these things no<br>
matter what type of device you are connecting and no matter what OS you are<br>working on. You cant just go sticking wires wherever they might fit and<br>expect us to understand what is wrong with your system when something goes<br>
wrong.<br><br>I'll give you this info since I couldn't find a wiki page on it. The<br>tuner(s) on your PVR-500 is an analog NTSC tuner. It will be obsolete<br>except for analog cable in Feb of 2009. Since you do not have analog cable<br>
(you have dish) you can forget about using the tuner on the PVR-500 and the<br>QAM on your ATSC/QAM tuner. I'll now leave you to figure out what all those<br>terms mean. The sources are plentiful on google for each of those terms.<br>
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