[mythtv-users] A few newbie type questions

[Bret Schuhmacher]

I think this is what you want...

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/

Rgds,

Bret
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Gilbert" <nick at nickgilbert.com>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] A few newbie type questions


> Hi all,
>
> I'm considering setting up a MythTV box to play with, but as I'm not
> very linux proficient and I don't have a spare box yet, it'll probably
> take me a while. Before I waste my time and set up a system to realise
> that it's not really for me, I'd like to know the answer to a few
questions:
>
> 1. I'm in the UK and I have a cable feed from NTL. Therefore my
> programmes are usually transmitted in 16:9 widescreen and my TV is also
> 16:9 widescreen (PAL). HOWEVER, all the screen shots I've seen are all
> in 4:3 format and probably NTSC. Does mythtv support PAL and 16:9
> anamorphic transmissions properly? I can't really see how it can as I'm
> pretty sure that there aren't any video cards that could output a proper
> 16:9 format PAL signal.
>
> 2. I really care about the quality of the recordings I get. How does the
> quality compare to say, the original digital feed? Presumably it'll only
> be a bit worse than the original feed?
>
> 3. UK TVs are 576 lines (I think). But most applications like this only
> work in 640x480. Does this mean that all cards with TV out, will have to
> scale/resample the 640x480 signal up to 576 lines for display on the TV
> and therefore may appear to be slightly soft all the time? Or can it put
> the graphics card into 720x576 to get UK PAL resolution?
>
> 4. Does it work like a TIVO in the sense that you are always watching a
> recompressed version of the signal rather than the original? Or does it
> show you the raw output of the TV card if you're not currently watching
> a recording?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick...
>
> PS: I really wish MythTV.org had a searchable forums system instead of a
> mailing list. Mailing lists are very unstructured and a but clumsy to
> subscribe to and unsubscribe from when you only want to ask one or two
> questions. I think a lovely PHPBB would work much better for people like
me.
>
>


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