[mythtv-users] Is the pchdtv card looking good?

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Thursday, Sep 18, 2003, at 09:48 US/Pacific, Keith C wrote:

> You have checked http://www.antennaweb.org to see what you might 
> receive
> with varying size antennas, right?

I hadn't. I have now. I'd need a blue to get anything halfway decent...

> I get 8 channels (well, seven, but
> PBS has 2 subs) with a small antenna manually pointed with a compass at
> towers 40 miles away, while my dad uses an amplified antenna with a
> powered rotating mount to hit towers 80 or so miles away.  It's just a
> matter of size and money :)

How much of a factor would it be that I live in Maple Valley (the key 
factor being the valley, as in I think there are hills partially 
blocking my LOS to the towers)...

> And if you don't get anything, let me know about the used pchdtv card.

Heh. Will do. Assuming it ever shows up...

> Any reason you went with the Audio Authority over the Key Digital
> converter?

A number of reasons.

1) The price and features looked good compared to some other junk I 
found

2) I was able to get it from a place 10 minutes from my house, so 
exchanges wouldn't be a hassle (Pacific Custom Cable, 
www.pacificcable.com )

3) I know squat about what I'm doing, and had no idea the Key Digital 
adapter even existed until after I'd already purchased the AA.

>> I got to watch my first Mariners game broadcast in full-out HD
>> yesterday. Un-freakin'-believable.

And some College football in HD tonight. Now I'm REALLY looking forward 
to the fall season on ABC (no NBC or CBS on Comcast in HD yet). 
Hopefully, I can pick up NBC, CBS, Fox and UPN w/the pcHDTV...

> I'm going after 1920x1080, if I can ever get this stupid Audio 
> Authority VGA->Component adapter to do what I want it to do...

Woohah! I finally got it to work. Well, mostly. According to the folks 
at Audio Authority, and some evidence I found on the 'net, nvidia cards 
don't do interlaced output very well, if at all, so I needed a 
progressive mode line. I've been unable to get 1920x540p to work, but 
I'm rock solid at 960x540p, though the picture is overscanned quite a 
bit (still haven't figured out how to fix that, but I adjusted the 
MythTV GUI to compensate). Even at only 960x540, this is WAY better 
than S-Video. Me like now.

--Jarod

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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