[mythtv-users] Re: Quality of Capture of HDTV satellite

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Sat Nov 13 14:16:01 UTC 2004


I have a similar setup.  I have the Samsung TS-360 HD receiver and a
Samsung DLP 46" monitor.  I have not tried what you suggest but I'm
thinking this might be the way to go ... Right now, when I hook the
satellite (DirecTV) cable directly to the PVR250, I only get local
channels (?).  So I'm wondering if I need the HD receiver in-between? 
I thought the PVR250 had the tuner built-in!?!?  Or maybe I don't have
MythSetup completely right yet ...

At any rate, I'm looking for suggestions about this setup as well. 
I've come to the realization over the past couple of days that I might
need a totally new Myth frontend, mostly due to video out issues ...

Any and all suggestions, greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
TLD

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004, 6:39 AM, <1canuck2 at gmail> wrote:

So, I am running MythTV with the venerable Hauppage PVR-250. I used to 
have it hooke dup to a 27" TV and quality was fine, now I have a sweet 
53" Panasonic HDTV. 

SD programming looks like poo. I know it is not possible to capture at 
pure HDTV quality with any user class capture card, but I was 
wondering what it would look like if I got hi def satellite. 

I rarely watch live TV (esp. since MythTV came along...). 

If I got a hi def receiver and hooked it's video out to the svideo in 
of my PVR250, would I get recordings that are ntoiceably better 
quality than my SD Cable signal? I know it won't be hidef quality, but 
will it be better at all. 

Also, what will the capture card do with widescreen broadcasts? Will 
it capture the image in widescreen but skew the aspects? How will it 
handle that some programming is in widescreen hidef and some is in 
4:3? 

Basically, I want to know what my options are for using MythTV with 
HiDef satellite and what I can expect out of this. 

I am in Canada, so DOA is patchy at best... 

Anyone using Bell ExpressVu with MythTV? Do their receivers have 
serial out to make remote compatibility easier, or am I looking at 
some IR repeater configuration. 

Robin


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