[mythtv-users] Recording HDTV shows to DVD

[Roy Murphy]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:49:54 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss
<papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu> wrote:
> The reason you haven't found it is that it's a lossy
> conversion. Most people who would want to archive an
> HDTV recording wouldn't want to downgrade it to SDTV
> (i.e. 720x480).

Why can't you burn a data DVD with the Myth playable file on it? Sure,
it won't play on a standard DVD player, only a Myth-box. But if you're
only interested in archiving a program, and maintaining the HD quality
until writable blue-ray or HD-DVD's come out...