[mythtv-users] Capture card with component video in?

[Robert La Ferla]

> The only one I've ever seen mentioned was somewhere around 3,000 USD,
> and it seems like the discussion was around whether it would actually
> be able to capture true HDTV.
>
> So, I think that if you actually are planning on capturing from an
> HDTV you check the following options:
> * Firewire from your cable box to your mythbox (but only of the
> unencyrpted channels)
> * Down converting the video via an S-Video out on your cable box and
> into something like a PVR-150.
> * For the few channels that you cannot get unencrypted, give up the
> ability to "Myth" them and just pipe them directly into your TV.
>
> Until the day when hardware manufacturers are able to somehow get
> component captured (maybe with PCI-e), this is about the extent of
> what you'll find.
>

I would like to interface Dish Network (DBS satellite) to MythTV.   
I'm running the output to a DLP projector so I want the best possible  
picture quality (at the source.)