[mythtv-users] Newbie question about designing a split system

[Ron Johnson]

On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 12:27 -0500, Phil Bridges wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> 
> 
> > - The PVR-250 only has S-Video and composite inputs, but I have 
> >   cable service.  Is there any way to convert 75-ohm coax input 
> >   to composite output?  (Yes, a VCR would work, but I'd need 2 of
> >   them, and would not use the "VCR" part of the VCR...)
> > 
> 
> The PVR-250 has a standard coax input for cable or antenna.

http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm is a bit
ambiguous on that matter, or I must not be understanding something.

When the web site says "125 channel cable ready TV tuner", are they
implying "coax input jack"?

> > - When I "change the channel" on the frontend, does it send some
> >   sort of a message to the backend, saying "change the channel"?
> 
> Yes.

Ah, ok.

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