<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">thanks for your reply.<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">You can use an IR Blaster to change the channel. Since most ATSC<br>converter boxes have video composite out, you could output the<br>video/audio to your capture card if you have a card like the PVR250<br>that has composite in.<br></div><br>Is this the hack where the box pretends to be the remote? And I need the IR sender hardware for it?<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">There is no encoded needed since the ATSC stream is already in MPEG2.<br>Also look at the HDHomerun. I have both and like the HDHR better.<br></div><br>How does HDHomerun work? Looks like an external networked
box.<br><br>Anyway, does this mean that recording will take only 1-2% of the CPU like it does now? The only part I need to worry about is playback?<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">If you get an nVidia card with XvMC then you might get by with your<br>current setup. All my nVidia cards have been great and have included<br>this feature. There is a webpage on the MythTV wiki that has info<br>about XvMC.<br></div><br>I have GeForce FX 5700. Is that supported? What kind of CPU do I need to play HDTV content with XvMC? I will still output through S-Video. Does that increase or decrease CPU requirements?<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">If you are already on cable, oyou can continue using your cable since<br>the 2009 conversion if for OTA only.<br></div><br>ok, but does pcHDTV (or whatever) work with any cable signal?<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">It depends on your antenna of course. There really is no "special"<br>antenna for ATSC. Most
broadcasts will be in the UHF band, but a few<br>will move into the VHF bands. You'll have to be more specific on the<br>antenna that you have and the area that you are in.<br></div><br>uhhh... just a standard thing with two telescoping rods and a round thing in the middle.<br><br>thanks,<br><br>Eugene<br></div></div></div><br>
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